| Immigration enforcement in the United States: The rise of a formidable machinery DM Meissner, DM Kerwin, M Chishti, C Bergeron Migration Policy Institute, 2013 | 377 | 2013 |
| The faltering US refugee protection system: Legal and policy responses to refugees, asylum-seekers, and others in need of protection D Kerwin Refugee Survey Quarterly 31 (1), 1-33, 2012 | 138 | 2012 |
| From IIRIRA to Trump: Connecting the dots to the current US immigration policy crisis D Kerwin Journal on Migration and Human Security 6 (3), 192-204, 2018 | 106 | 2018 |
| The US refugee resettlement program—A return to first principles: How refugees help to define, strengthen, and revitalize the United States D Kerwin Journal on Migration and Human Security 6 (3), 205-225, 2018 | 100 | 2018 |
| The 2,000 mile wall in search of a purpose: Since 2007 visa overstays have outnumbered undocumented border crossers by a half million R Warren, D Kerwin Journal on Migration and Human Security 5 (1), 124-136, 2017 | 85 | 2017 |
| The use and misuse of "national security" rationale in crafting US refugee and immigration policies D Kerwin International Journal of Refugee Law 17 (4), 749-763, 2005 | 80 | 2005 |
| US foreign-born workers in the global pandemic: Essential and marginalized D Kerwin*, R Warren* Journal on Migration and Human Security 8 (3), 282-300, 2020 | 79 | 2020 |
| Mass deportations would impoverish US families and create immense social costs R Warren, D Kerwin Journal on Migration and Human Security 5 (1), 1-8, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
| A statistical and demographic profile of the US temporary protected status populations from El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti R Warren, D Kerwin Journal on Migration and Human Security 5 (3), 577-592, 2017 | 68 | 2017 |
| More Than IRCA : US Legalization Programs and the Current Policy Debate D Kerwin MPI Policy Brief, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
| Immigrant detention: Can ICE meet its legal imperatives and case management responsibilities D Kerwin, SYY Lin Migration Policy Institute, 1-40, 2009 | 54 | 2009 |
| How robust refugee protection policies can strengthen human and national security D Kerwin Journal on Migration and Human Security 4 (3), 83-140, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
| US foreign-born essential workers by status and state, and the global pandemic D Kerwin, M Nicholson, D Alulema, R Warren Center for Migration Studies, 2020 | 44 | 2020 |
| DHS and immigration: Taking stock and correcting course D Meissner, D Kerwin Migration Policy Institute, 2009 | 43 | 2009 |
| National interests and common ground in the US immigration debate: How to legalize the US immigration system and permanently reduce its undocumented population D Kerwin, R Warren Journal on Migration and Human Security 5 (2), 297-330, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
| Creating a more responsive and seamless refugee protection system: the scope, promise and limitations of US temporary protection programs D Kerwin Journal on Migration and Human Security 2 (1), 44-72, 2014 | 38 | 2014 |
| Beyond DAPA and DACA: Revisiting legislative reform in light of long-term trends in unauthorized immigration to the United States R Warren, D Kerwin Journal on Migration and Human Security 3 (1), 80-108, 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
| The Role of Immigration in a Coordinated National Security Policy D Kerwin, MD Stock Geo. Immigr. LJ 21, 383, 2006 | 35 | 2006 |
| Putting Americans First: A Statistical Case for Encouraging Rather than Impeding and Devaluing US Citizenship D Kerwin, R Warren Journal on Migration and Human Security 7 (4), 108-22, 2019 | 34 | 2019 |
| Paths to lawful immigration status: Results and implications from the PERSON survey TK Wong, D Kerwin, JM Atkinson, MM McCarthy Journal on Migration and Human Security 2 (4), 287-304, 2014 | 34 | 2014 |
