Immigration Blog

What to Make of Foreign-Born Numbers in the January 2026 Employment Data?

District Court Judges ‘Bypass’ Fifth Circuit Mandatory Detention Order

Trial-level judges are free to distinguish precedent opinions, but they aren’t free to ignore them

Biden-Nominated Federal Judge Laughs Minnesota’s Neo-Confederate Lawsuit Out of Court: Part I

Dissecting CBS News’ Claim that ‘Less than 14%’ of Trump II ICE Arrestees Are ‘Violent Criminals’

Ignore the tendentious herd mentality; the press should offer the public “a little more light and a little less noise” — and some better historical context — on immigration enforcement

BIA Issues Key Ruling on ‘Expert Witness’ Opinions in Removal Cases

Helpful, but such commonsense guidance shows how lax some judges had become

Fifth Circuit Greenlights Mandatory Detention for All Illegal Entrants

Ignore the thousands of habeas claims — this issue is bound for SCOTUS

Op-ed: CIS vs. Cato on Immigrant Welfare: Who’s Right?

Can Naturalized Citizens Be Hyphenated Americans?

Theodore Roosevelt: no; Supreme Court: yes

Trump II, Florida Take a Page from Biden’s ‘Consent Decree’ Playbook to Curb Parole Abuses

‘The blessing or the curse — depending on one’s vantage point — of a binding contract is its certitude’

Op-ed: The High Cost of Immigrant Welfare

There’s a bigger story behind the Minnesota fraud scandal.