American Immigrant Policy Portal Update, April, 2013

THE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT POLICY PORTAL UPDATE

APRIL 16, 2013

Reports, studies, and information about immigration policy and
the challenge and promise of immigrant integration.
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For commentary
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In This Issue

Events Calendar

New Research and Reports

Latest Commentary

Webinars on Skilled Immigrant Integration, LINCS, April 16, May 16, 1:00 to 2:30 pm

Food and Immigrant Life: The Role of Food in Forced Migration, Migrant Labor, and Recreating Home, The New School, New York, NY, April 18-19, 2013

Advocacy and the Immigrant Community: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Natonalities Service Center, Philadelphia, PA, April 19-20, 2013

State of Workforce Diversity 2013, Heldrich Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 23, 2013

Crossing Borders: Immigration and Gender in the Americas, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 25, 2013

Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Disability, Project Intersect, Washington, D.C., April 25-26, 2013

Receiving Communities: Preparing a Culture of Welcome, Cities of Migration, Webinar, 10:00-11:00 EST, April 30, 2013

New Research and Reports

CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCY

University of California publishes a new version of "A Local Official's Guide to Language Access Laws"

Cato Institute study finds that non-citizen immigrants receive fewer government benefits than comparably poor native-born people



IOM report discusses the vulnerability of immigrant women and girls to violence and discrimination



ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT, AND LABOR ISSUES
Fearing that U.S. economic competitivenss is at risk, Independent Task Force issues "A Midwest Call to Action on Immigration Reform"

Center for American Progress predicts substantial economic gains from granting legal status and citizenship to undocumented immigrants

NELP report details how employers use immigration enforcement to thwart union organizing and the reporting of workplace abuses; urges steps to protect workers' rights as part of immigration reform



EPI report finds little evidence that foreign students graduating from American universities with STEM degrees are the "best and the brightest"

Paper seeks to harmonize the diverse ideological perspectives on temporary worker prorams

Cato Institute report proposes a series of reforms to correct the flaws in guest worker programs

Paper predicts "the end of farm labor abundance"

IMMIGRANT EDUCATION (PRE-K TO 12)
University of California (Santa Barbara) releases a study of the English language learner dropout dilemma

IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
Brown University (US2010 Project) analyzes the diversity of the Hispanic population in the U.S.

UCLA report profiles LGBT immigrants in the U.S.

Pew produces a demographic portrait of second-generation Americans


NATIONAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Can you really go to the back of the "immigration line?" MPI provides an answer



MPI publishes a policy brief urging a new European policy agenda on migration

MPI report assesses what is known about the free movement of European nationals within the European Union

Latest Commentary

A selection of recent OpEds from immigration researchers and major opinion leaders

Click here for latest commentary: Zuckerberg, Boteju, Reeves, Urbina, Rentz, Giovagnoli, Narayanswamy, Sutherland

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