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Works in Progress: Assessing Temporary-to-Permanent Immigration Systems in Europe and North America

Thursday, March 26, 2020

10-11:30 a.m. ET

Bipartisan Policy Center 

1225 Eye Street NW

Suite 1000

Washington, DC, xxxxxx 

Since the 1990s, a significant part of the reform debate on immigration has focused on whether the United States should change its legal immigration system to accept more high-skilled immigrants. President Trump and his congressional allies have argued that the United States should take cues from Canada and Australia and implement merit based systems that focus on admitting almost exclusively high-skilled migrants using a points-based assessment. However, the ways that workers on temporary visas can, or cannot, transition to permanent status rarely get discussed. When thinking about U.S. immigration reform, looking at other countries’ approaches to establishing temporary-to-permanent pathways may give us insight into a path forward.  

Join the Bipartisan Policy Center as it releases its latest comparative report looking at five employment-based immigration systems in Europe and North America, and what we can glean from these approaches, followed by an expert panel discussion. Coffee and light snacks will be served.  

Featured Participants

Cristobal Ramon ● Senior Policy Analyst and Report Author, Bipartisan Policy Center

Julia Gelatt ● Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute 

Daniel Costa ● Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute 

Theresa Cardinal Brown ● Director of Immigration and Cross Border Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center - Moderator 

*Additional participants may be announced*

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1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000 

Washington, DC, xxxxxx

(202) 204-2400

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