Hidden Cameras on the Arizona Border 2: Drugs, Guns and 850 Illegal Aliens
By Janice Kephart and Bryan Griffith

“Hidden Cameras on the Arizona Border 2: Drugs, Guns, and 850 Illegal Aliens” is the Center's second web-based film on the impact of illegal alien activity in Arizona. This new 10-minute mini-documentary raises the bar, featuring footage of both illegal-alien entry as well as gun- and drug-smuggling. At minimum, the inescapable conclusion is that hidden cameras reveal a reality that illegal-alien activity is escalating. Read More...

For at least the past three decades, a number of activist-minded attorney groups have worked to expand opportunities for asylum, even if it means pushing analysis that contradicts the original intent and traditional interpretation of the law. Read More...

The recently enacted health reform law, in part, expands eligibility for the Medicaid program. Illegal aliens remain ineligible for Medicaid beyond emergency services. However, this could change if they are legalized. This Memo estimates the potential Medicaid costs associated with legalization. Read More...

In 1970, California had the 7th most educated work force of the 50 states in terms of the share of its workers who had completed high school. As a result of immigration, however, by 2008 California had the least-educated labor force in the nation. This change has important implications for the state. Read More...

While this summer is shaping up as one the worst ever for teen employment, a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) finds that American teenagers (16-19 years old) have been leaving the labor force for some time, starting long before the current recession. Read More...

Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad’s immigration history reveals a familiar pattern of a terrorist easily taking advantage of weak spots in America’s immigration system. Shahzad was admitted long before 9/11, but the openings he exploited are still in place today. Read More...

In this penetrating Broadside, Mark Krikorian lays out the details of Obama's open-borders approach to immigration and its political consequences. Krikorian, one of the leading critics of current immigration policy, examines the Administration's record of weakening enforcement and describes how legislation crafted by the president's supporters in Congress would ensure new waves of illegal immigration. Krikorian also explains how continued high levels of immigration, regardless of legal status, would progressively move the United States in the direction of more government and less liberty. Read More...