Gil Guerra

Gil Guerra is a Senior Policy Analyst for Immigration and Security at the Niskanen Center, where he researches immigration and foreign policy, migration-related security issues, and immigrant assimilation in the United States. He is also a contributing writer at The Dispatch.

Prior to joining Niskanen, Guerra worked in academic programs at the American Enterprise Institute and completed fellowships at the Hudson Institute, the Hertog Foundation, and The Fund For American Studies. His writing has appeared in outlets that include Foreign Policy, Americas Quarterly, and The Hill.

A US-Ireland Alliance Scholar, Guerra earned a master’s degree in global security and borders from Queen’s University Belfast and a bachelor’s degree in political science with high honors from Swarthmore College. He is available for media engagements in English and Spanish.

Gil Guerra posts

Immigration

Cuban migration dashboard

30 Mar 2026 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: How immigration enforcement is hitting businesses

18 Feb 2026 Gil Guerra

Marriage and the Melting Pot, 1880-1930

01 Feb 2026 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: Why we toppled Maduro

05 Jan 2026 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration

Guerra on The Dispatch Podcast

05 Jan 2026 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: Is the Diversity Visa a security risk?

22 Dec 2025 Gil Guerra
Immigration

 Venezuela strike displacement scenario builder

11 Dec 2025 Gil Guerra, Claire Holba
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: What does Afghan vetting actually look like?

02 Dec 2025 Gil Guerra
Commentary
Immigration

The days to come: Modeling refugee flows from Venezuela after U.S. intervention

11 Nov 2025 Gil Guerra, Claire Holba
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: Don't blame immigrants for Mamdani's win

10 Nov 2025 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration
Labor Immigration

Op-ed: Give Ireland access to unused US work visas

02 Nov 2025 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration
Immigration, National Security, and Foreign Policy

Guerra on security and defense at the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy

14 Oct 2025 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration
Immigration, National Security, and Foreign Policy

Guerra on ABC Australia

24 Sep 2025 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: The Hyundai raid reflects a broken U.S. immigration system

18 Sep 2025 Gil Guerra, Claire Holba
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: Is the U.S. about to strike Venezuela?

03 Sep 2025 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: 600,000 Chinese college students admitted to the US? Don't count on it.

31 Aug 2025 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: Argentina's complicated U.S. visa politics

06 Aug 2025 Gil Guerra
Media

Why Bukele's latest power grab is different

05 Aug 2025 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration
Immigration, National Security, and Foreign Policy

Guerra on Migration & security. Understanding irregular flows from China, Russia, and Iran through Latin America.

31 Jul 2025 Gil Guerra
Media
Immigration

Op-ed: The DOJ's new denaturalization push explained

08 Jul 2025 Gil Guerra