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Migration, But Better: December 2025 Wrap-up
From the worst policies and best visualization tips to survey experiments, agentic AI, and the new dawn of hot takes on pro-immigration misinformation…
Dec 24, 2025
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Alexander Kustov
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An immigrant's take on U.S. immigration
Immigrants make key contributions that help make America great. We deserve respect and stable policies. We also have a responsibility to integrate and…
Published on Guided Civic Revival
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Dec 16, 2025
Immigration Is Not One Thing That Has Effects
Deliberate policy changes, not varied abstractions, drive outcomes we care about
Dec 8, 2025
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Alexander Kustov
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Migration, But Better: November 2025 Links
Mapping migration institutes worldwide, automating admissions, polling on what's next, and why blaming billionaires for traffic is as bad as blaming…
Nov 29, 2025
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Alexander Kustov
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Why Japan Is So Uncanny… Uncannily Normal
And how living in Tokyo changed my views on immigration and policy design
Nov 25, 2025
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Alexander Kustov
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The Immigration Substack Universe
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Nov 13, 2025
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Alexander Kustov
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We Let an Immigrant Live in Our Home
You should too, especially if you have young children
Published on Laissez-Faire, Laissez-Passer w/ Alex Nowrasteh & David Bier
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Nov 10, 2025
Migration, But Better: October 2025 Links
Pragmatism from Silicon Valley to the Vatican, what went wrong on immigration during Biden, and why being mean to immigrants doesn't attract voters
Oct 31, 2025
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Alexander Kustov
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Behold the Great American Immigration Thermostat
Everything you wanted to know about our never-ending cycle of political backlash and overreach
Published on Laissez-Faire, Laissez-Passer w/ Alex Nowrasteh & David Bier
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Oct 15, 2025
New Essay: Making progress on immigration requires compromise
A practical path to lasting freedom and prosperity
Oct 1, 2025
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Alexander Kustov
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Do People Like Refugees More than Economic Immigrants?
A simple question that our best research still hasn't settled
Sep 17, 2025
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Alexander Kustov
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What happens when you send Ugandan students to Germany?
Most of this blog is about international migration, and particularly, the economics of international migration.
Published on Lauren Policy
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Sep 8, 2025
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