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.
May 10, 2023
What does the end of Title 42 mean?
Video · Apr 19, 2023
What should policymakers prioritize in fixing our immigration system?
Immigration expert Laura Collins, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, joined The American Lyceum to debate how to update America's outdated immigration system.
Dreamers
Sep 14, 2023
Federal judge strikes down DACA – again
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
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
The deportation that will likely result from rescinding DACA will remove up to 800,000 workers from the U.S. economy.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Jul 21, 2022
North America is the key to Central America
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
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
The United States is still not doing enough to protect vulnerable Afghan women and children six months after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Report · Feb 12, 2021
American Leadership on Welcoming Refugees
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.
Border Management
Oct 10, 2022
Future of DACA program is uncertain
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
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
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.
Resource · Feb 17, 2021
Smart Border Policy For The 21st Century
Immigration White Paper Series
Employment and Skill-Based Immigration
Aug 19, 2021
Immigration and a Tight Job Market
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.
Resource · Feb 11, 2021
Bolstering America's Economy through Employment-Based Immigration
IMMIGRATION WHITE PAPER SERIES
