Migration Policy Institute
Critical Immigration, Health, and Education Policies Affecting Young Children of Immigrants
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Welcome: Michael Fix, MPI; and Deborah A. Phillips, Foundation for Child Development
Keynote Address: Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, MPI U.S. Immigration Policy Program, and Former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Session I: Health and health insurance policy
Leighton Ku, Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Center for Health Policy Research, The George Washington University; Jennifer Van Hook, Director, Population Research Institute and Professor of Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University; and Ajay Chaudry, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Session II: School readiness and education policy
Robert Crosnoe, Elsie and Stanley E. (Skinny) Adams, Sr., Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts, Departments of Sociology and Psychology, University of Texas at Austin; and Linda Espinosa, Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Missouri, Columbia (ret.)
Session III: The unauthorized and immigration policy
David B. Thronson, Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law; Hiro Yoshikawa, Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Academic Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Kelly Ryan, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration, Office of Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Closing Discussion: Moving forward on policies affecting Young Children of Immigrants
Michael Fix and Margie McHugh, MPI
Session I: Randy Capps, MPI Senior Policy Analyst and Demographer
Session II: Margie McHugh, Co-Director, MPI National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy
Session III: Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, MPI
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI)’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy convened a major public policy research symposium focused on young children of immigrants in the United States. While policies that crucially influence the development of young children (birth through age 10) of immigrants are typically examined through a specific policy lens, the conference lies uniquely at the intersection of not just early education and health but also immigration policy.
Foundation for Child Development