Ronald W. Mortensen

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Ronald Mortensen, Ph.D. is a retired career U.S. Foreign Service Officer.

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Publication Type Academic Articles Op-ed -Long-Form Essays Podcasts -Parsing Immigration Policy Regulatory Comments Litigation -Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) -Environmental Lawsuits Press Release Report -Memorandum Book Fact Sheet Transcript Testimony Video -Immigration Policy Interview -Immigration Brief -Immigration Newsmaker

Topics 2022 Lame Duck Session Immigration Legislation The Case of Mahmoud Khalil Human Trafficking Ideological Exclusion Biden Border Crisis -Reports from the Border (2021) --Reports from the Border: Del Rio Sector --Reports from the Border: Big Bend Sector Title 42 Border Crisis 2019 - 2020 Covid-19 and Immigration Federal Regulations Guatemala Immigration in Foreign Countries -Mexico --Matricula Consular -Central America -Cuba CIS Investigates Terror Travel Threat in Panama and Costa Rica CIS Reports From America's Other Southern Border: Guatemala-Mexico Unsecured Border Series Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) Optional Practical Training Program (OPT) Chain Migration Migrant Caravans -Migrant Caravans - National Security Threat -Migrant Caravans - Credible Fear Loophole -Migrant Caravans - Mexico/UNHCR Plan RAISE Act (S.354) Immigration Courts Immigration Maps Partnership For A New American Economy Remittances Eugene Katz Award Fraud and Immigration -Document Fraud --Tax Fraud --Driver's License Fraud --Social Security Fraud --Employment Fraud -Visa Fraud --Marriage Fraud --Tourist Visa Fraud --Student Visa Fraud --Diversity Visa Lottery Fraud -Voter Fraud Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy Migration Policy Institute (MPI) UnidosUS Black Americans Canada How to Break the Immigration Policy Impasse Costs of Immigration -Welfare --Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -Social Security -Health Care -Wages, Jobs, and Poverty --Unemployment/Underemployment Rates and Immigration Education and Foreign Students -Foreign Students -Education National Security -9/11 Terrorist Attacks -Faisal Shahzad: The Times Square Bomber Politics -The 2012 Presidental Election -Onyango Obama -Hispanic Voters Population and Environment -National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Immigration History Religion -Catholics -Evangelicals -Jews -Mormons State and Local Policy -Sanctuary Cities -Alabama -Alaska -Arizona --Arizona's Enforcement Law S.B. 1070 -California --Los Angeles County -Colorado -Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) -District of Columbia -Florida -Georgia -Illinois --Chicago, Cook County -Maryland -Massachusetts -Michigan -Minnesota -Mississippi -Nevada -New Jersey -New Mexico -New York -North Carolina -Ohio -Oregon -Pennsylvania -South Carolina -Texas -Utah --Utah Amnesty Law (HB116) -Virginia -Washington Current Numbers -Immigrant Characteristics and Latest Numbers -Population Projections -Hispanic Voter Projections -Immigrant and U.S. Born Employment --State Level Employment Data Polls and Surveys Media Coverage of the Center for Immigration Studies -C-Span Videos -TV Interviews -Radio Interviews -Outside Events Federal Immigration Legislation and Executive Action -DREAM Act -House Legislation --House Legislation 2013-14 ---Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act (SAFE Act - H.R.2278) --House Legislation 2015-16 ---Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015 (H.R.399) ---Legal Workforce Act (H.R.1147) --2021 Budget Reconciliation Bill -Senate Legislation --Senate Legislation 2013-14 ---Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744) --Senate Legislation 2015-16 ---Immigration Innovation Act of 2015 (I Squared Act - S.153) -Executive Actions --2014 Executive Action Amnesty --Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Illegal Immigration -Influx of Unaccompanied Minors -Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform --The 2013-14 Immigration Debate --Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) (1986) -Attrition and Enforcement -In-State Tuition Media Coverage of Immigration Policy -Washington Post Coverage of Immigration Policy --Department of Preening Editorials -The New York Times Coverage of Immigration -Univision and Telemundo Coverage of Immigration U.S. Department of State -Refugees and Asylum --Asylum --Refugees ---Afghan Refugees -Bureau of Consular Affairs -Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration -Visa Waiver Program -Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) Assimilation and Citizenship -Birthright Citizenship -Dual Citizenship Criminal Aliens -Gangs Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -Immigration Parole -REAL ID Act and Secure Identification -Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) --Temporary Protected Status (TPS) --Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) --Legal Immigration ---Legal Permanent Residence (LPR) (Green Cards) ----Family Reunification ----Employment Visas -----EB-5 Permanent Investor Visa Program ----Diversity Visa Lottery --Nonimmigrant Visas ---Guestworkers ----H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam -----IBM and H-1Bs -----2015 Disney Layoffs ----H-2A Nonimmigrant Visa Program -----AgJOBS and Farmworkers ----H-2B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam ----J-1 Nonimmigrant Visa Program ----L-1 Nonimmigrant Visa Program ----R-1 Nonimmigrant Visa Program --E-Verify -Customs and Border Protection (CBP) --Border Wall --Secure Border Initiative (SBI/SBINet) --Increasing the Number of Border Patrol Agents -Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) --Secure Communities Program --287(g) Program -US VISIT and EXIT System LEAPS.TV Web Programs Pew Hispanic Center Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

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Mexico Protects Its Interests with a Friend of the Court Brief, and a Friend in Court

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Utah Attorney General Unable to Effectively Defend Utah's Enforcement Law

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Topics: Utah, Utah Amnesty Law (HB116)

Questions for Newt Gingrich about His Immigration Proposal

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Topics: The 2012 Presidental Election

Supporters of the Utah Immigration Compact Disrespect Veterans

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Topics: Utah Amnesty Law (HB116)

Another Local E-Verify Ordinance

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Topics: E-Verify

Utah Amnesty Law Provides Cover for DHS Amnesty Initiatives

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Topics: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Utah Amnesty Law (HB116)

Five Questions for Rick Perry on In-State Tuition

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Topics: Education, The 2012 Presidental Election, In-State Tuition

Limbaugh Mistakenly Warns GOP: Don't Be 'Distracted' by Illegal Immigration

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Topics: The 2012 Presidental Election

Will Romney Play the Illegal Immigration Card against Perry?

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Topics: The 2012 Presidental Election

Citizens in 23 Countries View Immigration Unfavorably

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