Immigration Blog

Immigration, Health Benefits, and the Government Shutdown

A bullet-point summary of the debate

Migrant Flow Returns to Traditional Demographic Patterns under Trump II

Biden’s “global” border crisis appears to have ended; Mexicans again account for most new border arrests

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: On Second Thought, H-1B Isn’t for the ‘Best and Brightest’ After All!

Repudiating decades of hype to fight Trump’s $100K entry fee

Despite Uptick in September, FY25 Border Arrests Were the Lowest in Generations

Total illegal entries near levels not seen since the 1940s

Why Trump Critics’ Hyperbolic Rhetoric on Deportations Denigrates Real Tragedies

Ninth Circuit Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Portland National Guard Deployment

“This administrative order expresses no views on the merits of this matter”

DHS Proposes to Reform the H-1B Selection Process to Favor Higher-Paid Workers

CIS submitted a comment supporting ending the purely random lottery and provided alternative measures to strengthen the program’s integrity

AG: No ‘Coercion or Duress’ Exception to the Bar to Humanitarian Protection for Alien Persecutors

A 73-year-old question is answered (for now): ‘As written by Congress, the [persecutor] bar is absolute’

Ninth Circuit Greenlights Trump’s National Guard Deployment to Portland

A history lesson on 10 U.S.C. § 12406, which has been used in the past ‘for far more anodyne purposes’

Enabled by a Federal Judge, Chicago-Area Mayors Seek to Shut Down Immigration Law Enforcement

Let’s go Brandon ... and Katrina!