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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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In its eagerness to attack Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Shareblue Media has a new website post that encourages Central American parents to take their children on the perilous journey through Mexico to illegally cross the U.S. border. The attack includes outlandish claims and makes no attempt at offering a solution to discourage illegal border crossers … Continued

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly job numbers this morning. We’ve made the point before that major media outlets cover BLS figures superficially, only reporting the number of jobs created each month and the official unemployment rate (U-3). By those measures, August 2018 was a very good month. Nonfarm payrolls grew by 201,000 … Continued

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When news first broke of the arrest of illegal alien Cristhian Rivera, it was reported that his employer, Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn, Iowa, had used E-Verify to check if he was eligible to work in the United States. The farm’s owner has since backtracked and that the company did not run Rivera through E-Verify. But … Continued

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Last week we wrote about a Vox piece claiming immigration will “help save” Social Security. In truth, if we continue with our current immigration system, Social Security will be less likely to survive than if we substantially reduce overall immigration numbers and implement a merit-based system. This week we’ll take a look at a recent … Continued

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