Emilie Hoffer

Emilie Hoffer is a class of 2020 MPP candidate at McCourt, where she is pursuing development policy. She is originally from Bronxville, NY ,and she spent her last four years in Baltimore for undergrad, graduating with a degree in political science from Johns Hopkins University. Emilie’s dream job is to work for the UN on issues in international development

Modern migration challenges: U.S. immigration policy fails to balance national security and human rights

Anti-immigrant rhetoric from the White House fails to recognize the country’s legal obligation to asylum seekers and instead seeks to criminalize migrants. The ad hoc arrangement of immigration policy in the United States is wrought with inconsistencies and ill-equipped to deal with the modern realities of human displacement, presenting a serious threat to the country’s longstanding humanitarian tradition.

Partnerships for the greater good: Public-private partnerships can produce affordable housing for D.C.

The public sector alone cannot combat rising rents and the growing number of burdened or displaced D.C. residents. Collaboration between the public and private sector can provide comprehensive solutions to D.C.’s affordable housing shortage.