Business Travelers and Tourists
Congressional Testimony

The House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held a hearing on May 17 to discuss the "Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011". Janice Kephart, the Center's Director of National Security Policy, testified before the Subcommittee. View...

Four provisions of Arizona's S.B. 1070 went before the Supreme Court in Arizona v. United States, nearly two years after the Obama administration filed a lawsuit to stop the law from being enforced. While it is difficult to predict how the Supreme Court will decide the case, the proceedings suggest that the Court will uphold at least some of the contested provisions. Read more...

A new report finds that the number of Mexican immigrants in the United States has declined for the first time since the Great Depression. As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments today in Eric Holder’s lawsuit against Arizona, it’s worth considering what these findings might mean for immigration policy. Read more...

The House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held a hearing on April 18 to discuss how the E-Verify program, as it is now and with future improvements, can prevent document fraud. Ronald Mortensen, a Center fellow, testified before the Subcommittee. View...

A high-immigration group called the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) recently released a report on the alleged costs of ending the current application of the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. The Center's report explains why the NFAP report's fears are unfounded. Read more...

The video and transcript from the Center's panel discussion on the report series, "Cheap Labor as Cultural Exchange: The $100 Million Work Travel Industry" are now available. The report and accompanying panel tell the story of the State Department's troubled Summer Work Travel (SWT) program and its rapid growth over the past 15 years into a $100 million international industry that has spread around the globe. View...

The House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held a hearing on March 28 to discuss the new DHS immigration detention standards. Jessica Vaughan, the Center's Director of Policy Studies, testified before the Subcommittee. View...

The report examines recent admissions of immigrants and temporary visitors from selected Middle and Near Eastern countries whose citizens may pose a risk. It finds a “disconnect” between current immigration policies and national security needs. While a number of important security-oriented improvements have been made to our screening systems, the sheer volume of the annual in-flow of visitors and permanent residents has created a “haystack” so large as to overwhelm even the most sophisticated pre- or post-admissions screening or targeted enforcement programs. Read More...