Barriers to Professional Integration Among Latino Immigrants in Missouri

Presentation made at Latinos in the Heartland (11th : 2013 : Columbia, Mo.) and published in the annual conference proceedings.Immigrants who received a college education abroad face a myriad of challenges in reentering their professions or fields in the United States. These barriers to foreign-trained immigrants withhold benefits from receiving communities including cultural and linguistic expertise in health care and other professions. By hindering individuals' and families' economic self-sufficiency, such barriers also slow the integration of immigrants into American society. Challenges to immigrants facing professional integration are receiving increased attention by researchers and enforcing some national and local initiatives to directly assist immigrants with professional integration. As the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), the largest immigrant advocacy organization in New England, promotes professional integration through its newest initiative, the New Americans Integration Institute. This paper explores these challenges and draw lessons from successful models that may benefit "new destination" states

Policy Recommendations for Meeting the Grand Challenge to Achieve Equal Opportunity and Justice

This brief was created forSocial Innovation for America’s Renewal, a policy conference organized by the Center for Social Development in collaboration with the American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare, which is leading theGrand Challenges for Social Work initiative to champion social progress. The conference site includes links to speeches, presentations, and a full list of the policy briefs

Immigration Exploitation

A panel discussion related to the exploitation of immigrants, types of potential fraud, scams, and financial threats of immigrants, and resources for lawyers and social workers. Panelists include: Robin E. Eichen, Senior General Attorney at the Federal Trade Commission in New York, New York Westy Egmont, Associate Professor of Macro Practice, Global Practice and Director of the Immigrant Integration Lab, School of Social Work Mary Holper, Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Immigration Clinic at Boston College Law School Daniel Kanstroom, Professor of Law, Director of the International Human Rights Program, and Associate Director of the Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice Timothy Depin, Constituent Services Coordinator, Community Engagement Division, Office of Attorney General, Boston, MA. Sponsored by BC Law School Immigration Clinic, School of Social Work Immigrant Integration Lab, and the MA Attorney General\u27s office