Donald Kerwin

This column offers a detailed account of the devastating effects of US international assistance cuts and of H…

This blog outlines a special edition of papers published in the Journal on Migration and Human Security that …

This blog examines a special issue of the Journal on Migration and Human Security, devoted to migrant crossin…

The column examines the mass deportation policies and plans of the second Trump administration, their scope, …

This paper examines the staffing needs of the US Dept. of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review, …

This commentary describes the systemic problems in the broader U.S. immigration system that have caused and s…

Many of the migrants transported by the governors of Texas, Arizona, Florida and other jurisdictions to commu…

This essay examines the multifaceted crises in refugee protection (writ large), with a particular focus on Ce…

Instead of trying to accommodate his critics, President Joe Biden's administration should take specific actio…

This paper proposes that the United States treat naturalization not as the culmination of a long and uncertai…

This paper highlights the importance of legal orientation, screening, and representation to the US immigratio…

This blog draws connections between the conditions giving rise to the Black Lives Matter protests, and the ex…

On December 20, 2019, the president signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20…

This essay -- which has been regularly updated and is now current through June 16, 2020 -- examines the three…

This paper provides comprehensive estimates of immigrant (foreign-born) workers in the United States that are…

This report examines the immigrant detention system during the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic. D…

This reflection explores sources of hope in the context of global humanitarian crises and particularly the cr…

As a nation, we have historically celebrated the long, often arduous journey immigrants take to achieve US ci…

An updated and shortened version of this essay was posted by the Berkley Center at Georgetown University on D…

The Trump Administration has just taken its most consequential step to date to limit avenues to legal migrati…

The violent attack yesterday in El Paso in which 22 people lost their lives and more than 24 others were inju…

This week, the Trump administration reached a new level of contempt for the US refugee protection system, and…

The Trump administration came into office at a time when illegal border crossings from Mexico had been reduce…

The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) has analyzed a proposed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule reg…