Immigration Blog

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DHS Proposes Regulatory Changes to Reform the Student, Exchange Visitor, and Foreign Media Visa Programs

CIS submitted a comment supporting ending the open-ended ‘duration of status’ rules

Topics: Foreign Students

How The Trump Administration Can Strengthen Its New H-1B Reforms

And how you can offer your own input

Topics: H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam

Happy (Fiscal) New Year!

While the forecast is good, legal storms are brewing, and whether this will be a positive FY 2026 for immigration enforcement remains to be seen

Topics: Attrition and Enforcement

Op-ed: Illegal-Immigrant Trucker ‘No Name Given’ Mocks US Law — and Puts Us in Grave Danger

Topics: Driver's License Fraud, National Security, New York, Illegal Immigration

Des Moines School Superintendent, Illegal Alien, Arrested by ICE

I have a feeling Ian Roberts’s full story will be an indictment of our immigration system, but not the way his supporters contend

Topics: Employment Fraud

Honoring ICE Detainers and the ‘Non-Commandeering’ Canard

Topics: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

BIA: ‘Isolated Incidents of Torture’ Not Sufficient to Support CAT Claim

A good reminder that the burden of proof for Convention Against Torture relief is high

Topics: Asylum

CIS Scholar’s Study of Cultural Persistence Published in Atlantic Economic Journal

Topics: Assimilation and Citizenship

Curious Takeaways from the Latest WaPo/Ipsos Poll

Enforcing our immigration laws is ‘tough’, but voters prefer it to the alternative

Topics: Polls and Surveys, Attrition and Enforcement

CBP Releases Latest Border Numbers

Apprehensions rise slightly, but maybe there’s an explanation

Topics: Current Numbers, Customs and Border Protection (CBP)