Sep 14, 2023
Federal judge strikes down DACA – again
By: Laura Collins
The Bush Institute: Immigration Series
IMMIGRATION POLICY
Every year that goes by without reforming the United States immigration system means a missed opportunity to ensure the future prosperity, vitality, and security of our nation.
Series Chapters
Chapter 1
Solutions for Undocumented Immigrants
Most undocumented immigrants have lived in the United States for decades, and many have U.S.-citizen children. They have filled an important role in our economy.
Chapter 2
Employment and Skill-Based Immigration
Immigration laws that admit more immigrants based on their skills, education, and work experience will get workers into open jobs and strengthen our economy.
Aug 19, 2021
Immigration and a Tight Job Market
By: Matthew Rooney
We can boost growth and job creation by, among other things, welcoming immigrants, and temporary workers as we have done for most of our history. American workers and their families and all of our communities will be better off when we do.
Feb 11, 2021
Bolstering America's Economy through Employment-Based Immigration
By: Laura Collins
Immigration laws that admit more immigrants based on their skills, education, and work experience will get workers into open jobs and strengthen our economy.
Chapter 3
Border Management
America needs a border solution that is nimble and makes sense for the 21st century.
Oct 10, 2022
Future of DACA program is uncertain
By: Laura Collins
Nearly 600,000 DACA recipients who have only known the United States as their home are living with the real fear of deportation.
Feb 7, 2022
El Paso Times: Migration playbook is changing; time our rules do too
By: Ioanna Papas
In an op-ed for the El Paso Times, Laura Collins, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, explains how our border policy needs to be updated to meet the realities of today.
Oct 15, 2021
Matthew Rooney Talks to CNN About U.S. Businesses’ Role in Central America
By: Ioanna Papas
In an interview with CNN, Matthew Rooney, Managing Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, points out the challenges businesses are experiencing when attempting to invest in Central America.
Feb 17, 2021
Smart Border Policy For The 21st Century
By: Matthew Rooney, Laura Collins
From migration to trade to security, policy solutions must recognize that today’s reality and tomorrow’s problems require a comprehensive solution to the border.
Chapter 4
Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Refugees and asylum seekers are unable to return to their home country due to persecution or a fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
Jul 21, 2022
North America is the key to Central America
By: Matthew Rooney
As part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center, the Bush Institute's Matthew Rooney shares how linking USMCA with CAFTA will contribute greatly to breaking the vicious cycle of poverty, rampant crime, and institutional weakness in Central America.
Apr 6, 2022
Public health rules are not a substitute for good immigration policy
By: Laura Collins
Title 42 is the controversial public health guidance that closed the U.S.-Mexico border to most migrants, including those requesting asylum protection.
Feb 15, 2022
The Hill: We must stop excluding Afghan women and children from visa eligibility
By: Ioanna Papas
The United States is still not doing enough to protect vulnerable Afghan women and children six months after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Feb 12, 2021
American Leadership on Welcoming Refugees
By: Chris Walsh
The United States is uniquely positioned through its political and economic might to address the conditions that foster displacement and extremism, and lead humanitarian efforts to combat them.
Chapter 5
Dreamers
Dreamers — children who were brought to the United States without documentation — should have the opportunity to become American citizens.
Sep 14, 2023
Federal judge strikes down DACA – again
By: Laura Collins
Mar 2, 2022
The Bush Institute and nearly 30 organizations are calling for immigration reform
In a letter to Congress, the group requests congressional action on immigration reforms
Jan 29, 2018
Immigration Is Good For the Economy, Let’s Not Stifle It
By: Laura Collins
The White House's framework for a legislative fix for Dreamers contains troubling provisions that raise many questions and concerns about our economy’s future.
Sep 7, 2017
Protecting Dreamers is Good Economic Policy
By: Laura Collins
The deportation that will likely result from rescinding DACA will remove up to 800,000 workers from the U.S. economy.
Chapter 6
Our Shared Responsibility
All of us benefit when new Americans weave the cultures and customs of their birthplace into the social, cultural, and economic fabric of the United States.
Aug 12, 2021
Mario Lopez on Modernizing Our Immigration System
Featuring: Holly Kuzmich
In a recent conversation on immigration, Bush Institute Executive Director Holly Kuzmich sat down with Mario Lopez, President of the Hispanic Leadership Fund, to discuss the need to modernize our immigration system, the volume of misinformation around the issue of immigration, and more.