The number of illegal alien encounters increased sharply in April 2022 compared to March. According to Customs and Border Protection data, the massive rise was due to increases in aliens found to be inadmissible at America’s ports of entry.
A divided Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts do not hold power to review immigration officials' decisions in some deportation cases - even if the officials have made "egregious factual mistakes."
A long-debated idea to give driver’s licenses to illegal aliens in Massachusetts has passed the state senate with enough margin to overcome formal opposition from Gov. Charlie Baker.
Courts are the government institution depended upon to make sure the government itself follows the law it enforces against the people. When that gets out of whack you start to see the whole system unravel.
"For eight days in July 1834, immigrants' fear of the mere possibility of a future flood of newly freed slaves from the South competing with them for jobs in New York City boiled over into a full-scale riot involving thousands. It drew international attention." - Back of the Hiring Line, Chapter 3
A broad coalition of immigration reductionist organizations, including NumbersUSA, have joined several past administration officials to urge Congressional Republican leaders to unite their members behind a "flagship" border security bill in the next Congress.
The NumbersUSA National Sprawl Study shows that over 68,000 acres of open space was lost to development from 1982-2017, 67% of that loss due to population growth. Driving that growth and subsequent sprawl is the level of immigration to the U.S. Reducing immigration is the most effective way to preserve open spaces and ensure food security for the American people.
We have a new 'Florida Man' story with which to delight. Judge T. Kent Wetherell II, who perhaps we can call Mr. T., is the latest judge to tackle the most pressing question in immigration law: does the President have virtually unlimited discretion to enforce the law based on policy preferences?
Earlier this week, the federal government unilaterally extended temporary work authorization to any eligible aliens currently in the country with a work permit, the new extension will last a whopping 540-days.
Even those of us who live the most sustainable lifestyles still have an ecological footprint. While technological advances can help mitigate the problem, as long as our population continues to climb, many of these gains will not be realized solely because there are more people consuming finite natural resources. An essential component to this issue that we must consider is our growing population, which in our country is mainly due to Congress' immigration policies.
In response to a question from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) at a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas revealed that he was unsure if 42 illegal aliens on the terror/no-fly watchlist had been released into the country under his failed leadership.
According to a source within Customs and Border Protection, approximately 364,000 illegal aliens have eluded apprehension at the southern border so far this fiscal year (October 2021-September 2022). In April alone, nearly 60,000 ‘gotaways’ avoided capture by Border Patrol.