Public Writing

Essays, op-eds, and policy briefs for general audiences.

Immigration: Struggling Over Borders

Miller Center essay (Border Wars), 2019. With Sidney M. Milkis. → Read

New Data Analysis Shows That Temporary Protected Status for Central American Countries Should Reduce, Not Increase, Irregular Migration at the Border

Fwd.us, 2023. → Read

Rural Poverty, Climate Change, and Family Migration from Guatemala

Brookings Institution, Future Development, April 2022. With Sarah Bermeo and Gabriela Nagle Alverio. → Read

How Resettling Afghan Refugees Might Help Afghanistan’s Future

Washington Post, August 2021. With Margaret Peters. → Read

Climate, Violence, and Honduran Migration to the United States

Brookings Institution, Future Development, April 2021. With Sarah Bermeo. → Read

Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Complex Humanitarian Crises

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020. With Danielle Poole, Daniel Escudaro, Lawrence Gostin, and Elizabeth Talbot. → Read

You Can Be a Good Neighbor and a Global Citizen During the COVID-19 Crisis

Charlottesville Tomorrow, 2020. With Alison Criss, Kirsten Gelsdorf, and Rebecca Dillingham. → Read

Immigration Demand and the Boomerang of Deportation Policies

CATO Research Briefs in Economic Policy, No. 194, 2019. With Christian Ambrosius. → Read

Temporary Protected Status and Immigration to the United States

CATO Research Briefs in Economic Policy, No. 47, 2019. With Ankita Satpathy, Alexa Iadarola, Ben Helms, Kelsey Hunt, Rebecca Brough, and Eric Xu. → Read

Populists at the Polls: Economic Factors in the 1896 Presidential Election

VOXEU, 2018. With Barry Eichengreen, Michael Haines, and Matthew Jaremski. → Read

Exporting Murder: US Deportations and the Spread of Violence

The Crime Report, 2018. With Christian Ambrosius. → Read

How Deporting Immigrants from the US Increases Immigration to the US

Washington Post, August 2018. With Christian Ambrosius. → Read

By Ending “Temporary Protected Status” for Half a Million People, Trump Has Probably Increased Illegal Immigration

Washington Post, August 2018. With Ankita Satpathy, Alexa Iadarola, Ben Helms, Kelsey Hunt, Rebecca Brough, and Eric Xu. → Read

Trump Wants to Cut Immigration and Foreign Aid: Here’s How They’re Connected

Washington Post, February 2018. With Sarah Bermeo. → Read

Greece Isn’t the First Country to Have a Debt Referendum. Does Iceland Provide Useful Lessons?

Washington Post, July 2015. With Amber Curtis and Joseph Jupille. → Read

Is Amnesty Really That Bad for the GOP Voting Base?

The Hill, 2015. With Tony Lucadamo. → Read