A Look at the FY 2021 Report to Congress on Refugees

Good information, but likely to change under a Biden administration

The president's "Report to Congress on Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021", released this October, provides us with a snapshot of the Trump administration's refugee and asylum policy in FY 2020 and its projections for FY 2021.

Alejandro Mayorkas: A Portrait of the Intended Nominee for DHS Secretary

The man tapped to become DHS secretary, Cuba-born Alejandro "Ali" Mayorkas, would wear many hats running one of the country's largest bureaucracies.

But despite largely laudatory media reviews of a Mayorkas appointment, his public service legacy features serial ethical imbroglios, a pointed de-emphasis on immigration fraud and law enforcement, and strong-arm management tactics to spike acceptances of immigration and asylum applications in disregard of eligibility.

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The Untold Story of the Nation’s Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration

The untold story of a secret American border program created to prevent terrorist infiltration over the U.S. Southwest Border, how it succeeded in apprehending jihadists, why it’s failing at a time when the risk of border infiltration attack is elevated, and what should be done to repair the enterprise before Americans finally suffer the consequences.

Why Aren't Refugees Being Tested for Covid-19?

President Trump has the authority to add it to the list of 'quarantinable diseases' to mandate testing prior to resettlement

Thousands of refugees from countries with floundering health care systems, delayed government responses, and, more often than not, deep political and economic crises, are being resettled here without prior testing for Covid-19.

Immigrant Population Growth Slows

‘Trump Effect’ likely explains slowdown

Recently released Census data shows the number of immigrants (legal and illegal) grew more slowly from 2017 to 2019 than in prior years.

In the first two years of the Trump administration, growth in the immigrant population averaged only about 200,000 a year, in contrast to 650,000 a year from 2010 to 2017.

FY 2021 Refugee Report
FY 2021 Refugee Report
Alejandro Mayorkas: Intended Nominee for DHS Secretary
Alejandro Mayorkas: Intended Nominee for DHS Secretary
Book: America’s Covert Border War
Book: America’s Covert Border War
Refugees Not Tested for COVID-19
Refugees Not Tested for COVID-19
Immigrant Population Growth Slows
Immigrant Population Growth Slows

Good information, but likely to change under a Biden administration

The president's "Report to Congress on Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021", released this October, provides us with a snapshot of the Trump administration's refugee and asylum policy in FY 2020 and its projections for FY 2021.

The man tapped to become DHS secretary, Cuba-born Alejandro "Ali" Mayorkas, would wear many hats running one of the country's largest bureaucracies.

But despite largely laudatory media reviews of a Mayorkas appointment, his public service legacy features serial ethical imbroglios, a pointed de-emphasis on immigration fraud and law enforcement, and strong-arm management tactics to spike acceptances of immigration and asylum applications in disregard of eligibility.

The Untold Story of the Nation’s Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration

The untold story of a secret American border program created to prevent terrorist infiltration over the U.S. Southwest Border, how it succeeded in apprehending jihadists, why it’s failing at a time when the risk of border infiltration attack is elevated, and what should be done to repair the enterprise before Americans finally suffer the consequences.

President Trump has the authority to add it to the list of 'quarantinable diseases' to mandate testing prior to resettlement

Thousands of refugees from countries with floundering health care systems, delayed government responses, and, more often than not, deep political and economic crises, are being resettled here without prior testing for Covid-19.

‘Trump Effect’ likely explains slowdown

Recently released Census data shows the number of immigrants (legal and illegal) grew more slowly from 2017 to 2019 than in prior years.

In the first two years of the Trump administration, growth in the immigrant population averaged only about 200,000 a year, in contrast to 650,000 a year from 2010 to 2017.

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Wave of 'Extra-Continental' Migrants Predicted in Biden's First Year

Migrants from terror-plagued countries and around the world are bottled up in Latin America, waiting for the green light

It bears remembering that next year's now-broadly predicted surge of illegal immigration to the U.S. Southwest Border — largely the result of the Biden campaign's months of messaging that the incoming president will clear all obstacles and penalties for it — will include not only Spanish-speakers.

New York Bars ICE from Courthouses

The demonization of law enforcement, and 'the worst imaginable thing' a police chief ever has to do

New York Governor Cuomo signed the "Protect Our Courts Act" . It is apparent from the governor's press release that its target is ICE, and the intention is to prevent the agency from making arrests in courthouses in the Empire State.

Disturbing Trends at the Border

And likely to get worse: Of Biden's immigration plans and 'Gen Z' with Jack Daniels

The good news is that CBP encounters at the Southwest border remained relatively constant during the last two months. The bad news is that November's numbers are well above those in the same month in recent years, and with respect to Border Patrol apprehensions, at a 14-year high. The worse news is that even the good news is unlikely to last.

The Tension Between Mail-Order and Retail Decision-Making at USCIS

A government decision to expand the use of in-person interviews in immigration decisions, as opposed to paper-only processes, is a sign of concern about the quality of the decision-making and is more likely to occur during this than the next administration. In the future, look for an increase in mail-order, rather than retail, decision-making.