Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with Tom Homan

Unveils New Strategy to Expand I-9 Worksite Enforcement

White House Border Czar Tom Homan joined Center Executive Director Mark Krikorian to discuss the next phase of immigration enforcement, highlighting his proposal to expand I-9 inspections, increase worksite enforcement, and accelerate interior removals.

Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Unlikely to Derail Trump’s H-1B Entry Fee

A new analysis concludes that the Supreme Court's recent decision limiting President Trump’s tariff authority is unlikely to invalidate the administration’s $100,000 H-1B entry fee, despite a recent federal district court ruling to the contrary.

Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship

CIS Analysis Says Result Will Be Stronger Interior Enforcement

The Supreme Court today ruled that, with only narrow exceptions, children born in the United States are U.S. citizens regardless of their parents' immigration status. A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies examines the decision's legal reasoning and its likely impact on immigration policy - it is likely to intensify calls for stronger immigration enforcement.

Court Correctly Rules: Only Congress Can Fix the Broken Asylum and Removal Laws that Congress Created

Two new analyses by Center for Immigration Studies Senior Legal Fellow George Fishman conclude that a recent court ruling correctly reaffirms a fundamental constitutional principle: Congress, not the executive branch, writes the nation's immigration laws.

Welfare Use by Non-Citizens Across States in the U.S.

This new report finds that households headed by non-citizens access means-tested welfare programs at substantially higher rates than households headed by U.S.-born Americans in virtually every state.

Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with Tom Homan
Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with Tom Homan
Tariff Ruling Unlikely to Derail Trump’s H-1B Fee
Tariff Ruling Unlikely to Derail Trump’s H-1B Fee
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship
Only Congress Can Fix What Congress Created
Only Congress Can Fix What Congress Created
Welfare Use by Non-Citizens
Welfare Use by Non-Citizens

Unveils New Strategy to Expand I-9 Worksite Enforcement

White House Border Czar Tom Homan joined Center Executive Director Mark Krikorian to discuss the next phase of immigration enforcement, highlighting his proposal to expand I-9 inspections, increase worksite enforcement, and accelerate interior removals.

A new analysis concludes that the Supreme Court's recent decision limiting President Trump’s tariff authority is unlikely to invalidate the administration’s $100,000 H-1B entry fee, despite a recent federal district court ruling to the contrary.

CIS Analysis Says Result Will Be Stronger Interior Enforcement

The Supreme Court today ruled that, with only narrow exceptions, children born in the United States are U.S. citizens regardless of their parents' immigration status. A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies examines the decision's legal reasoning and its likely impact on immigration policy - it is likely to intensify calls for stronger immigration enforcement.

Two new analyses by Center for Immigration Studies Senior Legal Fellow George Fishman conclude that a recent court ruling correctly reaffirms a fundamental constitutional principle: Congress, not the executive branch, writes the nation's immigration laws.

This new report finds that households headed by non-citizens access means-tested welfare programs at substantially higher rates than households headed by U.S.-born Americans in virtually every state.

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DHS Finalizes Rule to Rescind Biden’s Public Charge Rule

Agency policy now allows officers to consider a broader range of an alien’s public benefits usage

DHS has finalized a regulation that will rescind the Biden administration’s 2022 public charge rule. That rule limited the types of public benefit receipts immigration officers could consider when determining whether an alien is inadmissible because they are likely to become a public charge.

A Bad Time to Be a Bad Immigration Lawyer

BIA cracks down even harder on ‘ineffective assistance of counsel’ claims

This BIA opinion makes it more likely that formal complaints will be filed when ineffective assistance of counsel is claimed. Combined with DHS’s recent crackdown on attorneys who file fraudulent applications on behalf of their alien clients, this is a bad time to be a bad immigration lawyer. Shoddy and corrupt attorneys should take notice and either up their legal games and get right with the law or find some other way to earn a living.

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Unique Immigration Legacy

A journey from amnesty proponent to foe of open borders and ‘birth tourism’

Lindsey Graham left a unique immigration legacy and a void larger than his single vote in a body struggling to enact key pieces of the president’s agenda before the congressional midterm elections — and to address the lingering fallout of the Biden years and curb “birth tourism”.

Expectant Mother in Birthright Citizenship Case Was Suing to Access More Welfare

It’s unfortunate that the Supreme Court has cemented birthright citizenship into law. By reinforcing the link between illegal immigration and welfare receipt, however, the ruling should serve as additional motivation to enforce our immigration laws. After all, the most effective way to reduce illegal immigrant access to welfare is to reduce illegal immigration in the first place.