Muzaffar Chishti

Muzaffar Chishti appears in the following:

Mayor Adams has sparked a debate over NYC’s ‘sanctuary city’ status. What does it mean?

Monday, March 04, 2024

His call for more cooperation between the city and federal immigration agents marks a shift from his predecessors.

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Posturing On Immigration

Friday, February 24, 2017

Donald Trump's new immigration policies are, according to an immigration lawyer, more about PR than public safety. 

A New Era for Immigration Policy

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The early stages of the new era of immigration policy, explained.

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Dual Citizenship in America

Friday, August 23, 2013

Texas Senator Ted Cruz's plans to renounce his Canadian citizenship have raised questions about dual citizenship in America. Muzaffar Chishti, director of the Migration Policy Institute office at NYU School of Law, explains how dual citizenship works in America, and why renunciation is a growing trend.

 

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Immigration Policies Past and Future

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

More unauthorized immigrants have been deported from the United States since 2008 than in any another two-year period in the country's history. Just this past Saturday, the so-called Dream Act, which would have offered a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants who came here as minors, was stalled in the Senate over a vote to bring it to the floor. Why have the past two years been so particularly tough on illegal immigration? And what, if anything, are the next steps for immigration reform?

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Same News, Different Views, Part II

Friday, May 25, 2007

Julia Preston, national immigration reporter for the New York Times; Roberto Lovato, writer for New America Media; Leon Wynter, writer and the author of American Skin: Big Business, Pop Culture and the End of White America; and Muzaffar Chishti, director of the

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