IRI in the News
IRI's Director, David Dyssegaard Kallick, was featured in an article based on a podcast interview titled "How Trump’s Immigration Policies Could Affect You and Your Loved Ones," published by Epicenter NYC. This article includes David's answers to questions regarding proposed Trump immigration policies, what protections exist for immigrants and what steps individuals...
IRI’s Senior Data and Policy analyst, Anthony Capote, wrote an op-ed featured in the Miami Herald. The op-ed examined the historical context of the Mariel Boatlift — a seven-month immigration event that brought 150,000 Cuban and Haitian immigrants to the shores of Miami in 1980 — and its implications for...
Thanks to the hard work of advocates, lawyers and researchers, including IRI’s Deputy Director, Cyierra Roldan, the Biden Administration can continue operating the Parole Programs for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV parole program) which allows up to 30,000 people from those countries per month to be granted...
IRI's director, David Dyssegaard Kallick, was featured on Spectrum News NY 1, where he discussed the findings of IRI's newly released regional reports, "New Immigrants Arriving in New York State: Regional Economic Projections." To watch the clip, click here.
IRI's report, New Immigrants Arriving to Long Island: Economic Projections, which was co-released with the Ellis Island Initiative, was quoted in an op-ed by Karen Rubin featured in The Island 360. The op-ed argues that more funding is needed to better serve newly arriving immigrants, specifically border agents, immigration judges...
IRI's director, David Dyssegaard Kallick, was quoted in a New York Times article discussing the challenges for older immigrants in the New York workforce. The article highlighted the stories of many 65 and older immigrants who are struggling to still work instead of being able to retire, challenges of finding...
IRI's director, David Dyssegaard Kallick, was featured on a radio interview for a "Drive Time" segment on CBS. Kallick discussed IRI’s new report, “New Immigrants Arriving to Long Island: Economic Projections” which was co-released with the Ellis Island Initiative. The report highlights wages an taxes paid by newly arriving immigrants....
IRI's estimates about economic contributions were featured in an article, "‘History repeats’ in Times’ Adams piece" published by Politico. The article highlights estimates from a series of IRI reports, "New Immigrants Arriving in the New York State: Regional Economic Projections," which is a study of immigrants in four key regions...