Michael Fix

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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]

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Education and career

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

  1. "Imagining a United States without Immigrant Labor". NPR.org. March 29, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  2. Fulwood III, Sam (March 30, 1990). "'86 Immigration Law Causes Job Bias, Study Says". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  3. "Trump Administration May Undermine the 'Sanctity of the Census'". Rewire.News. April 24, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  4. "Michael Fix". migrationpolicy.org. May 24, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  5. "Michael Fix CV" (PDF).
  6. Alexovich, Ariel (November 20, 2008). "Suite Talk November 20, 2008". POLITICO. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  7. "MPI Announces Selection of Policy Scholar and Think Tank Executive Andrew Selee as Incoming President". migrationpolicy.org (Press release). April 4, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2018.