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Phillip Linderman
Board Member
Phillip Linderman is a retired State Department senior Foreign Service officer. Over a three-decade career, he served abroad in U.S. embassies and consulates in Belgium, Mexico, Ecuador, Germany, Cuba, Chile, and Trinidad. He also represented U.S. interests at the Organization of American States and the European Union. Linderman’s diplomatic duties often focused on U.S. border security, international travel, and migration policies, giving him wide experience in working with foreign governments, as well as U.S. law enforcement and intelligence partners, on matters such as visa and passport fraud, human trafficking, terrorist travel, watchlisting, and identity information collection and use.
Using State Department’s Internal Fraud Reports As a Diplomatic Tool to Combat Visa Fraud
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Topics: Visa Fraud
Op-ed: It’s undeniable US allowed child trafficking during Afghan withdrawal — now’s the time to make it right
Topics: Afghan Refugees
It’s undeniable US allowed child trafficking during Afghan withdrawal — now’s the time to make it right
Topics: Afghan Refugees
Op-ed: Trump’s Pressure on Sanctuary Cities Is Working
The foreign-born population in the United States declined by an unprecedented 2.2 million in the first half of 2025.
Trump’s Pressure on Sanctuary Cities Is Working
The foreign-born population in the United States declined by an unprecedented 2.2 million in the first half of 2025.
Op-ed: Afghan Refugee Office Is a Corrupt Failure — Trump Is Right to Shut It Down
Topics: Afghan Refugees