News: New MPI Report on US Immigration Policy

The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) has published a report entitled "Dismantling and Reconstructing the U.S. Immigration System: A Catalog of Changes under the Trump Presidency," which comprehensively documents "more than 400 executive actions on immigration, spanning everything from border and interior enforcement, to refugee resettlement and the asylum system, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the immigration courts, and vetting and visa processes." It concludes in part: "Much of the White House's immigration agenda has been realized in the form of interlocking measures, with regulatory, policy, and programmatic changes driving towards shared policy goals. Though these largely administrative actions could, in theory, be undone by a future administration, this layered approach, coupled with the rapid-fire pace of change, makes it likely that the Trump presidency will have long-lasting effects on the U.S. immigration system."

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