Kate Brick
Kate Brick is a former Associate Policy Analyst with MPI's International Program, where she also worked for the Transatlantic Council on Migration. Prior to joining MPI, Ms. Brick was Program Associate for the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Ms. Brick received her master’s in international affairs with a focus in social policy and immigration at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. While pursuing her MA, she worked with the Open Society Institute, the Open Society Foundation for South Africa, Unbound Philanthropy, and the International Rescue Committee. She received her bachelor of the arts degree magna cum laude from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in Latin American studies.
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This discussion is an overview of a report undertaken by a team at the Columbia University School of International Public Affairs which examines the U.S. refugee resettlement Program and offers a strong set of recommendations and observations about the program.
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Immigrant legalizations in the United States and Europe ("regularizations" in the EU context) have been used repeatedly for broad and discrete groups of immigrants. A look at how these programs have been implemented historically and the political and policy implications they face today.
Though contentious, regularization (referred to in the U.S. context as legalization) remains a frequently utilized policy tool to address the European Union’s unauthorized immigrant population. Since 1996, more than 5 million people have been regularized through a variety of methods, as this Insight details.
Migration to the United States from Mexico and Central America’s Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) has accelerated in the last four decades. This increase has been driven by economic opportunities and facilitated by social networks of friends and family already in the United States.
Since 1970, the immigrant populations from Mexico and Central America living in the United States have increased significantly: rising by a factor of 20 even as the total U.S. immigrant population increased four-fold over the period. This demographic report examines the age, educational, and workforce characteristics of these immigrants.
This discussion is an overview of a report undertaken by a team at the Columbia University School of International Public Affairs which examines the U.S. refugee resettlement Program and offers a strong set of recommendations and observations about the program.