These bills attempt to substitute the opinion of a group of state lawmakers for the federal immigration enforcement system stipulated in our Constitution, enacted by the U.S. Congress, and enforced by our federal agencies.
CIS Senior National Security Fellow Todd Bensman traveled to Mexico's southern border with Guatemala. A primary purpose was to assess the impacts of President Donald Trump's policies to slow the 2018-2019 mass illegal immigration from Central American countries through that key chokepoint to the American southern border.
Immigration can invigorate the country. But when it is poorly managed, it can cause social division — just as it's doing right now.
Who is lobbying for the American workers competing with the new arrivals? The answer, I learned, was no one. As the former labor secretary Robert Reich once put it, "There's no National Association of Working Poor."
A record 45.8 million foreign-born people reside in the United States. Immigrants, legal and illegal, arrive in the United States at an estimated rate of 1.5 million annually, with a resulting cultural, social, economic, and fiscal impact on the country in areas such as schools, infrastructure, and healthcare.
Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was featured in an Immigration Newsmaker conversation hosted by the Center.
Since taking his position as Acting Commissioner of CBP in July, Mr. Morgan has worked to address the southern border crisis and implemented policies contributing to a slow-down in the number of new illegal arrivals.
These bills attempt to substitute the opinion of a group of state lawmakers for the federal immigration enforcement system stipulated in our Constitution, enacted by the U.S. Congress, and enforced by our federal agencies.
CIS Senior National Security Fellow Todd Bensman traveled to Mexico's southern border with Guatemala. A primary purpose was to assess the impacts of President Donald Trump's policies to slow the 2018-2019 mass illegal immigration from Central American countries through that key chokepoint to the American southern border.
Immigration can invigorate the country. But when it is poorly managed, it can cause social division — just as it's doing right now.
Who is lobbying for the American workers competing with the new arrivals? The answer, I learned, was no one. As the former labor secretary Robert Reich once put it, "There's no National Association of Working Poor."
A record 45.8 million foreign-born people reside in the United States. Immigrants, legal and illegal, arrive in the United States at an estimated rate of 1.5 million annually, with a resulting cultural, social, economic, and fiscal impact on the country in areas such as schools, infrastructure, and healthcare.
Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was featured in an Immigration Newsmaker conversation hosted by the Center.
Since taking his position as Acting Commissioner of CBP in July, Mr. Morgan has worked to address the southern border crisis and implemented policies contributing to a slow-down in the number of new illegal arrivals.
Mexican immigration officials said another migrant caravan from El Salvador (not the previous one) is slated for departure on January 31. Like the earlier caravans, migrants will travel to Mexico with the objective of reaching the United States. Several deported Honduran migrants told authorities they would return in the new caravan, named the "Devils Caravan".
After doing virtually everything it can to stymie federal immigration enforcement, California is asking Washington for free land to build housing for its burgeoning homeless population.
Peruvian Minister of the Interior Carlos Moran announced the formation of a new law enforcement taskforce to address the growing number of crimes committed by foreign nationals – primarily by Venezuelan migrants.
One way the new birth tourism rules may be strengthened is through expanded and robust use of "maintenance of status and departure bonds", which are provided for under Section 214(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
