Joseph Chamie, the former director of the United Nations Population Division says the migrant surge is coming, whether you like it or not: With a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, mobility restrictions are expected to be gradually lifted and social and economic conditions worsening in most developing countries, including dwindling flows of remittances, a surge … Continued

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Sadly, in 2020 life is imitating art in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Art: In the Paramount Network’s hit contemporary Western series Yellowstone, set in western Montana’s rugged Rocky Mountains, Kevin Costner plays grizzled old cattle rancher and crusty patriarch John Dutton. For generations, Dutton and his forebears running the vast … Continued

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Remember this conversation from just a few weeks ago? Seems Jonah Goldberg will get that last laugh since he thought Trump’s election was “a remote possibility” but he posed the question “What if Trump were re-elected thanks to the support from Hispanics?” Here’s what Goldberg wrote on September 11. “The biggest worry for the Biden … Continued

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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

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Dr. Steven Camarota, Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies, published a report last week on net migration (the difference between the number of people entering and the number leaving the U.S. in a given year) since 2010. He found that the “immigrant population (legal and illegal) has grown much more slowly since … Continued

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Over this past week, writers at the New York Times have addressed immigration policies from a couple of angles as elections near. In his October 8 column The V.P. Debate,” David Leonhardt laments the missed opportunity for a real debate “The most disappointing aspect of Pence’s performance is that he has deep disagreements with Harris … Continued

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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

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Tuesday night’s event was unlike any presidential debate any of us have ever seen, but in at least one aspect, it was also familiar: immigration policy in general, and the question of limits in particular, were given short shrift. In fact, they were not debated at all. Saagar Enjeti says the absence of a substantive … Continued

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Much of the country’s attention for several months has been focused on the disproportionate joblessness, low incomes, poverty and overall economic inequality that beset Black Americans. Lots of politicians are attempting to at least sound like they want to do something. But very few seem to realize that tight-labor conditions during that time helped all … Continued

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