Research

Public Interest Comment on Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers

The H-1B program should be modernized to reflect that immigrants represent valuable supplements to the US economy.

If You Extend It, They Will Come: The Effects of the STEM OPT Extension

Economist Pauline Khoo considers how the OPT extension affects the schooling decisions of international students.

The Long-Run Effects of Temporary Protection from Deportation

Harris and Jerch find that temporary legalization under TPS created significant economic benefits for eligible recipients.

Immigration

Immigration Enforcement and Labor Supply: Hispanic Youth in Mixed-Status Families

Authors Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba, Jose R. Bucheli, and Camila Morales evaluate the labor supply behavior of US-born Hispanic youth.

Immigration

Manufacturing a Pathway to Citizenship: How Legal Immigration Can Improve Economic Outcomes

In this paper, Todd Griffith examines what happened with manufacturing and productivity after Immigration Reform and Control Act took effect.

Immigration

Spillover Effects of Immigration Policies on Children’s Human Capital

What happens to immigrant communities when immigration enforcement is strictly enforced? Children may be affected the most.

Immigration

Send Them Back? The Real Estate Consequences of Repatriations

During the Great Depression, the United States removed approximately 263,000 Mexicans, including US citizens. These are the effects.

Immigration

Confronting the Immigration Paradox

How much does an immigration visa cost? In this policy paper, Korok Ray answers and estimates how many immigrants the U.S. can take in.

Immigration

Are College Graduate Immigrants on Work Visas Cheaper than Natives?

Companies hire workers outside the US for positions in the country. Omid Bagheri examines if immigrants are a cheaper workforce than natives.

Immigration

Are Programs That Use Local and State Police to Enforce Federal Immigration Policies Effective?

This piece summarizes research on the costs and benefits of 287(g) programs and The Secure Communities Program.

Immigration

Looking for the Best and Brightest

This research paper examines how US employers use the H-1B visa program to find workers. Learn more about H-1B visas in the US.

Immigration

Guiding Principles for Immigration Policy in a Post-Pandemic World

This essay discusses the positive-sum benefits of immigration and decentralized solutions to immigrant needs during COVID-19.

Immigration

Lessons on Immigration During COVID-19

Examples that highlight the key role immigrants play in western countries and provide several important lessons for policy.

Immigration

Immigration is the Ultimate Security

The United States will become stronger than ever, and far stronger than China, by embracing its heritage of exceptional openness.

Immigration

The Case for Economic Openness in the Time of Coronavirus

To maintain gains from trade, immigration, and capital flows, we must update economic policies for today's era.

Immigration

Immigration as a Tool to Boost U.S. Economic Growth and Prosperity

The United States should be a beacon of opportunity that welcomes talented, hard-working people, not one that closes its doors to foreigners.

Immigration

A Proposal for Immigration Reform

Reform should expand, not limit, immigration for the economic growth of America and its global recovery role.

Immigration

Students, Skilled Immigration and Our Path to Recovery

Economic integration and openness to foreign talent are a stronger path for long-term success as a country.

Immigration

The Ethics of Immigration and Economic Recovery

One of the dangers of a crisis is that measures are initially put in place as temporary yet remain thereafter. It’s happened before.

Immigration

Immigrant Entrepreneurs

The importance of immigrant entrepreneurs as firm founders and job creators has grown significantly over the last few decades.

Immigration

Openness Is as Important Now as It Has Ever Been

Despite their distinct contributions to the economy during the pandemic, many immigrants have been largely excluded from CARES protections.

Immigration

How Immigrants Can Help the “Transition to a Great Economy” after COVID-19

COVID-19 risks are generating fear and uncertainty, which may trigger further aversion to immigration and even more restrictive policies.

Immigration

Refugees and Asylum Seekers Can Help us Rebuild after COVID-19

As we consider reforms to our immigration system, we should not be pushing away the very people who are saving lives.

Immigration

An Auctions Approach to Immigration Policy

In this paper, immigration scholars discuss points-based and merit-based immigration reform proposals before detailing their limitations.

Immigration

Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants

Josh Smith and Innovation Fellow Katarina Hall comment on the unintended consequences of the suggested increase in wait time.

Immigration

Immigration and the Stock Market

This study examines the relationship between immigration and the stock prices of firms most likely to be affected by immigration.

Immigration

Impeding or Accelerating Assimilation?

This research examines the effect of immigration enforcement inside the US rather than at the border on naturalization rates.

Immigration

Occupational Licensing and Immigrants

This research examines how immigrants, in particular, are impacted by occupational licensing rules in the US.

Immigration

Immigration and Spatial Equilibrium: The Role of Expenditures in the Country of Origin

This research investigates where immigrants to the US choose to live and their impact on economic activity in cities across the US.

Immigration

Do Immigrants Threaten US Public Safety?

This study analyzes existing literature on immigrant crime rates and the impact of legalizing undocumented immigrants through public policy.