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Countries throughout the world are affected by the influx of immigrants and the outflow of emigrants. RAND research examines a wide variety of issues relating to these populations, including migrant labor; the demands that immigrants place on transportation, education, and other public services; and growing intolerance to immigration within Western countries.

Commentary
Immigrant Location Policies Can Be Done Right, but That Isn't Happening Right Now
Sudden influxes of migrants across the southwest U.S. border are not new, but they are also increasing. Immigration relocation policies are likely one of the best ways to address migrant surges if done in an organized, humane, and thoughtful way.
Jan 19, 2023
Report
Educating Newcomers: A Research-Practice Conversation
RAND researchers highlight findings from a recent study that estimates the number of children and youth from Central America and Mexico crossing the Southwest border of the United States from 2017 to 2019, as well as findings on policies and practice from two case study school districts in Louisiana and California.
Aug 4, 2022

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Report
What Are the Potential Impacts of State-Level Immigration Policies?
The expanding role of U.S. states in immigration policy raises questions about the consequences of state-level action. A cost-benefit framework identifies the economic and fiscal impacts of state-level immigration policies and how different stakeholders would be affected.
Mar 8, 2016
Journal Article
Latino Immigrants, Acculturation, and Health: Promising New Directions in Research
This article provides an analysis of novel topics emerging in recent years in research on Latino immigrants, acculturation, and health.
Jan 28, 2016
News Release
Educational Gains by U.S. Immigrants Not as Large as Believed
Among immigrants from 10 European nations throughout the 20th century, the educational attainment of many of their descendants was not significantly greater than what would have happened if their families had not migrated to the U.S.
Jan 14, 2016
Multimedia
What You Need to Know About the Syrian Refugee Crisis
The flight of four million Syrians to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan—and now also Europe and beyond—has created the worst refugee crisis in modern history. In this Call with the Experts, Shelly Culbertson and Tom Ling discuss the human dimensions and policy ramifications.
Sep 29, 2015
Commentary
Should Undocumented Immigrant Youth Pay In-State Tuition to Attend College?
Undocumented children are entitled to free primary and secondary public education everywhere in the United States, regardless of their legal status. But when they finish high school, their options for college vary depending on the state in which they live.
Jul 28, 2015
Journal Article
Immigrant Latino Neighborhoods and Mortality Among Infants Born to Mexican-origin Latina Women
Compares the association between neighborhood Latino immigrant concentration and infant mortality by maternal nativity among singleton births to Mexican-origin women in Los Angeles County.
Jul 7, 2015
Journal Article
Symptoms of Anxiety on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border: The Role of Immigration
The authors examine the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety in a bi-national context.
Jan 19, 2015
Report
Mapping Diasporas in the European Union and United States
Diaspora communities generally fare better in the U.S. and Europe than those who remained in their countries of origin, but not as well as U.S. and European nationals. Policymakers and others seeking to engage with diaspora groups may benefit from eight recommendations developed through a synthesis of quantitative mapping and analysis of engagement strategies and diaspora survey results.
Dec 29, 2014
Report
Mapping Diasporas in the European Union and United States: Comparative analysis and recommendations for engagement: summary report
This summary provides an overview of diasporas present in Europe and the US, and delivers concrete recommendations for engaging with diasporas.
Dec 29, 2014
News Release
Previously Removed Immigrants Are More Likely to Be Rearrested After Leaving Jail
Unauthorized immigrants who previously have been removed from the United States are more than 2.5 times more likely to be rearrested after leaving jail, and are likely to be rearrested much more frequently than those who have never been removed.
Dec 16, 2014
Journal Article
Previously Removed Immigrants Are More Likely to Be Rearrested After Leaving Jail
Unauthorized immigrants who previously have been removed from the United States are more than 2.5 times more likely to be rearrested after leaving jail, and are likely to be rearrested much more frequently than those who have never been removed.
Dec 16, 2014
Commentary
Prior Removal and Recidivism
President Obama's executive action on immigration includes a new program that targets immigration enforcement at those arrested for more serious offenses and those deemed to be risks to national security. Research shows that unauthorized immigrants who have been previously deported are more likely to be rearrested after jail release, so local public safety interests and federal immigration enforcement priorities may well align around immigrants with a record of prior removal.
Dec 11, 2014
Blog
Summer Reading for Congress
No matter how policymakers spend their break—meeting with home-state constituents, traveling abroad with congressional delegations, or spending time with family—this summer reading list contains policy ideas that can help them hit the ground running when they return.
Jul 31, 2014
Commentary
With Child Migrants Set to Become Students, Educators Must Prepare
Between 70,000 and 90,000 unaccompanied children are expected to cross the U.S.-Mexico border by year's end. Lost in an intensifying debate over U.S. immigration policy is the possibility that this wave will spill from shelters to schools. To best respond to this reality, policymakers and educators should consider what research says about educating migrant children.
Jul 14, 2014
Infographic
How Have Levels of Intolerance Changed in Western Europe?
This infographic presents a visualisation of the main findings of our study on intolerance in Western Europe.
Jul 8, 2014
Dissertation
Three Essays on Education Policy: Empirical Analyses of the Challenges and Opportunities with For-Profit Colleges, Military Enlistment and Immigration
Examines the educational outcomes of for-profit college students, military enlistees and immigrant youth.
Feb 27, 2014
Journal Article
In-state College Tuition Policies for Undocumented Immigrants: Implications for High School Enrollment Among Non-Citizen Mexican Youth
This paper examines the secondary effects of policies that extend or deny in-state tuition to children of undocumented immigrants.
Feb 1, 2014
Journal Article
Acculturation and Sleep Among a Multiethnic Sample of Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
US-born Hispanic/Latina, Chinese, and Japanese immigrants were more likely to report sleep complaints than their first-generation ethnic counterparts, a finding largely explained by language acculturation and unmeasured factors associated with language acculturation.
Feb 1, 2014
Report
Analyzing Trends in Intolerance in Western Europe
The perception that intolerance is rising in Western Europe is widely shared. Researchers sought empirical evidence of high-level trends in intolerant attitudes and found strong evidence of association between intolerant attitudes and various economic, demographic, socio-political and cultural factors.
Jan 27, 2014
Report
Summarizing Trends and Factors Associated with Intolerance in Western Europe
Researchers explored whether intolerance has risen more in some countries than others, whether it has risen more against particular groups, if such attitudes are particularly prevalent among subgroups of the population and if there are clear patterns of association with trends in wider political, social, economic and cultural factors.
Jan 27, 2014

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Umut Ozek

Senior Economist

Umut Özek is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation who focuses on topics in economics of education. His recent research interests include immigrant students and English learners, implementation and consequences of educational accountability, K-12 remediation policies and their effects, and…
Nipher Malika

Associate Policy Researcher

Nipher Malika is policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and a member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School faculty. As a social/behavioral epidemiologist, she specializes on community-based participatory research to understand and address health inequities. She is trained in qualitative and…

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