Immigration Publications

Consequences of the Biden-Harris Policy Failures

A Legacy of Incompetence: Consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Policy Failures

Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Accountability

The largest border crisis in the history of our country – probably the largest such event in human history – began on January 20, 2021, on purpose, not due to incompetence.

U.S. Workers Not Protected from OPT Program

ICE’s Controversial Foreign Student Employment Programs Not Protecting U.S. Workers

DHS has been misleading the American public since the creation of the Optional Practical Training program in 2016 and has conducted no wage analysis, despite a regulatory requirement to do so.

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Optional Practical Training for Foreign Students Now a $4 Billion Annual Tax Exemption 

Foreign Student Fraud Case Highlights Serious Problems

Has Panama Closed the ‘Darien Gap’?

Progress Report: Has Panama Closed the Notorious ‘Darien Gap’ Mass Migration Route to the U.S. Border as Promised?

An early Center for Immigration Studies assessment from the field

Panama was unable to ramp up substantial air or ground expulsions because the United States did not follow through with seemingly promised financial support Panama thought necessary for repatriation flights to be effective.

Read also: Many U.S.-Bound Terror Suspects Caught in Darien Gap Region

Harris’s Attempted Sabotage of Immigration Law

Sen. Kamala Harris’s Attempted Sabotage of Immigration Law Enforcement

The legislation that Kamala Harris championed during her four years in the U.S. Senate reveals a disturbingly extreme immigration agenda. Sen. Harris introduced or co-sponsored a wide array of bills designed to negatively impact the ability of DHS to enforce our nation’s immigration laws.

Read also: Kamala Harris Tried to Take $220 Million Out of ICE’s Enforcement Division

New Record Highs for Foreign-Born

Foreign-Born Population Grew by 5.1 Million in the Last Two Years

The foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit new record highs in March 2024 of 51.6 million and 15.6 percent of the total U.S. population. Since March 2022 the foreign-born population has increased 5.1 million, the largest two-year increase in American history.

Consequences of the Biden-Harris Policy Failures
Consequences of the Biden-Harris Policy Failures
U.S. Workers Not Protected from OPT Program
U.S. Workers Not Protected from OPT Program
Has Panama Closed the ‘Darien Gap’?
Has Panama Closed the ‘Darien Gap’?
Harris’s Attempted Sabotage of Immigration Law
Harris’s Attempted Sabotage of Immigration Law
New Record Highs for Foreign-Born
New Record Highs for Foreign-Born

Immigration Publications

A Legacy of Incompetence: Consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Policy Failures

Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Accountability

The largest border crisis in the history of our country – probably the largest such event in human history – began on January 20, 2021, on purpose, not due to incompetence.

ICE’s Controversial Foreign Student Employment Programs Not Protecting U.S. Workers

DHS has been misleading the American public since the creation of the Optional Practical Training program in 2016 and has conducted no wage analysis, despite a regulatory requirement to do so.

Read also: 

Optional Practical Training for Foreign Students Now a $4 Billion Annual Tax Exemption 

Foreign Student Fraud Case Highlights Serious Problems

Progress Report: Has Panama Closed the Notorious ‘Darien Gap’ Mass Migration Route to the U.S. Border as Promised?

An early Center for Immigration Studies assessment from the field

Panama was unable to ramp up substantial air or ground expulsions because the United States did not follow through with seemingly promised financial support Panama thought necessary for repatriation flights to be effective.

Read also: Many U.S.-Bound Terror Suspects Caught in Darien Gap Region

Sen. Kamala Harris’s Attempted Sabotage of Immigration Law Enforcement

The legislation that Kamala Harris championed during her four years in the U.S. Senate reveals a disturbingly extreme immigration agenda. Sen. Harris introduced or co-sponsored a wide array of bills designed to negatively impact the ability of DHS to enforce our nation’s immigration laws.

Read also: Kamala Harris Tried to Take $220 Million Out of ICE’s Enforcement Division

Foreign-Born Population Grew by 5.1 Million in the Last Two Years

The foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit new record highs in March 2024 of 51.6 million and 15.6 percent of the total U.S. population. Since March 2022 the foreign-born population has increased 5.1 million, the largest two-year increase in American history.

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Report: Cuban Pilot in Notorious Shootdown Incident Entered Under CHNV Parole

If true, the question’s not who Biden-Harris is letting in — it’s who, if anyone, they're keeping out

The U.S. government should not be running “de-facto retirement plans” for any foreign nationals, let alone aliens who played key roles in ensuring the success of state sponsors of terrorism like Cuba. But looking at the laxness with which USCIS is approaching CHNV parole, how can we avoid it?
Topics: Immigration Parole

CBP Releases Border Numbers for August

CBP has already encountered more removable aliens in FY 2024 than in any year prior to the Biden-Harris administration — and DHS can’t handle the strain

Illegal migrant apprehensions rose slightly last month, but the real action was at the ports of entry, where encounters of inadmissible aliens are running near all-time monthly highs. That’s all part of January 2023 Biden-Harris plan to funnel migrants into the country, away from the prying eyes of the immigration-wary.
Topics: Current Numbers, Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Op-ed: New Data Show No STEM Worker Shortage

The idea that there is a “shortage” of science, technology, engineering, and math workers in the United States has become an article of faith among many journalists, industry advocates, academics, and politicians. Consequently, they believe we need to allow significantly more STEM workers from abroad to meet this unmet demand. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences again makes this argument. Despite the advocates’ claims, however, the evidence indicates that demand is not outstripping supply for workers in STEM fields.

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

HHS Stonewalls FOIA Request on ‘Lost’ Migrant Children

Records would shed light on claims that Biden-Harris admin can’t locate 325,000 unaccompanied minors

The Department of Health and Human Services has refused to provide the Center with the requested records, forcing the parties through a lengthy summary judgment process, conveniently delaying the inevitable release of this critical data until after the election.
Topics: Influx of Unaccompanied Minors

Optional Practical Training for Foreign Students Now a $4 Billion Annual Tax Exemption

Rapid growth of controversial DHS program reducing Social Security and Medicare revenues

This controversial foreign-labor program concocted by DHS creates an incentive for employers to hire foreign students rather than U.S. citizens or permanent residents, while potentially costing the Social Security and Medicare programs over $4 billion in lost revenue every year.
Topics: Optional Practical Training Program (OPT)

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