Expertise

For more than 25 years, we’ve tackled immigrants’ challenges and chronicled their lives.

Our work includes estimating immigrant populations and recording their conditions and concerns through surveys, ethnographic research, and focus groups. We assist with planning, implementation, and evaluation of adult education and workforce programs.

We’ve worked with U.S. transnational migrant farmworkers and first-generation immigrants. Our findings led to Census Bureau and social program planning changes.

We’ve examined civic engagement among many immigrant groups. And we’ve worked to improve outcomes and ensure safety for refugee children, including victims of human trafficking who are in the United States without lawful immigration status or a legal guardian.

Our international work has included working with populations in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. We designed evaluations for projects aiming to prevent human trafficking and protect survivors. Our research and policy recommendations have addressed services to trafficking survivors, Roma, and others.