News Mentions/Interviews

The recently published 2024 Economic Report of the President, references multiple articles by Giovanni Peri and coauthors. In Chapter 3 titled “Population, Aging, and the Economy”, the report discusses how immigration can enhance employment and productivity in the US, citing studies by Peri and Basso (2022), Peri (2012), Ottaviano and Peri (2012), and Peri and Sparber (2009).

GMC affiliate Santiago Pérez and co-authors paper was featured in The Washington Post. Following the death of a Georgia nursing student, suspecting a Venezuelan migrant to have killed her, the debate about incarceration rates and illegal immigration has sparked deep partisan debates. 

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AP News featured GMC affiliate Santiago Pérez and co-authors paper, following the death of a Georgia nursing student, Trumps' campaign was quick to suspect a Venezuelan migrant to have killed her, the debate about incarceration rates and illegal immigration has sparked deep partisan debates. 

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GMC affiliate Santiago Pérez and co-authors paper for The Washington Post. Following the death of a Georgia nursing student, Trump's presidential campaign jumped to suspecting a Venezuelan migrant to have killed her. There has been debate about incarceration rates (despite being lower among immigrants) and illegal immigration. 

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GMC affiliate Santiago Pérez and co-authors paper was featured in The New York Times. Migrants who reside in shelters have been feeling unsafe in the past recent weeks. With migrations, it has been noted to have lowering rates of crime but with migration also comes the rhetoric of perceiving migrants as violent or projecting racism.  

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GMC Director Giovanni Peri was interviewed about how the asylum system became the main avenue for mass migration to the US. 

GMC Director Giovanni Peri was featured in the Wall Street Journal on the economic consequences of recent immigration waves.

GMC Director Giovanni Peri was quoted on the Marketplace on how immigration can help maintain a healthy balance between workers and retirees in the US.

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GMC Director Giovanni Peri was interviewed regarding highly skilled immigrants filling the tech industry jobs in Ohio and also its correlation with the H-1B program and possible implications. 

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GMC Deputy Director Robert McKee Irwin was invited for a feature interview for the online television program Zona Contexto (Klinbam Network) hosted by Emmy award winning journalist Pablo Barragán Márquez, which was aired on October 24, and is available for streaming on YouTube. The interview focused on the Humanizing Deportation project and the many changes it has documented in migration dynamics at the Tijuana border over the past seven years.

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