Michael E. Fix is an American economist known for his research on immigration, especially illegal immigration to the United States.[1][2][3] He is a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, of which he formerly served as president.[4]
Education and career edit
Fix has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, a J.D. from the University of Virginia, and did graduate work at the London School of Economics. He first joined the Urban Institute as a research associate in 1977, where he was promoted to senior research associate in 1983. In 1994, he became a principal research associate at the Urban Institute, and in 1998, he was named their Director of Immigration Studies.[5] He joined the Migration Policy Institute as co-director of their National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy in 2005. He was later promoted to vice president of the Institute in 2008,[6] and was later named its president. He stepped down from his position as president of the Institute in summer 2017, while remaining a senior fellow there.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Imagining a United States without Immigrant Labor". NPR.org. 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ Fulwood III, Sam (1990-03-30). "'86 Immigration Law Causes Job Bias, Study Says". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Trump Administration May Undermine the 'Sanctity of the Census'". Rewire.News. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Michael Fix". migrationpolicy.org. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Michael Fix CV" (PDF).
- ^ Alexovich, Ariel (2008-11-20). "Suite Talk November 20, 2008". POLITICO. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "MPI Announces Selection of Policy Scholar and Think Tank Executive Andrew Selee as Incoming President". migrationpolicy.org (Press release). 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
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