Leaked Data & Sec. Mayorkas Statements Suggest Immigration Enforcement Is Virtually Ended

By Eric Ruark

Since President Biden assumed office on January 20, 2021, his administration has taken deliberate actions to facilitate illegal immigration into the United States – including assisting smugglers to complete human trafficking operations – and to end the enforcement of immigration law in the interior of the country. As long as jobs and taxpayer-funded government benefits … Continued

Leaked Data & Sec. Mayorkas Statements Suggest Immigration Enforcement Is Virtually Ended

By Eric Ruark

Since President Biden assumed office on January 20, 2021, his administration has taken deliberate actions to facilitate illegal immigration into the United States – including assisting smugglers to complete human trafficking operations – and to end the enforcement of immigration law in the interior of the country. As long as jobs and taxpayer-funded government benefits … Continued

Here’s how the spending bill affects immigration. . .

By Chris Chmielenski

The 116th Congress has officially adjourned, ending attempts by some lawmakers to undermine American workers and taxpayers. But the massive federal spending and Covid relief package passed by Congress late last night was far from perfect. Here’s what is and isn’t in the bill… ATTEMPTS TO LIFT PER-COUNTRY CAPS DEAD FOR NOW – Earlier this … Continued

Now They Tell Us: Immigration a Hot Topic Post-Election

By Jeremy Beck

Brian Norris and Anita Kumar join the throng of political observers noting the palatable absence of immigration during the 2020 campaign: Immigration dominated the 2016 presidential campaign, but Joe Biden’s promise during the second debate to “within a hundred days … send to the United States Congress a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million … Continued

Mandatory E-Verify Could Help End Tragic Deaths at the Border

By Lisa Irving

The New York Times feature “How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants” by James Verini published late this summer profiles 23 year old Roberto Primero Luis, a “cheerful, studious and devout” barbershop entrepreneur in Guatemala who tragically died, dehydrated and exhausted, while traversing the Sonoran Desert in an attempt to … Continued

Encouraging Agency Action to Protect American Workers

By Chris Chmielenski

While unemployment in the United States remains high, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) have taken the novel step of actually moving to protect American jobs for American workers. It is novel because a review of past agency actions in prior Administrations will offer scant evidence that … Continued

Where Amy Coney Barrett Stands on Immigration

By Chris Chmielenski

Pres. Trump named Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As a federal judge, Barrett has ruled on a couple immigration-related cases. The Supreme Court’s role on immigration has intensified due to significant changes made to immigration policy through executive action by former Pres. Obama and now … Continued

Democrats adopt platform of more chain migration, less enforcement & mass amnesty

By Chris Chmielenski

The Democratic Party approved its Party Platform during its national convention this week, and while some Democrats complained that it didn’t go far enough in embracing a more open-borders agenda, there’s not much to like for supporters of reduced immigration. THE BAD – Increased legal immigration, mass amnesty, and less enforcement One line on the … Continued

Denver-area ICE Detention Facility Treats Illegal Aliens Humanely and Respectfully

By Chris Chmielenski

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to tour the ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colo., owned and operated by The GEO Group. This facility has been at the center of the immigration-enforcement debate ever since protesters replaced the facility’s American flag with a Mexican flag and defaced a Blue Lives Matter flag earlier … Continued