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October 20, 2023

Monetary Policy
What Is the U.S. Federal Reserve?

Over the past decade, the Fed kept interest rates low while it deployed trillions of dollars in stimulus and expanded its regulatory oversight. Now, the central bank is back in the spotlight for its …

A stone bald eagle perches on the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC.

June 6, 2023

United States
The U.S. Immigration Debate

Comprehensive immigration reform has eluded Congress for years. With border crossings at a record high, how are policymakers responding?

A migrant boy peers through the border wall near San Diego ahead of the end of Title 42 restrictions.

March 21, 2023

Immigration and Migration
U.S. Immigration Policy, With Edward Alden

Edward Alden, the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at CFR and Ross Dist Visiting Professor at Western Washington University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the crisis at the U.S. souther…

Podcast Migrants wait near the border wall, during a protest at the Paso del Norte international bridge to request asylum in the United States, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

July 7, 2009

Immigration and Migration
Bush: ’Significant Hurdles’ Remain on Immigration Reform

Jeb Bush says action by Congress on immigration reform faces more favorable conditions than previous attempts, but the complexity of the reforms needed remain a challenge.

July 13, 2023

Latin America
Central America’s Turbulent Northern Triangle

The United States continues to seek strategies for responding to the growing number of migrants fleeing poverty, violence, and other challenges in the Central American region.

The casket of a migrant teenager who suffocated in a truck in Texas is buried in Guatemala.