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Migration Policy Institute

Abbreviation	MPI
Formation	2001
Founders	Kathleen Newland and Demetrios G. Papademetriou
Type	Think tank
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
President	Andrew Selee
Director of National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy	Margie McHugh
President of MPI Europe	Demetrios G. Papademetriou
Parent organization	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Website	www.migrationpolicy.org

The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is a think tank established in 2001 by Kathleen Newland and Demetrios G. Papademetriou. The Migration Policy Institute is supportive of liberal immigration policies.

About

The Migration Policy Institute was established by Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Kathleen Newland in 2001. The Migration Policy Institute launched MPI Europe in 2011 in Brussels. Andrew Selee is the President of MPI. MPI publishes an online journal, the Migration Information Source, which provides information, thoughts, and analyses of international migration and refugee trends.

MPI organizes an annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference in cooperation with Georgetown University Law Center and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

The MPI "is guided by the belief that countries need to have sensible, well thought-out immigration and integration policies in order to ensure the best outcomes for both immigrants and receiving communities." To aid this, the MPI carries out the following tasks:

• "Provides accessible and timely data, information, and analysis on immigration and integration issues that cover the major issues on which policymakers and the general public need information"
• "Pursues research that fills major gaps of understanding around migration flows and immigration and integration policy"
• "Assesses the effectiveness of current immigration and integration policies, as well as the impact of immigration on labor markets, educational outcomes, and social cohesion"
• "Promotes a trusted space for dialogue and a series of learning opportunities around ways to address immigration and integration issues"
• "Provides technical assistance to policymakers, practitioners, and nongovernmental organizations that are trying to solve specific immigration and integration challenges"
• "Develops innovative policy ideas to address immigration and integration challenges more effectively."

The MPI, while generally pro-immigration, takes a critical and evidence-based approach to improve the quality of immigration quality and standards across the globe, with a particular focus on the Americas.

Major Program Areas

The MPI operates through three major program areas:

• The U.S. Immigration Policy Program: "The U.S. Immigration Policy Program analyzes U.S. policies and their impacts, as well as the complex demographic, economic, political, foreign policy, and other forces that shape immigration to the United States. The program also offers influential thought leadership and policy recommendations regarding ways to improve the U.S. immigration system so that it works most effectively in the national interest."
• The National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy: "The National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy is a crossroads for elected officials, grassroots and nonprofit leaders, educators, journalists, researchers, local service providers, state and local agency managers, and others who seek to understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities today’s high rates of immigration create in local communities."
• The International Program: " policy laboratory for developing innovative, evidence-based, and politically feasible solutions to worldwide migration policy challenges."

Migration Policy Institute Initiatives

The MPI also has three initiatives focused on improving the quality of immigration policy and standards across the globe, particularly in the United States and its surrounding regions.

The Human Services Initiative

The Human Services Initiative focuses on "a range of immigration issues affecting children, families, and health- and human services programs and policies in the United States." It further states that it "produces research, policy analysis, private convenings, public events, and technical assistance to inform federal, state, and local policies and practice." In service of this initiative, the MPI works on the following issues:

• Refugee Resettlement: "The initiative conducts research and delivers technical assistance to strengthen refugee resettlement services, with particular attention to underserved groups such as women, children and youth, and individuals with disabilities. The initiative engages in comparative studies to identify promising models that suit refugee resettlement in different national or regional contexts."
• Unaccompanied Children: " policies and programs that affect unaccompanied minors while they are in government custody, transitioning to local communities, or re-entering their countries of origin. The initiative engages providers, governments, community-based organizations, and others to improve services to these children based on child development and child welfare principles."
• Access to Benefits and Services: "The initiative examines the legal and policy frameworks set by governments to determine immigrants’ eligibility for public benefits and services such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It also focuses attention on systemic challenges in connecting asylees, children of immigrants and other eligible groups to available benefits and services."

The Latin America and Caribbean Initiative

The MPI's Latin America and Caribbean Initiative works "to develop evidence-based research and innovative, effective policy solutions for the migration challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean." It focuses on the increasingly complex landscape surrounding immigration from and within Central and North America. The initiative currently focuses on:

• Developing pathways for immigrant populations to legally immigrate to other countries
• Improving immigrant integration in Central and North America
• Increasing regional cooperation regarding migration management across Central and North America.

The Transatlantic Council on Migration

The Transatlantic Council on Migration (TCM) is a "unique deliberative body that examines vital policy issues and informs migration policymaking processes across Europe, North America, and Australia." The council was founded by the MPI's founding president Demetrios Papademetriou, is based in Washington, D.C., and receives support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, as well as the governments of Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. The Council states it has a dual mission:

• "To help inform the transatlantic immigration and integration agenda and promote better-informed policymaking by proactively identifying critical policy issues, analyzing them in light of the best research, and bringing them to public attention."
• "To serve as a resource for governments as they grapple with the challenges and opportunities associated with international migration."

In these endeavors, the TCM's approach is "evidence-based, progressive yet pragmatic, and ardently independent." The proposed policy options placed before the Council are vetted by leading experts, and are based in fields including:

• "Advancing social cohesion and social justice through more thoughtful citizenship and integration policies that focus equally on rights and responsibilities."
• "Enhancing economic growth and competitiveness through immigration."
• "Encouraging and facilitating greater mobility through better security."
• "Understanding better the relationship between states and emerging religious communities and fleshing out the rights and responsibilities of all parties."
• "Understanding better the complex links between migration and development."

References

1. Preston, Julia (2013-01-07). "Huge Amounts Spent on Immigration, Study Finds". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
2. Caldwell, Stephanie Armour and Alicia A. "Trump Administration Targets Immigrants on Public Assistance". WSJ. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
3. Barry-Jester, Anna Maria (2017-10-05). "Who's In DACA — And Who Isn't". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
4. Llenas, Bryan (2016-12-16). "Research Centers Feud, Offer Glimpse into Heated Debate Over Immigration Reform". Fox News. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
5. "How Trump is changing the face of legal immigration". The Washington Post. 2019.
6. "MPI - Mission". migrationpolicy.org. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
7. "Experts & Staff". migrationpolicy.org. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
8. "About the Migration Policy Institute". migrationpolicy.org. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
9. THE MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE: A Unique Crossroads for Global Research and Policy Development - A Decade of Accomplishments (pdf) https://www.migrationpolicy.org/about/mission
10. ^ "About the Migration Policy Institute". migrationpolicy.org. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
11. "U.S. Immigration Policy Program". migrationpolicy.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
12. "About the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy". migrationpolicy.org. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
13. "About the International Migration Program". migrationpolicy.org. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
14. ^ "Human Services Initiative". migrationpolicy.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
15. "Latin America and Caribbean Initiative". migrationpolicy.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
16. ^ "About the Transatlantic Council on Migration". migrationpolicy.org. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2022-04-07.

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