Illegal Immigration

"The unauthorized resident immigrant population is defined as all foreign-born non-citizens who are not legal residents. Most unauthorized residents either entered the United States without inspection or were admitted temporarily and stayed past the date they were required to leave. . ."
- United States Department of Homeland Security

"Nearly half of the 12 million-plus illegal aliens in America arrived legally with temporary, non-immigrant visas. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates that a 'substantial' percentage of America’s illegal population is made up of visa overstays — their estimates range from 27 to 57 percent. . ."
- David Seminara, CIS Fellow

Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Attrition and Enforcement

In-State Tuition

Influx of Unaccompanied Minors

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DHS to Pay Illegal Aliens to Leave

Cost-effective, assuming enough people take the department up on the offer

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Illegal Immigration

SW Border Monthly Arrests Lowest in a Generation

. . . Allowing the immigration court backlog to shrink for the first time since 2008

Topics: Current Numbers, Attrition and Enforcement

Op-ed: Prison First, Deportation Later: Trump Revives Criminal Penalties for Border Jumpers

First-time offenders face short jail terms of up to six months on a federal misdemeanor charge of 'improper entry by alien'

Topics: Trump 2025 Executive Actions, Attrition and Enforcement

Prison First, Deportation Later: Trump Revives Criminal Penalties For Border Jumpers

First-time offenders face short jail terms of up to six months on a federal misdemeanor charge of “improper entry by alien.”

Topics: Trump 2025 Executive Actions, Attrition and Enforcement

Secretary of State Revokes, Blocks Visas for Nationals of South Sudan

Rubio starts using ‘243(d)’ to force recalcitrant countries to take back their deported nationals

Topics: Illegal Immigration

Report: Trump’s ICE Has Deported 100K-Plus Aliens in 70 Days

And arrested 113K more, a blistering pace not seen in more than a decade

Topics: Attrition and Enforcement

With ICE Moving at a Glacial Pace (Through No Fault of Its Own), Can the U.S. Military Trigger an Avalanche of Deportations?

Topics: Illegal Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Got-Away Traffic Drops Like A Rock At This Notorious Stretch Of The Border

As one young man in Juarez put it, “The mafia isn’t smuggling anyone right now.”

Topics: Illegal Immigration, Attrition and Enforcement

Trump Must Assess Damage Done by Biden’s ‘CBP One’ Scheme on Security at Border Ports

Smugglers and traffickers almost definitely exploited it to move drugs, contraband, terrorists, and criminals into the United States

Topics: Biden Border Crisis, Illegal Immigration

Guatemalan Illegal Alien Charged with Running Ring that Smuggled 20k Aliens

While another suspect allegedly threatened to cut off the heads of an ICE agent and his family

Topics: Illegal Immigration