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Sanctuary Jurisdiction Policies and Federalism

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution

Topics: Sanctuary Cities

Nearly Half of Non-Citizen Households with Young Children Use Food Welfare Programs

Cutoff of WIC & Food Stamps will affect immigrants disproportionately

Topics: Welfare

The Rise and Fall of the Immigration Act of 1924: A Greek Tragedy

Doing the right thing for the wrong reason, then doing the wrong thing for the right reason

Topics: Immigration History

Senate Passes an (Almost) DHS Funding Bill

ICE and CBP are left out, forcing more legislative legerdemain to keep immigration enforcement funded

Topics: Attrition and Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Evidence shows immigration reduces wages significantly

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

Did Joe Biden Really Parole In Nearly 3 Million Aliens?

A review of the stats – and the Trump administration response

Topics: Immigration Parole

National Day of Remembrance for Those Killed by Illegal Aliens

Topics: Criminal Aliens

Don’t believe the lies: The UN is paying illegals using US taxpayer cash

Topics: Biden Border Crisis, Costs of Immigration

The ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Case and Federalist No. 78

Does the judiciary branch remain ‘the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution’?

Topics: Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy, Birthright Citizenship

Does Immigration Harm the Poor?

Muslim Immigrants in the United States

Topics: National Security, Immigration History, Religion, Current Numbers

Overall Foreign-Born Population Down 2.2 Million January to July

Illegal population estimated to have fallen 1.6 million this year

Topics: Current Numbers, Immigrant Characteristics and Latest Numbers, Illegal Immigration

Massachusetts: A Case Study in Mass Immigration and the Welfare State

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Massachusetts, Criminal Aliens

How Many Mail-Order Brides?

Topics: Politics, Legal Immigration

Working-Age, but Not Working, 1960 to 2024

Documenting the decades-long increase in the share of Americans not in the labor force, and its implications for immigration policy

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

Panel: Can Democracies Deport Millions?

Livestreamed Panel Examines Law, Politics, and Reality

Illegal Immigrants To Be Hit Hard As SNAP and WIC Benefits Expire

Topics: Welfare

Re-Vetting Refugees: An Additional Safeguard Against Fraud and National Security Risks

Topics: Refugees

The High Cost of Resettling Middle Eastern Refugees

Given limited funds, relocation to the U.S. may not be the most effective way to help

Topics: Refugees and Asylum, Refugees

Why Have Asylum Grant Rates Been Plummeting?

Hint: Elections (and election campaigns) have consequences

Topics: Asylum

Estimating the Illegal Immigrant Population Using the Current Population Survey

Data shows number fell from 2019 to 2021 but rebounded by more than one million by early 2022

Topics: Current Numbers, Immigrant Characteristics and Latest Numbers, Illegal Immigration

‘Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof . . .’

Congress needs to fix State Department rules on citizenship for children of diplomats

Topics: Birthright Citizenship

Welfare Consumption by Illegal Immigrants Is Inevitable — as Long as They’re Here

Topics: Welfare

Stop Automatically Granting U.S. Citizenship to Children of Foreign Diplomats

It is time to end the State Department’s mismanagement of the 14th Amendment ‘birthright citizenship’ issue.

Topics: Birthright Citizenship

The U Visa Program

Rampant fraud and abuse undermine integrity, burden police agencies, and slow benefits for qualified crime victims

Topics: Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)