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Heartwarming Story About Violation of the Immigration Laws

WaPo not entirely clear on the endgame

Topics: Washington Post Coverage of Immigration Policy

1996 Law Failed to Cut Overall Immigrant Welfare Use

Back Where We Started

Topics: Welfare

From 2002, a Cautionary Tale for the Gang of Eight

Topics: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744)

Will Iran's Response to Soleimani's Killing Implicate U.S. Foreign Student Policies?

Topics: National Security

Testimony on H.R. 1915

Topics: Politics, Illegal Immigration, Legal Immigration

The Inevitable? — More TPS Eligibility for Syrians

Topics: Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

Is There 100 Miles of New Border Wall, or Not?

It doesn't make much difference — keep building

Topics: Border Wall

Statement on H.R. 5005: The Homeland Security Act of 2002

Quick Look at Some of the Corker-Hoeven Amendment's Many Flaws

Topics: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744)

ICE Begins Using Civil Subpoenas to Demand Information the Law Obliges Sanctuaries to Provide Anyway

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Colorado

What's Wrong With the Visa Lottery?

Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

Topics: Diversity Visa Lottery Fraud, Legal Immigration, Diversity Visa Lottery

For Sen. Portman, an Uneasy Sense of 1986 Deja Vu

Topics: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744)

SCOTUS Ruling on Public-Charge Regulation Could Help Dissuade 'Lawfare' Against Trump Policies

Topics: Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy

Response to Public Notice 5319, regarding the State Department’s intention to investigate the possible adoption of a pilot program to enable foreign university students to work and travel in the United States for up to 12 months

Regulatory Comments

Topics: Education and Foreign Students, National Security

Widening Existing Vulnerabilities, Part 1

Topics: National Security, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744)

New York's 'Green-Light Law': A Boon to Frat Boys

As well as criminals and terrorists

Topics: Document Fraud, New York

Assistance for Elderly and Disabled Refugees

Topics: Refugees and Asylum, Refugees

Surprise! Few "Dreamers" Use In-State Tuition Breaks

Topics: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), In-State Tuition

Are Warrants Really Required for Border Patrol Agents to Board a Greyhound Bus?

Topics: Attrition and Enforcement

Weaknesses in the Visa Waiver Program: Are the Needed Safeguards in Place to Protect America?

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security

Topics: National Security, Visa Waiver Program, Legal Immigration

Big EB-5 Project is Bankrupt in South Dakota; Investors May Lose Everything

Topics: EB-5 Permanent Investor Visa Program

Ninth Circuit Blocks 'Remain in Mexico' — Sort Of

Misinterpreting the INA and ignoring contrary evidence, while the clock is ticking

Topics: Border Crisis 2019 - 2020

The Impact of Immigration on California

Summary and Analysis of Immigration in a Changing Economy: California's Experience

Topics: State and Local Policy, California, Illegal Immigration, Legal Immigration

Warning: Backing Amnesty Is Bad for Your Political Health

Topics: Senate Legislation 2013-14

We Stand by Our Estimate of 33,000 Possible Birth Tourists in 2017

A recent Niskanen Center blog post disputing our number is incorrect

Topics: Birthright Citizenship