RESEARCH BRIEFS
- The Demographic Future of Migration is African
A study of how Africa’s growing population will affect global migration, and what that means for who gets to move and who doesn’t. - Undocumented Immigration in the Media: A 2025 Review
A review of how The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal covered undocumented immigration and ICE activity in 2025, and where the two outlets differed. - Delayed Legal Status Incorporation among Student Visa Holders
This brief reveals that student visa holders often wait a decade or more for a green card — and Indian and Chinese students wait longest of all. - Deportations and Latino Segregation: The Residential Impacts of Interior Immigration Enforcement
How interior immigration enforcement is slowing Latino residential integration by reshaping where families choose to live. - Undocumented Asians in the United States
An overview of who undocumented Asian immigrants in the United States are, and why this highly educated, working-age population remains far less likely than Latinx peers to apply for DACA protections. - Living with (out) Citizenship: The Impact of Naturalization on Mortality Risk among U.S. Immigrants
A study finding that naturalization is associated with lower mortality risk among U.S. immigrants, even after accounting for socioeconomic and demographic differences. - Maya Guatemalans Embedded and Indebted in the Asylum System
A look at how Maya Guatemalan asylum seekers face criminalization, debt, and surveillance within the U.S. asylum system. - The Disparate Impacts of Ending Birthright Citizenship
Information on how ending birthright citizenship could lead to 5.3 to 6.4 million U.S. born children being classified as noncitizens over the next 25 years, disproportionately affecting Asian and Latino families and significantly altering the nations demographic future.
Click here to download a video version of this. - Implication of Aging on the Undocumented Population in the United States
A look into how the number of the older undocumented population is growing and how it can affect poverty levels, education, and support systems.
POLICY BRIEFS
- The Process of Becoming an International Student
An overview of how international students navigate visa applications, embassy interviews, and background checks — now including an eliminated “Duration of Status” rule. - Changes In the H-1B program during 2025
An overview of how the H1-B program is becoming more expensive, more selective, and more focused on protecting American workers. - National Guard Deployments in 2025
This brief covers 2025 National Guard deployments over immigration protests and the legal challenges surrounding them. - IRS information sharing with ICE
How the IRS’s 2025 agreement to share taxpayer data with ICE works, who it affects, and how courts have pushed back against it. - HHS Reinterpretation of “Federal Public Benefits”: The Impact on Immigrant Eligibility
An explanation of how HHS’s reinterpretation of ‘federal public benefits’ is restricting immigrant access to health, social, and community services they were previously eligible to receive. - Revocation of the DHS’s Sensitive Locations Policy and its Impact on Health Care Access
An examination how the January 2025 rescission of DHS’s Sensitive Locations Policy has heightened fear in immigrant communities and threatened noncitizen access to healthcare, schools, and essential services. - CMS Review of Medicaid and CHIP Immigration Status
An examination of CMS’s new Medicaid and CHIP immigration status verification initiative, highlighting the consequences of increased eligibility checks, increased coverage churn, and additional barriers to health care access for immigrant families. - W.M.M. v. Trump Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Ruling
A summary of the history of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) and the legal dispute and ruling in W.M.M. v. Trump. - Birthright Citizenship and the 2025 Executive Order
An overview of the history of birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, as well as information on the legal debates regarding the 2025 executive order. - Index of Federal Immigration Organizations
An overview of the main federal agencies involved in managing and enforcing immigration in the United States and their roles.
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