Immigration Blog

According to a new report presented to the governor of New Jersey, increasing immigration enforcement is one of the most successful strategies for breaking up cliques of the notorious MS-13 gang.

There are legal arguments against the proposition that all children born on U.S. soil, and in a particular children born to aliens illegally present, are automatically granted U.S. citizenship. To turn off this particular magnet, the Trump administration and its Justice Department may want to explore those arguments.

The senators have cut through the smog enveloping Social Security numbers, and have crafted a bill that will prevent most — if not all — of the little-understood but widespread misuse of SSNs by illegal aliens.

There are a number of items in the USMCA that suggest it will result in a surrender of a certain amount of sovereignty where administration of the immigration laws are concerned. Exactly how much remains to be seen.

Under the flawed legal logic Cato uses, the lottery system that has been in place for years is unlawful. The alternative is for USCIS to not give out the visas for the year.

The idea that the Justice Department as an entity could forbid its boss, the acting AG, from ruling on a matter within his supervisory authority and jurisdiction is, of course, spurious and the organizations filing friend-of-the-court briefs know this.

It is good to know that the administration's use of the valuable certification tool to craft immigration policy did not end with the resignation of Jeff Sessions.

There is a new, major EB-5 scandal in Chicago, not yet discussed in the media. It has many of the same-old, same-old ingredients plus some interesting new angles.

Donald J. Trump's greatest failing as president has been staffing. This is rather surprising given his experience as a business leader.

The problem is twofold. First, after nearly two years in office, Trump still has not filled many positions. The result is that many government operations are still in the hands of Obama holdover and career bureaucrats who undermine the president. Second, Trump has filled many important positions with people who do not support his agenda.

On December 3, 2018, the Supreme Court denied (without opinion) a petition for a writ of certiorari from a February 27, 2018, decision of Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.