Other Writing

Opinion & Policy Writings

2023 “New data analysis shows that Temporary Protected Status for Central American countries should reduce, not increase, irregular migration at the border.” Fwd.us.

2022 “Rural Poverty, Climate Change, and Family Migration from Guatemala,” Brookings Institution, Future Development, April 4, 2022 (with Sarah Bermeo and *Gabriela Nagle Alverio).

2021 “How Resettling Afghan Refugees Might Help Afghanistan’s Future,” Washington Post (with Margaret Peters)


2021 “Climate, Violence, and Honduran Migration to the United States,” Brookings Institution, Future Development, April 1, 2021 (with Sarah Bermeo)


2020 “Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Complex Humanitarian Crises,” International Journal for Equity in Health, (with Danielle Poole, Daniel Escudaro, Lawrence Gostin, and Elizabeth Talbot).

2020 “Community Commentary: You can be a good neighbor and a global citizen during the COVID-19 crisis,” Charlottesville Tomorrow, (with Alison Criss,
Kirsten Gelsdorf and Rebecca Dillingham)

2019 “Immigration Demand and the Boomerang of Deportation Policies,CATO Research Briefs in Economic Policy, No. 194. (with Christian Ambrosius).

2019 “Temporary Protected Status and Immigration to the United States,” CATO Research Briefs in Economic Policy, No. 47. (with *Ankita Satpathy, *Alexa Iadarola, *Ben Helms, *Kelsey Hunt, *Rebecca Brough, and *Eric Xu).

2018 “Populists at the Polls: Economic Factors in the 1896 Presidential Election.” VOXEU (with Barry Eichengreen, Michael Haines, and Matthew Jaremski).

2018 “Exporting Murder: US Deportations and the Spread of Violence.” The Crime Report (with Christian Ambrosius).


2018 “How Deporting Immigrants from the US Increases Immigration to the US.Washington Post (with Christian Ambrosius)


2018 “By Ending ‘Temporary Protected Status’ for Half a Million People, Trump has Probably Increased Illegal Immigration.” Washington Post (with *Ankita Satpathy, *Alexa Iadarola, *Ben Helms, *Kelsey Hunt, *Rebecca Brough, and *Eric Xu).


2018 “Trump Wants to Cut Immigration and Foreign Aid: Here’s How They’re Connected.” Washington Post (with Sarah Bermeo).


2015 “Greece Isn’t the First Country to Have a Debt Referendum. Does Iceland Provide Useful Lessons?Washington Post (with *Amber Curtis and Joseph Jupille).


2015 “Is Amnesty Really That Bad for the GOP Voting Base?The Hill (with Tony Lucadamo)