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A Record-Breaking 1,582,808 Foreign Students in 2024

Huge jump in STEM work authorization

Topics: Foreign Students

Immigration Judges Issued Nearly 500K Removal Orders in FY 2025

‘Due process’ and congressional mandates are why you should ignore complaints that ICE is arresting ‘non-criminals’

Topics: Immigration Courts

A Record-Setting Decade of Immigration: 2000-2010

Topics: Current Numbers

Misperceptions About ICE Enforcement Under Trump Warp Biden's Immigration Promises

It was actually less harsh under Trump than during all but two years of Obama

Topics: Politics, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Two Years of Biden’s Immigration Policies

10 actions and their impact

Topics: Biden Border Crisis, Immigration Parole

Can U.S. Farm Workers Be Replaced by Machines?

Mechanizing fruit and vegetable production

Topics: H-2A Nonimmigrant Visa Program

USCIS Expanding the Issuance NTAs

A rejected applicant for immigration benefits will now be more likely to face deportation

Topics: Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Aliens in Expedited Removal Not Eligible for Bond

AG reads statute, reverses BIA

Topics: Illegal Immigration

The Florida Gateway: Data Shows Most Migrant Flights Landing in Gov. DeSantis’s Sunshine State

Smaller but significant numbers are landing in Texas, New York, and California

Topics: Biden Border Crisis, California, Florida, New York, Immigration Parole

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Alien on Mexican Side of Border Is ‘Arriving in the United States’

Can DHS use force to keep illegal migrants at our nation’s doorstep out? We will soon know the answer

Topics: Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy, Illegal Immigration, Attrition and Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

No Vaccine Mandate for Illegal Aliens

But unvaccinated Americans and Africans are blamed for spreading Covid

Topics: Covid-19 and Immigration, Illegal Immigration

Identity Fraud by Illegal Aliens Ignored by the Federal Government

Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 69

Parsing Immigration Policy

Topics: Tax Fraud, Social Security Fraud, Employment Fraud

Biden Political Decision to End Rapid DNA Testing at the Border Guarantees Immigrant Child Abuse

Topics: Biden Border Crisis

OPT Needs to End

‘Optional Practical Training’: A guestworker program for aliens masquerading as ‘students’

Topics: Optional Practical Training Program (OPT), Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Elite vs. Public Opinion

An Examination of Divergent Views on Immigration

Topics: Polls and Surveys

New Census Bureau Projections Show Immigration Drives Population Growth

But has only modest impact on working-age share of population

Topics: Population Projections

DHS Reports Record Number of Overstays in 2022

Topics: Visa Fraud

Remembering Barbara Jordan and Her Immigration Legacy

Topics: Immigration History

Op-ed: Trump’s New Amnesty Would Cover About Two Million Illegal Immigrants

Topics: Trump 2025 Executive Actions, Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Restoring VOICE: Supporting Victims of Illegal-Alien Crime

Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 204

Parsing Immigration Policy

Births to Legal and Illegal Immigrants in the U.S.

A look at health insurance coverage among new mothers by legal status at the state and local level

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Current Numbers

DHS Creates TPS Status for Nepalis

Topics: Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

Foreign-Born Population Hits Record 46.6 Million in January 2022

Census Bureau data shows the number of immigrants in the U.S. rebounded dramatically after declining through mid-2020

Topics: Current Numbers

The House Freedom Caucus Calls on President Trump to Use the Insurrection Act

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Attrition and Enforcement

The 2006 Swift Raids

Assessing the Impact of Immigration Enforcement Actions at Six Facilities