News Clips & Commentary

We have assembled on this page a selected group of news articles and commentary on important immigration policy issues. The items are arranged in reverse chronological order.

COMMENTARY
Trump’s Immigration Pause Won’t Outlast Him,
Shikha Dalmia, Reason, April 30, 2020
https://reason.com/2020/04/30/trumps-immigration-pause-wont-outlast-him/

COMMENTARY
Trump’s Immigration Lockdown Will Weaken America,
Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion, April 29, 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-29/trump-coronavirus-immigration-lockdown-will-weaken-u-s-economy

NEWS
Millions of taxpaying immigrants won’t get stimulus checks
Associated Press, April 12, 2020
https://apnews.com/ca1f72133e8d4eec906f93b724ec24b3

COMMENTARY
There’s a good chance the nurses taking care of you are immigrants. Let’s clap for them, too.
Leo-Felix Jurado, Star-Ledger, April 12, 2020
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2020/04/theres-a-good-chance-the-nurse-taking-care-of-you-is-an-immigrant-lets-clap-for-them-too.html

COMMENTARY
As U.S. Health-Care System Buckles under Pandemic, Immigrant & Refugee Professionals Could Represent a Critical Resource,
Jeanne Batalova & Michael Fix, Migration Policy Institute, April, 2020
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/us-health-care-system-coronavirus-immigrant-professionals-untapped-resource

COMMENTARY
Immigrants Know All About Disaster Preparedness,
Liana Aghajanian, The Nation, April 6, 2020
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/covid-toilet-paper-panic/

NEWS
Almost Half of Recent US Immigrants Had College Degrees,
Associated Press, April 1, 2020
https://www.courthousenews.com/almost-half-of-recent-us-immigrants-had-college-degrees/