Livestreamed Panel Examines Law, Politics, and Reality

At a moment when calls for large-scale deportations are reshaping politics on both sides of the Atlantic, an International Network for Immigration Research (INIR) panel asks a difficult question: Can democracies actually deport large numbers of people, and what happens if they try?

What legal options does President Trump have to call on the U.S. military to protect Department of Homeland Security personnel from attack by violent protestors intent on disrupting efforts to enforce our nation’s immigration laws?

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution

Sanctuary policies are a significant hindrance to immigration enforcement. Besides undermining the law, sanctuary policies bring significant costs to the community – both the needless human cost of new victimizations at the hands of criminal aliens and the considerable fiscal costs associated with providing services to illegal migrants.

This report examines a question at the center of current policy debates: under what circumstances can the federal government revoke the citizenship of naturalized Americans based on actions or statements made after they become citizens. The analysis, which provides both legal and historical context, comes as the Trump administration prioritizes denaturalization proceedings “in all cases permitted by law and supported by the evidence.”

A new report finds that welfare use among non-citizens in the United States varies significantly depending on their country of birth and region of origin. 

The analysis uses data from the federal government’s Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement and shows that non-citizens from Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East have the highest rates of welfare use, while non-citizens from Asia and Europe have the lowest.