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What Can the Administration Do about H-1B Abuse?

What Can the Administration Do about H-1B Abuse?

New reports and podcast examine legal powers and limits

The administration has made a number of moves to try to curb abuses in the “skilled” foreign-worker pipeline, including the H-1B and OPT programs.

The Center for Immigration Studies is publishing several reports and a podcast on this subject by Senior Legal Fellow George Fishman, a 30-year veteran of immigration policymaking on Capitol Hill and the executive branch.

EVENT: Honoring the Victims and Addressing the Security Threat

EVENT: Honoring the Victims and Addressing the Afghan Security Threat

This month marks the first anniversary of the terrorist attack near the White House that took the life of West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom and seriously wounded fellow National Guard member Andrew Wolfe. This event will honor and remember both service members, recognize their sacrifice, and pay tribute to the victims of the attack by an Afghan national that brought the consequences of immigration and vetting failures into sharp focus.

The Number of Immigrants from the Muslim World

Since 9/11, the Number of Immigrants from the Muslim World Has Grown by 1.8 Million

Population doubling largely reflects legal immigration 

The data indicate that the U.S. did not fundamentally change immigration policy after September 11th, nor does the desire of many people in the Muslim world to settle here seem to have changed much. As a result, the number of immigrants from these countries has soared.

Panel: 9/11 and Immigration

Panel: 9/11 and Immigration - Twenty-Five Years of Lessons and Unfinished Business

With remarks by ex-Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Twenty-five years after 9/11, is the United States better prepared to prevent another terrorist attack?

The Center for Immigration Studies convened a panel to examine that question, discussing the role immigration and border security played in the attacks, the major policy changes that followed, and the national-security challenges that remain.

Total Foreign-Born Down 2.9 Million

Census Bureau Survey Shows Total Foreign-Born Down 2.9 Million

Since January 2025 when President Trump took office the government’s monthly household survey, officially called the Current Population Survey (CPS), shows an unprecedented 2.9 million decline in the foreign-born population — naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, long-term temporary visitors, and illegal immigrants.

What Can the Administration Do about H-1B Abuse?
What Can the Administration Do about H-1B Abuse?
EVENT: Honoring the Victims and Addressing the Security Threat
EVENT: Honoring the Victims and Addressing the Security Threat
The Number of Immigrants from the Muslim World
The Number of Immigrants from the Muslim World
Panel: 9/11 and Immigration
Panel: 9/11 and Immigration
Total Foreign-Born Down 2.9 Million
Total Foreign-Born Down 2.9 Million

Immigration Publications

What Can the Administration Do about H-1B Abuse?

New reports and podcast examine legal powers and limits

The administration has made a number of moves to try to curb abuses in the “skilled” foreign-worker pipeline, including the H-1B and OPT programs.

The Center for Immigration Studies is publishing several reports and a podcast on this subject by Senior Legal Fellow George Fishman, a 30-year veteran of immigration policymaking on Capitol Hill and the executive branch.

EVENT: Honoring the Victims and Addressing the Afghan Security Threat

This month marks the first anniversary of the terrorist attack near the White House that took the life of West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom and seriously wounded fellow National Guard member Andrew Wolfe. This event will honor and remember both service members, recognize their sacrifice, and pay tribute to the victims of the attack by an Afghan national that brought the consequences of immigration and vetting failures into sharp focus.

Since 9/11, the Number of Immigrants from the Muslim World Has Grown by 1.8 Million

Population doubling largely reflects legal immigration 

The data indicate that the U.S. did not fundamentally change immigration policy after September 11th, nor does the desire of many people in the Muslim world to settle here seem to have changed much. As a result, the number of immigrants from these countries has soared.

Panel: 9/11 and Immigration - Twenty-Five Years of Lessons and Unfinished Business

With remarks by ex-Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Twenty-five years after 9/11, is the United States better prepared to prevent another terrorist attack?

The Center for Immigration Studies convened a panel to examine that question, discussing the role immigration and border security played in the attacks, the major policy changes that followed, and the national-security challenges that remain.

Census Bureau Survey Shows Total Foreign-Born Down 2.9 Million

Since January 2025 when President Trump took office the government’s monthly household survey, officially called the Current Population Survey (CPS), shows an unprecedented 2.9 million decline in the foreign-born population — naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, long-term temporary visitors, and illegal immigrants.

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With Dems in Control of Congress, What Comes Next on Immigration?

Will working-class voters concerned with inflation and foreign wars really be placated by a massive amnesty? And what would that mean for 2028?

If there is a wide-ranging amnesty (or any legalization at all), Vance and Rubio will likely feel conservative voters’ wrath in any primary efforts, while a certain former governor is sure to cast aspersions against everybody’s houses for failing to heed workers’ concerns. The great thing about elections is that there’s usually another one, with fresh issues, every two years.

Topics: Politics, Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform

If Sanctuaries Demand ‘Judicial Warrants’, Give them Judicial Warrants

‘ICE-Free Zones’ are saying, ‘Show me the crime, and I’ll show you the alien’ — so show them the U.S. Code crime, and highlight the federal jail time those aliens receive before being deported

Whether they realize it or not, when sanctuaries like Fairfax County demand “judicial warrants” to honor detainers, they’re really telling ICE to criminally prosecute aliens before deporting them. So, instead of the cold shoulder, DHS and DOJ should play their game — and see how quickly “ICE-Free Zones” warm up to civil immigration enforcement.

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Criminal Aliens

DOJ Touts FY 2026 ‘Significant Accomplishments’ in the Immigration Courts

The latest removal case completion total is ‘the highest in the history of the agency’

With the border secure, fewer cases are being added to immigration judges’ dockets, allowing the courts to shrink a massive backlog that had been left to fester for years. EOIR is justified in touting its IJs’ achievements, but leadership should be careful not to demand the impossible — or to forget the agents on the border helping to make it all happen.

Topics: Immigration Courts

The Pac-Man Machine: How Visa Pipeline Exploitation and Corporate Mission Creep Consume Federal Agencies

Unchecked foreign labor pipelines and unchecked federal contracting are two sides of the same coin. Both disincentivize domestic workforce investment, degrade operational security, and bypass regulatory oversight. When federal agencies become shell organizations run by private vendors, the government forfeits both operational integrity and public trust.

Topics: National Security, U.S. Department of State, H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam

Excerpt: Men Without Work: The Immigration Angle

Brent Orrell and Keith Humphreys published a thoughtful piece in The Atlantic last week on the issue of men dropping out of the labor force. Although the authors seem open to several possible remedies, they underplay the role of immigration — as one of the causes of the labor force dropout and, more important, as a disincentive to pursuing a full set of solutions.

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

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