As the curtain closes on 2020, the NumbersUSA staff who work as part of the Media Standards Project have each pulled together a list of 10 noteworthy media items* from the year that advanced a healthy, civil, productive conversation on immigration-related issues.
As part of NumberUSA's mission, the Media Standards Project team analyzed and reviewed news throughout the year focusing on media that elevated discussions about how immigration limits and levels should serve our national interest. While the global pandemic and U.S. elections dominated news cycles this year, these events also influenced writers on how to broach immigration topics.
These 10 noteworthy pieces encapsulate the immigration conversations that took place during 2020 that will help inform policy decisions for 2021.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Monday the latest results of a national enforcement effort called "Operation Broken Promise," targeting aliens who promised to voluntarily leave the country - but never did, for arrest and removal.
The 116th Congress has officially adjourned, ending attempts by some lawmakers to undermine American workers and taxpayers. But the massive federal spending and Covid relief package passed by Congress late last night was far from perfect.
Late last Friday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz blocked a current bill that would effectively create an asylum pipeline for millions of Hong Kong citizens to come to the U.S. under Temporary Protection Status.
On Monday, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed S. 2162 the "Securing America's Borders Act of 2019," allowing the bill to continue through the legislative process.
On December 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the United States and El Salvador have concluded the implementation accords for the Asylum Cooperative Agreement (ACA) signed in September 2019.
Apprehensions of illegal aliens crossing the porous southern border fell slightly from October to November, but Novebers's figures have reached the seven-year high watermark.