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White House Declares the ‘Era of Amnesty’ in the Immigration Courts ‘Is Over’

While NYT makes many of the same claims as it dives into IJ firings — but omits key points

Topics: Immigration Courts, Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Map: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States

Topics: Immigration Maps, Sanctuary Cities

The DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act as ‘Rage Bait’ for Those Who Want More Enforcement

Pro tips from a former staffer who knows how to pass legislation

Topics: Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

Topics: Attrition and Enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Welfare Use by Immigrants and the U.S.-Born, 2024

Comparing program use by foreign- and U.S.-born-headed households

Topics: Welfare

DHS Chief Floats Idea of Closing Air ‘Ports of Entry’ in Sanctuaries

Former MMA fighter and plumber threatens to clear enforcement clogs by hitting opponents right in the terminal

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Somalia-Born Candidate for Congress Accused of Immigration/Marriage Fraud

Topics: Marriage Fraud

Foreign-Born Number and Share of U.S. Population at All-Time Highs in January 2025

Record increase in last four years driven primarily by illegal immigration

Topics: Immigrant Characteristics and Latest Numbers, Population Projections

Panel: Can Democracies Deport Millions?

Panel Examines Law, Politics, and Reality

Somali Immigrants in Minnesota

Profile of a struggling group

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare, Minnesota

Religious Leaders and Their Constituents Do Not See Eye-to-Eye on Welcoming Refugees

Topics: Refugees

DOJ Tweets About Decline in Immigration Court Backlog — but Where Are the Stats?

Open the books wide, and let the people decide

Topics: Immigration Courts

Non-Citizen Use of Welfare by Region and Country of Birth

High levels driven by lack of education, not unwillingness to work

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare

Can Foreign-Born Citizens Be Denaturalized for Post-Naturalization Behavior and Beliefs?

Yes, but …

Topics: Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy, Assimilation and Citizenship

Trump vs. Biden on ICE Arrests, Removals

Don’t believe the headlines — two-thirds of aliens deported from ICE custody under the current administration have criminal histories

Topics: Attrition and Enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

The Jewish Stake in America's Changing Demography

Reconsidering a Misguided Immigration Policy

Topics: Religion, Jews

Births to Illegal Immigrants and Long-Term Temporary Visitors

Preliminary estimates

Topics: Trump 2025 Executive Actions, Birthright Citizenship

Mexico’s 'Death Train' Contributing to the Biden Border Crisis

Topics: Biden Border Crisis

The ‘Dignity Act’

Amnesty for 12 million now plus more than five million extra immigrants over the next decade

Topics: Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Does Immigration Harm the Poor?

Mapping the Impact of Immigration on Public Schools

Topics: Immigration Maps, Education and Foreign Students, Education

DOL Reduces Wages for H-2A Workers

Could result in more imported labor and less mechanization

Topics: H-2A Nonimmigrant Visa Program

Looking for Push Factors in Central America

The pull factors are likely stronger, but at least CBP is trying

Topics: Illegal Immigration

Of Course Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits

Shutdown debate misses the fact that illegals already get taxpayer-funded healthcare through other pathways

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare, Health Care

The Left’s Demand for ‘Equity’ in Immigration Enforcement

What the Fairfax prosecutor, ‘open borders’ advocates, and the DHS funding shutdown all have in common

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Virginia, Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Attrition and Enforcement