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Report: Nearly 1 in 8 DACA Requestors have Arrest Record

USCIS Releases Report on Arrest Histories of Illegal Aliens who Request DACA Offenses include Murder, Rape, Weapon and Assault Charges. Release Date: Nov. 16, 2019 WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated data (PDF, 756 KB) on arrests and apprehensions of illegal aliens who requested Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The release of […]

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America’s Southern Border Wall is a Firewall

  I am pretty sure someone already made the analogy so I’ll just jump on board, but I feel compelled to make this disclaimer: A hypothetical will be posed using directive language. Do not actually carry out anything I suggest in this hypothetical as it is solely intended as a mental exercise to help those […]

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Immigration Wars: Opposition to a Border Wall is Opposition to Border Safety

Open borders cost innocent lives.

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Conservatives Are Slamming Trump For Surrendering To The Democrats On Border Wall Funding

ManyĀ conservatives are absolutely furious that President Trump has reversed course and has decided not to fight for funding for a border wall.Ā 

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Citizenship and ā€˜Anchor Babies’

Citizenship and ā€˜Anchor Babies’ By John R. Stoeffler Illegal aliens apprehended by law enforcement are under the law subject to deportation. On the other hand, a baby born to illegal aliens while on U.S. soil is automatically a citizen. But the story shouldn’t, must not end there. Unlike other illegals, parents of these children are […]

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Giving Lifetime Work Authorization to 750,000 DACAs: Still a Bad Idea

  During his Florida speech, President Trump pulled out all his fiery talking points related to job creation, a strong military, national security, sovereignty and slowing immigration that resonate with American voters. President Trump is criticized for using this campaign-style rhetoric to inspire his base. But what the president’s detractors forget is that the issues […]

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Administration Scores Two Big Wins on Refugee Resettlement

By Joe Guzzardi On refugee issues, two recent successes are encouraging, and may lead to a sensible approach to how America should resettle migrants. This week the United States, at President Donald Trump’s insistence and with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s support,Ā withdrewĀ from the United Nations’ Global Compact on Migration (GCM). In his statement, Tillerson said […]

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Murdered Border Patrol Agent: Failed by Decades of Mismanagement

For U.S. Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez’s family and friends, Thanksgiving Day was somber. Martinez and his partner were brutally beaten in Texas’ Big Bend sector. A 36-year-old father, Martinez died from head injuries sustained while being battered with rocks; his partner survived but is reported to be having trouble remembering. Illegal immigrants, possibly trafficking […]

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IMMIGRATION: DACA Kabuki Theater Final Act

The deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) immigration brouhaha is about to hit its peak. Congressional Democrats and some Republicans are willing – eager, in fact – to shut down the federal government if 750,000 illegal immigrants don’t get an amnesty that will grant them lifetime work authorization, Social Security numbers and other affirmative benefits. […]

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The Immigration Court Backlog Is Larger than We Know

  On Tuesday, the Center for Immigration Studies held a panel discussion on the immigration court backlog. While that panel (and the accompanying report) painted a fairly bleak picture of the overwhelming number of cases that the nation’s 334 immigration judges (IJs) have on their dockets, a review of the findings of that panel (and […]

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The Employment Situation of Immigrants and Natives in the First Quarter of 2016

CIS analysis of new Bureau of Labor Statistics data Steven A. Camarota | Center for Immigration Studies Download a PDF of this Backgrounder The number and percentage of native-born Americans officially unemployed have improved. But the official unemployment rate only includes those who have looked for a job in the last four weeks. The number […]

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Costs of Refugee Resettlement Unclear to Taxpayers

Don BarnettĀ  |The Tennessean, June 24, 2016 Before the Refugee Act of 1980, refugee resettlement was the work of true sacrificial charity, where sponsors and charities committed to maintaining and supporting the refugees with housing and employment, even medical care if needed. There was an explicit bar to the access of welfare benefits. The sponsor […]