David Leblang, Ph.D., director of the Global Policy Center at the University of Virginia, held his project’s kickoff meeting Sept. 28, 2017. His project aims to advance the current state of understanding regarding migrant flows and offer insights into predicting future increases in migration.
The Borders, Trade, and Immigration Institute initiated five new research projects over the course of last month with the last two kickoff meetings taking place September 28, 2017.
The Borders, Trade, and Immigration (BTI) Institute has announced a new funding opportunity in the area of border security, trade and immigration. The new projects will expand partnerships of the DHS Center of Excellence at UH.
Members of the BTI Institute UAS Working Group met at Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation to continue ongoing discussions about UAS and counter UAS issues within law enforcement and border security issues.
Khatry’s paper, titled “Effects of Immigration on Wages: A Reappraisal” analyzes U.S. census data from 1960 all the way through 2014 in order to determine the true impact of unauthorized and authorized immigrants on native U.S. American jobs.
The presentation will review the scope and nature of the gang problem in El Salvador and the United States, and assesses their capacity to respond to these problems using findings from three separate studies.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that Khator was one of eight new appointees to the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council, or HSAAC.
At the conclusion of the fiscal year 2016, the Science and Technology Directorate developed a final report to capture the process and methodology used to conduct the IPTs. Because of the sensitivity of DHS mission areas, the department is releasing an abbreviated version of the report to share the efforts DHS is making to coordinate its R&D and how it is addressing priority homeland security technological needs.
The Borders, Trade, and Immigration Institute is looking for proposals for new research. BTI seeks to address a number of research questions related to the themes of Border Security, Legitimate Trade & Travel, and Immigration that are of interest to the public and relevant federal, state, and local agencies.
Press Release Point — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) created the Centers of Excellence (COEs) to develop multidisciplinary, customer-driven, homeland security science and technology solutions and help train the next generation of homeland security experts.
Houston Matters, Houston Public Media — Dr. Luis Torres talked about the new surge of unaccompanied minors and how research at BTI could contribute to policy in this area.
Deadline: December 20, 2015 — Summer Research Team (SRT) Program for Minority Serving Institutions. The purpose of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Summer Research Team Program is to increase and enhance the scientific leadership at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in research areas that support the mission and goals of DHS. This program provides faculty and student research teams with the opportunity to conduct research at the university-based DHS Centers of Excellence (DHS Centers).