Ruy Teixeira’s 10 rules of “immigration realism”
By Jeremy Beck
Many more people want to come to a rich country like the United States than an orderly immigration system can allow.
By Jeremy Beck
Many more people want to come to a rich country like the United States than an orderly immigration system can allow.
By Jeremy Beck
An ICE officer shot and killed a U.S. citizen last week during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Protesters continue to clash with ICE nationwide, especially in sanctuary cities where local officials like Mayor Frey of Minneapolis have called on federal agents to leave. This doesn’t have to be a choice between community safety and law … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
The New York Times reports that these arrests are more common in states with sanctuary policies limiting cooperation with ICE. A Washington Post analysis found that ICE is now making more than four times as many at-large arrests per week than during President Trump’s first term. Sanctuary policies do not stop enforcement–they shift it into less controlled environments.
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December 31, 2025 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesU.S. Department of Homeland Security5900 Capital Gateway DriveCamp Springs, MD 20746 RE: DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0205Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NumbersUSA welcomes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Notice of ProposedRulemaking (NPRM) related to the collection and use of biometrics, and submits … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The Laken Riley Act became the first bill to address enforcement failures to be passed by Congress on a bipartisan basis since the 2006 Secure Fence Act. Twenty years ago, the bipartisan support came from the likes of Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL), John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Biden (D-DE), Hilary Clinton (D-NY) Barack Obama (D-IL), and Charles “Chuck” Schumer (D-NY).
By Jeremy Beck
The legislation that bears her name takes only modest steps toward a secure system, yet opponents argue that the government should continue to place migrant children with sponsors who are in the country illegally.
By Joe Jenkins
On December 16, 2005 – twenty years ago today – the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4437, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005, by a vote of 239-182. The legislation included mandatory use of the E-Verify system (phased in over two years), construction of 700 miles of reinforced border fencing, … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The Kayla Hamilton Act prioritizes child safety, public safety, and basic accountability. Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill risks reviving the chaos, exploitation, and tragedy that defined the height of the border crisis.
By Jeremy Beck
Most Americans would probably prefer a stable system that prevents illegal immigration in the first place and limits these wild fluctuations. To this point, however, Congress has not acted to provide that stability.