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The Immigration Game: How the refugee crisis has affected French and German politics
France and Germany have never been known for having much in common, but recent geopolitical events have shaken the countries’ political...
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May 12, 20176 min read


Sanctions for Sanctuaries
“Anyone who is in the United States illegally is subject to deportation,” then-candidate Donald J. Trump said during a campaign trail...
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Feb 24, 20175 min read


Alone and Afraid: Unaccompanied Child Migrants in the US
In 2015, the UN High Commission on Refugees interviewed over 400 children who had been taken into custody by the US federal government...
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Nov 2, 20164 min read


The Rosewood Fasces: Brussels, Bratislava, and the Vapidity of European Social-Democracy
In many ways, the political landscape in Eastern Europe is still getting its bearings after the fall of Warsaw-pact regimes in 1989-91....
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Apr 20, 20167 min read


Border Security and Immigration in the 2016 Debate
In the world of GOP politics, the issues of border security and immigration have fused together: If the border isn’t secured then any...
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Mar 12, 20164 min read


BPR Interviews: John Sculley
John Sculley is the former CEO of Apple Computer, Inc. He began his career at Pepsi-Cola Company, where he became the company’s youngest...
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Dec 21, 20154 min read


Crime And (Over)Punishment
Due to a 1996 piece of legislation, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), stories like Valdez’s are...
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Dec 8, 20156 min read


BPR Interviews: John Hudak
John Hudak is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is an expert in campaigns, elections and presidential...
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May 5, 20154 min read


At Last: The Big Push for Immigration Reform
At long last, the Obama administration is making a decisive move on immigration reform. On November 20, 2014, the president announced...
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Mar 21, 20157 min read


Refuge Denied: The tides are turning on Australia’s immigrants.
The Human Rights Watch World Report recently condemned Australia’s “draconian new policies” towards asylum seekers and refugees. The...
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Mar 11, 20156 min read


BPR Interviews: Junot Díaz
Junot Díaz, the 2008 winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” is a professor of...
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Dec 22, 20146 min read


Violence Without Borders
In just the last year, there has been a 117 percent increase in the number of unaccompanied children under 12 apprehended while...
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Dec 3, 201412 min read


Obama’s New Immigration Plan | Political Update Series
Last Thursday, President Obama announced his use of an executive order to enact new immigration laws. Learn the details of the plan with...
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Nov 25, 20141 min read


Stranger On Our Shores
According to the Migrants’ Files, over 23,000 migrants died trying to reach Europe between 2000 and 2013 — a number so staggering that...
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Oct 22, 20147 min read


Victory for Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Asylum
In 2005, a woman identified in court documents only as “A-R-C-G-” fled from her abusive husband to the United States. She had endured...
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Sep 25, 20145 min read


Majority Leader or Minority Revolution
Art by Olivia Watson Frank Underwood might be a Democrat, but it was Republican Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) that Kevin Spacey...
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Jul 6, 20145 min read


How Not to Solve the Immigration Issue: Lessons from the Dominican Republic
These days, most politicians have put the government shutdown and health care reform above immigration reform in their list of concerns....
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Oct 2, 20133 min read


The First Step Is Compromise
It still remains unclear whether the time for immigration reform has come. But after the Senate on Monday voted 67-27 to proceed on...
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Jun 26, 20133 min read


Embracing the Cynicism of Immigration Reform
In a bitterly divided Washington, there seems to be a real bipartisan push toward substantive immigration reform. Even Republican...
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Feb 11, 20133 min read
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