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Research
The Harvard Immigration Project Issue Briefs series offers cutting-edge research that brings background and recommendations to policy makers, practitioners, journalists, and researchers.
Immigration Fellows Program
The Harvard Immigration Project Fellows Program offers advanced level doctoral students at Harvard University the opportunity to receive additional training and support for one academic year.
Immigration at Harvard
IIH executive committee members, faculty affiliates, partners and others at Harvard University offer a wide array of opportunities for the campus community to engage with issues of immigration.
News and Events
FEATURED IIH REPORT
New Issue Brief: An Unnatural Disaster: The Impact of Immigration Raids on Latino Communities
By William D. Lopez and Nicole L. Novak
The Immigration Initiative at Harvard (IIH) released on July 8 2020 a new report, "An Unnatural Disaster: The Impact of Immigration Raids on Latino Communities." It explores how communities respond in the aftermath of large-scale immigration worksite raids. The description of raids as natural disasters provides guidance in development of our response. Just as disaster responses must address a range of humanitarian, health, and financial needs, so must responses to immigration raids be robust, flexible, and long-term.
Events
News
Community Spotlight
Pierre R. Berastain, Director of the OSAPR at Harvard University
Pierre is the director of the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention & Response (OSAPR), which works to support members of the community who have experienced interpersonal harm. They also create programming to raise awareness and engage the larger community in preventing harm. While he's been in this position for two years, his relationship to the University goes back to his years as an undergrad at the College. Pierre is a proud alumnus of the Divinity School and a DACA beneficary.
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Creating Community
Bringing together people who care about immigration to promote positive change