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Migration

Midwest Diagnosis: Immigration Reform and the Healthcare Sector

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Nicole Fisher

The recommended policy changes would not only address issues in the Midwest, but would help ensure an improvement in healthcare across the country.

An ambulance drives past a hospital; background is blurred
Camilo Jimenez
Migration

Growing Partisan Divides on Immigration

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Partisan divides on immigration issues are at their widest points. Democrats’ concerns have dropped dramatically, but Republicans continue to see it as a large threat.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services envelop and US flag
Reuters
Public Opinion

Ready or Not? Gauging Midwest Preparations for Executive Action on Immigration

RESEARCH
Report by Rebecca S. Carson

A new report from the Council suggests Midwestern states are unprepared for President Obama's new immigration policies.

U.S. President Obama meets with a group of "dreamers" who have received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals at the White House.
Reuters
Migration

Employing Agriculture: How the Midwest Farm and Food Sector Relies on Immigrant Labor

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Stephanie Mercier

Foreign-born workers are on the land, in laboratories, and everywhere in between. Immigration reform will strengthen Midwest agriculture.

A barn in a field of grass, with a sun setting in the background
Timothy Eberly
Migration

Holding Steady: Public Opinion on Immigration

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

This survey showed that opinion was split on whether these unaccompanied minors should be treated as refugees or undocumented immigrants.

People wait in line at the US-Mexico border.
Reuters
Migration

Reimagining the Midwest: Immigration Initiatives and the Capacity of Local Leadership

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

According to a new report, Midwestern policymakers—rather than federal leadership—must take action on immigration policy.

Image of a paper map of the United States
Hans Isaacson
Migration

Growing the Heartland

RESEARCH
Report by Rob Paral

This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas.

View of the Minneapolis skyline at dusk
Lucas Ludwig
Migration

2014  Chicago Council Immigration Survey

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

A Chicago Council on Global Affairs report which shows bipartisan support among Midwestern business leaders to pass immigration reform.

 View of Chicago skyline from Indiana
Tom Gill
Public Opinion

In Mexico, President Obama Expresses Optimism for Immigration Reform, But Many Americans Express Bias against Mexican Immigrants

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Americans support some variation of immigration reform, but half overstate unauthorized immigration levels to the US, which intensifies bias against Mexican immigrants.

President Obama in front of a world map.
REUTERS
Public Opinion

US Economic Competitiveness at Risk: A Midwest Call to Action

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

This report highlights the role of immigration in ensuring the Midwest’s future competitiveness and prosperity and identifies necessary policy directions or interventions.

An illuminated OPEN sign outside of a business
Prateek Katyal
Migration