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10 Noteworthy 2020 Immigration Columns to Review in the New Year

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Wed, Dec 30^th 2020 @ 9:05 am EST by Lisa Irving Venus

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.

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ICE Offers Update on Operation Broken Promise, Despite a Dim Outlook for Agency

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Tue, Dec 22^nd 2020 @ 11:41 am EST

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.

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Here's how the spending bill affects immigration. . .

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Tue, Dec 22^nd 2020 @ 10:30 am EST by Chris Chmielenski

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.

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Sen. Cruz Blocks Bill that Would Create TPS Pipeline from H.K.

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Mon, Dec 21^st 2020 @ 12:22 pm EST

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.

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Sen. Ron Johnson's Securing America's Borders Act Passes Committee

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Thu, Dec 17^th 2020 @ 12:38 pm EST

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.

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Renowned economist Walter E. Williams (1936 – 2020) Argued Immigration Should Benefit American People

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Thu, Dec 17^th 2020 @ 12:00 pm EST by Lisa Irving Venus

Walter E. Williams, renowned libertarian economist, died earlier this month. However, unlike self-professed libertarians staffing D.C. "think tanks" today, Williams defended America's national sovereignty and argued plainly that the American people "have a right to set either the number of people who enter our country or the conditions upon which they enter."

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El Salvador Begins Implementation of Asylum Cooperative Agreement

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Wed, Dec 16^th 2020 @ 2:02 pm EST

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.

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Growth Pummels North and South Carolina

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Wed, Dec 16^th 2020 @ 9:14 am EST by Leon Kolankiewicz

Immigration is driving U.S. population growth and U.S. population growth is driving sprawl. The southern Piedmont is one place where rapid population growth is clearly evident. One Piedmont town, Lake Wylie, South Carolina, has tripled its population since 2000 and town residents are starting to say "enough."

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November Alien Apprehensions Down from October, Still at Seven Year High

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Tue, Dec 15^th 2020 @ 1:51 pm EST

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.

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'How Much Nature Should America Keep?'

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Mon, Dec 14^th 2020 @ 9:57 am EST by Jeremy Beck

The continental U.S. lost 24 million acres of open space to development between 2001 and 2017. Immigration is driving population growth and continuing sprawl. How much nature should America keep? That's an important question, and one very few are asking.

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