By Roy Beck
The closest races for the U.S. House of Representatives include 16 with a candidate committed to lower immigration who is competing with a candidate who is not. Most of these 16 — who are as likely to lose as to win — are incumbents with good reduction records in Congress. In an email to all … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Immigration and the Rat Race A memo from the Center for American Progress warns vulnerable Democrats to spend “as little time as possible” talking about immigration. The websites of at least five vulnerable Senate Democrats make no mention of immigration (although one of them – Joe Donnelly of Indiana – is running ads saying he … Continued
By Eric Ruark
The study of the past with one eye upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in history. It is the essence of what we mean by the word ‘unhistorical.’ – Herbert Butterfield Christopher Browning, emeritus professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, penned a piece in … Continued
Approximately 1,300 migrants left Honduras this weekend, according to Reuters, hoping to reach the U.S.-Mexico border. Reuters reports that the migrants are heading to the U.S. to escape violence in their home country and to seek better work opportunities. They also hope to take advantage of current loopholes in U.S. immigration law that would allow … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
A record number of migrants traveling with children have been apprehended at the border with a month to go in the fiscal year. Alfredo Corchado and Diane Solis of the Dallas Morning News report that the “renewed surge in Central American family migration is overwhelming private shelters and U.S. immigration holding centers.” Eric Olson of … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
NPR’s Ailsa Chang has a wild story about a man who found his American dream writing fictional stories for asylum applicants. Years after being caught, he is in hiding from the FBI but sharing some of his best work with NPR over Skype. Chang’s story acts as a sequel to “Asylum Fraud in Chinatown: An … Continued
By Roy Beck
The Census Bureau’s projections of where U.S. population size is headed are dire. But a new chart (see below) we have produced from the projections also contains a much brighter prospect if the country makes just moderate immigration reductions. This chart is the most recent update of many NumbersUSA has produced since 1996. The bottom … Continued
In Donald Trump’s run for the White House, he promised bold changes on immigration. Those changes, if enacted, would boost American workers and put the country on a more sustainable path by reducing legal immigration and deterring illegal immigration. No person in the Administration has done more to advance Pres. Trump’s immigration agenda than Attorney … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The New York Times provides an example of chain migration this week. The young engineer arrived in America when he was 23 with a good education and little else. He landed a job at a nuclear test site, and built a home in Nevada. Between the 1970s and the mid-1980s, he brought his wife, mother, … Continued
