Working Together: Building Successful Policy and Program Partnerships for Immigrant Integration

Immigrant Integration in the United States: The Role of Adult English Language Training

“…10 We create an indicator for having a Brazilian surname if an individual has one of the 100 most common surnames in Brazil. Results were qualitatively similar under alternative specifications, such as using a 75% or 90% threshold for defining race or ethnicity, or identifying Brazilian surnames using the top 200 surnames in Brazil or the five most common surnames in Brazil, which cover 45% of all 9 The FAESL+ program used three different placement assessments over the period of our study. Scores were equated to EFL levels based on National Reporting System for Adult Education guidelines (see https://www.nrsweb.…”

Internalized Borders: Immigration Ethics in the Age of Trump

“…89 Structural analyses suggest that US migration policy should consider its economic and political complicity in generating migrant flows rather than prioritize merit-based points systems or perpetuate amnesic scapegoating. A retreat from shortsighted and enforcement-only approaches should entail policy steps toward offering undocumented immigrants a viable path to citizenship (with a "clean" DACA reinstatement in the interim, if needed); adjustments of visa caps to reflect actual labor needs; continued recognition of family relationships; unlinking health, education, and public safety from immigration status; 90 expansion of refugee caps; reform of judicial review and discretion in removal practices; extension of Temporary Protected Status where home country conditions warrant; the establishment of responsive immigration integration measures; 91 and meaningful global financial reform.…”