The Center for American Interest and Policy (CAIP) is comprised of Americans with experience in government both domestically and abroad; derived from these experiences, CAIP recognizes a critical breakdown in the transition and integration of immigrants into the United States. We believe correcting this breakdown is essential to the future prosperity and security of the nation. Moreover, we believe that ongoing analysis of the situation abroad is essential to understanding the American interest. We stand prepared to address these policy challenges through analytical studies, coalition building, and community engagement.
We are an organization dedicated to understanding American exceptionalism, how it has evolved, faced challenges and obstacles, and how we can ensure our children have the American dream still available to them in the future. One component is our belief that embracing our historical dedication to assimilation will help all Americans lead happier and more prosperous lives contributing to our society, and avoid suffering problems that drain our shared resources like unemployment and homelessness, crime and drug use, or episodes of targeted violence or terror.
Initiatives
Keys to success as new Americans include learning the language, joining in with local communities, pursuing full-time work opportunities, and integration into the financial system. These are considered in a research paper that we did in the early days of our mission titled “Elements of Refugee Success.” (Note: Initially, our focus was on the influx of refugees coming from Afghanistan and thus the project was titled the Center for Refugee Success. Since we have expanded our focus to all new entrants to the United States as we believe the same lessons for success and concerns about assimilation apply). Accordingly, we will study and ultimately promote these topics as our key initiatives.