Center for Immigration Studies

Video: Panama and Costa Rica Governments Are Doing Smugglers' Job for Them

"Controlled Flow" policy moves thousands of migrants of terrorism concern to the U.S. southern border

CIS sent a reporting team to Panama and Costa Rica where they investigated the policy of "controlled flow", in which the governments of Panama and Costa Rica are moving thousands of migrants toward the U.S. southern border.

Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with Chairman Bob Goodlatte

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Representative Bob Goodlatte was featured in an Immigration Newsmaker conversation hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies at the National Press Club. Moderated by Jessica Vaughan, it covered prospects for immigration legislation and the challenges the country will face in upcoming years.

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Border Security, Government Shutdowns, and Political Chicken

Confessions of a Former Government Employee

We are now one week into the strangest government shutdown I have ever seen. And because each of the two parties has different needs, it doesn't look like it's going anywhere fast.

Topics: Border Wall, Politics

Who Is Responsible for the Deaths of Migrant Children?

Border Patrol agents are expected by their critics to overcome the damage that was done to these children during the many weeks of their travel, as often as not accompanied by parents and as a part of a smuggling load in the care of an indifferent coyote whose interest is in speed and not being detected. Where is the parental responsibility for this state of affairs?

Could the President Mandate E-Verify?

Probably — IRCA is looser than you might think

The path is clear for the president to make E-Verify mandatory. All that it requires is the will, and 60 days' notice before implementation.

Topics: E-Verify

Why Is a Physical Border Barrier Important?

What a border barrier (whatever it's called) does is block people out. Not all people all the time. But many. Tens of thousands. And if a wall does that, many of the other dysfunctions begin to ameliorate, buying the system time to heal itself.