Faye Hipsman
Faye Hipsman was a Policy Analyst and California Program Coordinator with the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at MPI. She held various positions at MPI from 2011 to 2017, first based in Washington, DC and later in San Francisco. She is earning a JD at University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Her areas of expertise include immigration enforcement and border security, state and local immigration policies, and immigration and politics.
She has published more than 50 reports, articles, and policy briefs on a wide range of immigration topics. In 2016, she became an Affiliated Scholar with University of California-Hastings College of the Law.
Ms. Hipsman previously worked at the Brookings Institution, as a paralegal at an immigration and nationality law firm in Boston, and for several immigrant advocacy and civil-rights organizations in El Paso, Texas and Oberlin, Ohio. She holds a BA in Latin American studies with minors in economics and history from Oberlin College.
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Immigration reform is squarely back on the agenda in Washington, with the unveiling of plans for major reform of the U.S. immigration system by the White House and a bipartisan group of senators known as the Gang of Eight. This article explores the policy and political aspects of this fast-moving debate, examines an uptick in apprehensions of illegal crossers, and more.
MPI's Claire Bergeron and Faye Hipsman report on Democratic and Republican party platforms and their takes on immigration, new rules rendering DACA beneficiaries ineligible for Medicaid and CHIP, CBP's elimination of paper I-94 cards, and more.
Tax liability for income earned overseas by Americans has been part of the U.S. tax system since the federal income tax was first introduced in 1861. Since 2009, the United States has witnessed a rise in citizenship renunciation, especially among the affluent. Some see this as a barometer of the waning appeal of U.S. citizenship, which has been and remains an aspirational goal for many around the world. However, it seems as though legislative and regulatory factors may be the more likely triggers for this new trend.
The Obama administration’s decision to shield from deportation unauthorized immigrant youth who meet certain qualifications represents the boldest immigration policy undertaken by this White House. MPI’s Muzaffar Chishti and Faye Hipsman examine what comes next and explore some of the new policy’s unanswered questions and implementation challenges.
Muzaffar Chishti, Claire Bergeron, and Faye Hipsman report on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to decide the constitutionality of Arizona's SB 1070, passage in the House of the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011, DOJ lawsuits in Utah and South Carolina, and more.