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Who Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers?

AP should stick to reporting facts, not "checking" them.

Topics: Media Coverage of Immigration Policy

Congressional Committee Calls for Investigation of First Terror Attack by Border-Crossing Migrant

This investigation is sorely needed, in part because the current national debate over special interest aliens and terror travel to the southern land border has swirled in a way that has left the American public befuddled and confused over what is real and what is not.

Topics: National Security

Is Trump's Base Non-Voting Foreign Workers and Silicon Valley?

Publishing a pro-H-1B tweet just as he returned from demanding money for the Wall is the sort of irony that the president probably should not create.

Topics: H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam

Will "Universal" Health Care for Illegal Aliens in NYC and California Hurt the Shrinking Middle Class?

It will no doubt act as a beacon to many aliens who have no status or health coverage, and want it. Why would it not incentivize a relocation to the city or state, especially in the hermetically sealed environment of a "sanctuary"?

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Mark Krikorian's Response to a Big Question from NPR's Steve Inskeep

Some personal observations

Topics: Media Coverage of the Center for Immigration Studies

Finally, Someone Does the Right Thing in the South Dakota EB-5 Scandals

The good news is limited; this is not an effort to address more than a single part of the EB-5 mess in South Dakota, but one hopes it is a start.

Topics: EB-5 Permanent Investor Visa Program

The Shutdown and Emergency Powers

Topics: Border Wall, Politics

Trump and the GOP Were Hardly the First to Worry About "Special Interest Alien" Smuggling to the Southwest Border

Was Obama's DHS Secretary also engaging in baseless fear-mongering?

Topics: National Security

If You Don't Fund Judges, Don't Complain About Backlogs

And other takeaways from the president's border security funding request

The budget fight is over more than a wall. If Democrats fail to accede to the president's other budget requests, they will lose their best talking points.

Topics: Immigration Courts, Politics

Can a Wall Pay for Itself?: An Update

When asking whether a border wall can pay for itself, the key questions are the cost of each illegal immigrant, and the number of illegal crossers, vs. the cost of a wall.

Topics: Border Wall, Costs of Immigration

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Some personal observations

And other takeaways from the president's border security funding request