Migration

In a widely circulated paper, Dany Bahar and Ricardo Hausmann claim that sanctions on the Venezuelan economy do not lead to greater migration flows to the United States. This paper shows that their conclusions rest on a serious methodological mistake: testing for a long-run relationship through a misspecified cointegration in first-differences. This mistake invalidates their statistical approach and findings.

A delegation of US Members of Congress and staff sponsored by P-PIP and co-coordinated with CEPR met with government officials and civil society organizations in Mexico City this week.

ICE raids spurred by Stephen Miller’s deportation push have triggered protests, while a GOP bill aims to triple ICE funding and boost private detention profits.

Driven by its own false narrative about dangerous migrants, the Trump administration is deporting even innocent people — including a US citizen toddler — in a desperate, lawless attempt to maintain the illusion that it is cracking down on criminal immigrants.

Does sanctions relief actually spur migration? Our analysis suggests a recent paper draws conclusions resulting from a coding error.

There is overwhelming evidence that migration is driven in large part by adverse economic conditions and that sanctions can have severe, harmful economic and humanitarian consequences.

Examine the role of economic sanctions in shaping migration patterns and their significant impact on affected populations.

Discover the economic impact of immigration and deportation on the US economy. Separate fact from fiction surrounding mass deportation and unauthorized immigrants.

Uncover the history of Haitian Americans in the United States and their contributions to the nation’s development and culture.

With migration now a central, unavoidable issue in the presidential election campaign, will Biden finally listen to his Democratic allies, and the region, and reverse Trump’s sanctions?