Immigration

Sharing the American experience

The Challenge

Our immigration system is flawed, inefficient, and unfit for the twenty-first century. We should be welcoming immigrants who are motivated to improve their lives and contribute to the American project. However, millions of individuals are stuck in indefinite processing, precarious immigration statuses, or excluded by arbitrary quotas and regulations. This deprives us of the cultural, social, and economic innovation that we could collaboratively achieve. 

We seek to support social entrepreneurs who understand these systemic problems and can develop ideas for streamlining or improving the U.S. immigration system, removing the barriers that prevent immigrants who are already members of our society from contributing fully, and fostering a culture of mutual benefit. 

Research Areas

The future of immigration

Policy design focused on fixing our broken immigration system

The value of openness

Initiatives that demonstrate immigration’s positive economic and cultural contributions

Building trust

Community-based ventures that cultivate trust between immigrant and native populations to build enduring community

Tools for immigrants

Practical tools that help immigrants navigate the immigration system, integrate, and maximize their contributions to society

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