The two U.S. Senators in this political battleground state are pivotal in whether 8 million illegal aliens get 10-year work permits. A poll this week finds that only 21% of Arizona's "likely voters" support the amnesty without enforcement provisions to secure the border now and to guarantee against future illegal immigration.
Readers weigh in on an article in The New York Times that claimed erroneously that COVID-19 and natural disasters are driving the recent record surge in illegal immigration.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, issued new orders earlier this week banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting illegal aliens during workplace operations at job sites.
Last week, the Center for Immigration Studies released its latest "Parsing Immigration Policy," this one on civil rights trailblazer and head of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, Barbara Jordan. Discussing Jordan and the Commission's work with CIS Executive Director Mark Krikorian was NumbersUSA Director of Research, Eric Ruark.
The most notorious parliamentary procedural tactic of the last century, known colloquially as the "filibuster," looks to be in its death throes. The previous two presidents, Trump and Obama, both called for fundamentally weakening or ending the filibuster altogether. So the question is what has the filibuster meant for immigration in the past and what could a "nuclear option" to weaken or end the filibuster mean for immigration policy?
It won't matter if a judge eventually orders the border crossers to go home. Or if the border crossers never show up for a hearing. Or if a claim for asylum is proven to be completely bogus. No degree of absconding will make any difference, because our current "I-9" immigration law ensures that illegal aliens can easily obtain jobs that will support them well enough so they never have to go home.
This year's RSC Budget champions truly common-sense reforms that could transform a failing immigration system designed to favor big business and the investor class into a national policy that defends working American citizens' and already present immigrants' safety and economic opportunity.
Ambassador Chris Landau says it was awkward having to try to persuade Mexican officials to help stop the flow of Central Americans into the U.S. when Congress had done almost nothing to turn off the jobs magnet.
Large majorities of likely voters think that any amnesty should (1) mandate E-Verify to be fully implemented for all employers before any benefits for illegal aliens, (2) bar the amnestied illegal aliens from any family chain migration, and (3) exclude illegal aliens who have been in the country for fewer than 10 years. Pelosi's amnesty bills this week fail on all.
The New York Times Magazine writer C.J. Chivers ponders an immigration enforcement puzzle while failing to consider that E-Verify would prevent illegal aliens coming into the U.S. by land or sea.