Biden Administration’s Immigration Agenda’s Most Consistent Theme is Judicial Failure

By Chris Chmielenski

Another day, another court enjoining the Biden Administration. The issue this time was spelled out strikingly by Judge Michael Newman. He wrote, “At bottom, that is what this dispute is about: can the Executive displace clear congressional command in the name of resource allocation and enforcement goals?” He’s talking about enforcement priority memos where the … Continued

Biden Talks Limited Resources But Only for Enforcement

By Chris Chmielenski

Per a scoop from Axios, the Biden Administration is launching an expansion of their attempt to release seemingly every illegal immigrant they encounter. This time they are expanding “Alternatives to detention (ATD)” with the aim of having most aliens released and on some “stricter” form of monitoring like a version of house arrest. Often, we … Continued

Biden Talks Limited Resources But Only for Enforcement

By Chris Chmielenski

Per a scoop from Axios, the Biden Administration is launching an expansion of their attempt to release seemingly every illegal immigrant they encounter. This time they are expanding “Alternatives to detention (ATD)” with the aim of having most aliens released and on some “stricter” form of monitoring like a version of house arrest. Often, we … Continued

Readers Say Rampell’s Latest Expansionist Missive Misses the Mark

By Admins

Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell’s recent “A year into his presidency, Biden has kept some of Trump’s worst immigration policies in place. Why?” embraced the tough task of making the case that Presidents Biden and Trump aren’t so dissimilar when it comes to border policies. The piece even managed to touch on Biden’s as-of-yet … Continued

Big Case Brewing That Could Shake the Foundation of Biden’s Immigration Policy Agenda

By Chris Chmielenski

While the main focus at the moment is on a pending massive amnesty for millions in a budget reconciliation bill, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has voted for a rehearing on an extremely important immigration challenge from Texas that could shake the foundation of the entire Biden immigration policy agenda.1 Congress passing amnesty is … Continued

Big Case Brewing That Could Shake the Foundation of Biden’s Immigration Policy Agenda

By Chris Chmielenski

While the main focus at the moment is on a pending massive amnesty for millions in a budget reconciliation bill, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has voted for a rehearing on an extremely important immigration challenge from Texas that could shake the foundation of the entire Biden immigration policy agenda.1 Congress passing amnesty is … Continued

The President’s Michael Scott Philosophy of Immigration Enforcement

By Chris Chmielenski

“Don’t, ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who or who you are with, or, or where you are going, or, or where you’ve been. Ever. For any reason. Whatsoever.” If you are not an avid fan of the NBC sitcom “The Office,” … Continued

Topics We’re Supposed to Avoid

By Jeremy Beck

Southwest border encounters are at an all-time high, interior enforcement is at a ten-year low, illegal presence in the United States is no longer enough to warrant removal, and new restrictions on workplace enforcement against illegal workers are going into effect. David Shor has advice for Democrats: Don’t talk about it. The data scientist isn’t … Continued

Two Recent Biden Immigration Policies Effectively Abolish ICE

By Chris Chmielenski

The Biden Administration’s recent release of policies laying out enforcement priorities and ending worksite enforcement have, in practice if not law, accomplished the Squad’s goal of abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). On the policy front, this means the one agency in the Federal government with the mission of locating and removing illegal aliens is … Continued