Migration Policy Institute

We’re halfway through #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth!

Explore our article offering stats & more on Filipino immigrants across the US:

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#HispanicHeritageMonth is coming to a close tomorrow, but our research on the impact of immigrants and diasporas in the US and around the world continues year-round

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Argentina’s constitution invited “good-willed citizens of the world” and explicitly encouraged European immigration + “foreigners who arrive for the purpose of tilling the soil, improving industries, and introducing and teaching arts and sciences”

Understand the history

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🌎Nuestra Iniciativa para América Latina y el Caribe impulsa investigaciones basadas en evidencia y propone soluciones innovadoras para los desafíos migratorios en toda la región.

Descubre lo que hemos estado haciendo aquí ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nyQgeC

Earlier this year, President Javier Milei issued a sweeping decree to make Argentina’s immigration system more restrictive

Our article explains how that marks a significant reversal from Argentina’s past

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Trying to get a grip on a particular country’s migration trends, policies & history?

Start with our country profiles. They’re a great introduction to situations in countries around the world

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La migración venezolana en América Latina y más allá es una de las historias más trascendentes del hemisferio occidental en los últimos 15 años.

Millones de personas se han asentado y han comenzado a construir nuevas vidas

➡️ https://bit.ly/48Jjd2P

Argentina is one of Latin America’s top immigrant destinations

Unlike in the past, most of these immigrants come from nearby countries, thanks to free movement in the MERCOSUR bloc
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Rising Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean Has Ushered in a Volatile New Era Amid unprecedented migration that began in 2010, Latin America and the Caribbean have entered a new era best defined by volatility. The success of initial policy responses to the displacement of millions of Venezuelans and other migration patterns ha...

Venezuelan migration across Latin America & beyond is one of the most important stories in the Western Hemisphere over the last 15 years

Millions have settled and started to build new lives. What's been the policy response? Has it been successful?
➡️ https://bit.ly/46NE1DX

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Many thanks to Fareed Zakaria for joining us for a keynote conversation that generated a lot of conversation and food for thought for #immconf attendees. And thanks to Doris Meissner of @migrationpolicy.bsky.social for facilitating.

Last panel of the day! @GeorgetownLaw’s Andy Schoenholtz moderates the panel on the battle over executive authority in immigration, with @IlyaSomin @OmarJadwat & @klasfeldreports.com

Fareed Zakaria points to 2 major factors driving modern migration:

1. globalization & 2. climate change

Plus crises like those in Syria and Ukraine led to major movements, which he says have made migration such an important issue in Western countries in recent years

Many thanks to our panelists Jason Houser, Rebecca Santana of @apnews.com, Tanya Broder of @nilc.org, and Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina, for sharing from their different contexts and experiences about how immigration enforcement is changing on the ground in local communities. #ImmConf

Delighted to have @fareedzakaria.bsky.social as keynote at our #immconf

"So much of what is going on with immigration eats away at the public trust"

Starting our 3rd #immconf panel, Albuquerque Chief of Police Harold Medina is talking about training that went into deployment of National Guard there

Says vast majority of the city supports it...

Afternoon #immconf back!

Panel on evolving immigration enforcement features Jason Houser, formerly of ICE; Rebecca Santana of @apnews.com, Tanya Broder of @nilc.org, and @ABQPoliceChief Harold Medina, with thanks to Mayor Keller for sharing him

Muzaffar Chishti of @migrationpolicy.bsky.social is facilitating our next session "A New Era: Immigration Enforcement Above All Else" #ImmConf

Anna Gallagher, CLINIC's executive director, is facilitating our next panel, "Expanding Access: Scaling Immigration Legal Services for Communities and the Nation" #ImmConf

On to our 2nd panel, moderated by @cliniclegal.bsky.social exec director⁦‪⁦‪ Anna Gallagher, looking at immigrant legal services needs & innovative programs

Many thanks to Doris Meissner of @migrationpolicy.bsky.social for skillfully leading and facilitating the energetic conversation of our first panel of the day! #ImmConf

🌎Our Latin America & Caribbean Initiative works to develop evidence-based research and innovative, effective policy solutions across the region

See what we have been up to ➡️ https://bit.ly/MPI-LACI

Kicking off our @migrationpolicy.bsky.social conference State of Play panel, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum, emphasizes that "In the absence of immigration, the US would look a lot like Japan”

He also notes that our success will be dictated by our immigration policies

Doris Meissner of @migrationpolicy.bsky.social says "We have entered a new era," while introducing the first panel: "State of Play: Mass Deportation Campaign Hits the U.S. Economy, Communities, and Public Opinion"

And we’re off!
The 22nd annual #immconf is underway, with opening from Anna Gallagher @cliniclegal.bsky.social

Come find @kathleenbush.bsky.social @juliagelatt.bsky.social & @mittelworld.bsky.social at #immconf and say hi!

Excited for our 22nd Annual Immigration and Policy Conference, with partners @cliniclegal.bsky.social & @georgetownlaw.bsky.social, to kick off in an hour! Follow along with #immconf

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Argentina was founded with explicit calls to increase immigration, particularly from Europe, but in recent years politicians’ attitudes have changed

Julia Albarracín sets the scene in our new article: https://bit.ly/4q1DRl8