John Kerry joins Democratic voices calling for limits: “without a border protected, you don’t have a nation.”

By Jeremy Beck

Democratic post-election analysis identified immigration – both the border crisis and overall levels – as the decisive issue in the 2024 presidential election. It remains President Trump’s most popular issue and one of the Democratic party’s greatest liabilities.

The Historic Surge of Illegal Immigration Under President Biden

By Eric Ruark

International audiences who follow American media are aware that under President Joe Biden, “unprecedented migration” to the United States occurred. The term migration is wholly appropriate here in the sense that millions of people from around the world crossed the U.S. border. However, under U.S. law, these migrants were overwhelmingly inadmissible aliens – an alien … Continued

President Biden Still Playing Games at Border with New Proclamation

By Jared Culver

Over three years of border madness the White House has remained stubbornly allergic to the idea that illegal aliens are arriving at the border and claiming asylum as a pretext to gain entry and work authorization in the United States. This denial of the basic truth driving the crisis has poisoned every enforcement effort attempted. … Continued

Creating Alliances with Radical Community Builders

By Andre Barnes

My role as HBCU Engagement Director can be very schizophrenic because essentially I have two roles. I am the educator who goes to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and community groups to give presentations about immigration. I am also the agitator who will work with grassroots organizations to conduct polling, organize twitter spaces, and rally … Continued

The Forced Labor Convictions Come One by One Hurrah? Hurrah?

By Jared Culver

There is a good deal of discussion right now about forced labor in China and the seafood industry, among others. Many in Congress are up in arms about securing America’s supply chain to ensure goods and services entering America are not enabled by forced labor. While this is laudable, the same Congress, media, and Executive … Continued

A Barnstorming Success at Putting Eyes on Biden’s Border Failure

By Chris Pierce

This NumbersUSA State Government Relations Action Report follows the team’s recent visit to the U.S.-Mexico Border in Yuma, Arizona, and San Diego, California, where we showed a group of Montana Legislators the intricacies of immigration enforcement and what they, as state legislators, can do to protect their constituents from Biden’s failed and dangerous immigration policies. … Continued

Laken Riley Act Empowers States to Stop Biden

By Jared Culver

The House of Representatives is considering H.R. 7511, the Laken Riley Act. The legislation empowers state governments to challenge the plainly illegal actions of presidents.

Senate Border Bill Codifies Biden Border Policies

By Jared Culver

If one thing is certain today, it is that President Biden’s border policies have been a disaster. He came into power rescinding policies like Remain in Mexico and expanding parole for aliens entering the United States illegally. With each policy step he takes, border numbers increase. As the numbers increase, more states and localities declare … Continued

Biden Legal Pathways Strategy Meets Reality

By Jared Culver

As we prepare to leave January 2024 behind (already!?), the Biden Administration has finally confirmed that there were a record 371,436 encounters of illegal immigrants nationwide, with 302,034 of those encounters at the border, alone, in just this past December. The Administration also bragged about recruiting and releasing, under parole, approximately 327,000 individuals from countries … Continued