Chain Migration

No matter how much we improve our vetting, the sheer momentum of chain migration-driven immigration from terror-afflicted parts of the world is itself a national security risk. Trying to screen this huge annual number of chain migration applicants is a significant burden on immigration and law enforcement agencies, and causes fiscal and economic problems to boot.

- Jessica Vaughan, CIS Director of Policy Studies

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Andrew Arthur Discusses Merit Based Immigration

Originally Aired by PBS on February 22, 2018

Andrew R. Arthur, the Center's Resident Fellow in Law and Policy, discusses merit based immigration.

Topics: Chain Migration, TV Interviews

Here's a Case of Both Chain Migration and Fierce Labor Exploitation

Topics: Chain Migration, Employment Fraud

Chain Migration Explained by Scholars

Topics: Chain Migration

Bangladesh: A Case Study in Chain Migration

Topics: Chain Migration

The Inner Workings of Chain Migration

Topics: Chain Migration, Costs of Immigration

Just Don’t Call It 'Chain Migration'!

The widely used phrase has suddenly become too honest for pro-immigration activists.

Topics: Chain Migration, Current Numbers, Media Coverage of Immigration Policy

Chain Migration and Assimilation

Topics: Chain Migration, Assimilation and Citizenship

Jessica Vaughan Discusses Cost of Chain Migration

Jessica Vaughan, the Center's Director of Policy Studies, discusses financial cost of chain migration caused by an amnesty for DACA participants.

Topics: Chain Migration, TV Interviews

Data to Support Francis Cissna on Chain Migration

The press is gaslighting the American people

Topics: Chain Migration

Immigration Brief: Chain Migration

The primary source of immigration to the U.S.

Immigration Brief

Topics: Chain Migration