Report
Gatekeeper Countries — Key to Stopping Illegal Immigration
By Viktor Marsai, June 6, 2023
Excerpt: Using countries as gatekeepers is only part of a comprehensive solution to mass illegal migration. The concept must be integrated into a much broader and complex immigration policy that includes physical barriers, human resources, deterrence factors, and the systematic application of the law (e.g., detention and expulsion). But it is evident that effective border defense is hard to imagine without the cooperation of transit countries.
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Commentary
Migrant kid labor brutality wrought by Vice President Kamala Harris
By Jon Feere
New York Post, June 11, 2023
Excerpt: The explosion in illegal-migrant child labor at work sites across the nation is the direct result of an anti-enforcement policy created by Vice President Kamala Harris when she was serving in Congress.
Biden Political Decision to End Rapid DNA Testing at the Border Guarantees Immigrant Child Abuse
By Todd Bensman
Townhall, June 8, 2023
Excerpt: Americans who care about child welfare, regardless of immigration status, deserve to know that politically motivated policy choices like this portend real hurt as the currency for preserving Democrat Party power.
SPLC: Still Alive and Hating
By Mark Krikorian
National Review, June 7, 2023
Excerpt: The Southern Poverty Law Center is out with its latest "hate map", but a lawsuit poses an unprecedented challenge to its defamatory conduct.
Mission Accomplished at the Border?
By Mark Krikorian
National Review, June 6, 2023
Excerpt: The Department of Homeland Security has released border numbers that it trusts gullible and/or uninformed reporters will parrot. But the numbers really just highlight the White House’s long-standing strategy of funneling illegal immigrants through the ports of entry so they appear “legal.” In other words, the White House policy of accommodating mass illegal immigration rather than stopping it is working.
Republican Hesitation on Impeaching DHS Secretary Mayorkas Is Misguided
By Jason Richwine
National Review, June 5, 2023
Excerpt: The porous southern border is a catastrophe for the rule of law. Although Congress has legislated the types of immigrants the U.S. may admit and in what numbers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has flouted those rules by welcoming millions of migrants without visas. The House should impeach him.
Families Are Flooding U.S. Border Following Title 42’s End — Because Biden’s Rules Don’t Apply to Them
By Todd Bensman
New York Post, June 5, 2023
Excerpt: Parents in Mexico have discovered that administration threats of “expedited removals” for illegal crossings, five-year bans on legal reentry and prosecution do not apply to them.
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Podcast
The CBP One App
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Andrew R. Arthur, Resident Fellow in Law & Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 108
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Featured Posts
Aliens Without Documents at the Ports Aren’t ‘Seeking to Enter the United States Lawfully’
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Many in the administration, in the media, and even in Congress think that appearing at ports of entry without documents and claiming asylum is somehow “more legal” than entering illegally without documents and claiming asylum. It’s not.
Texas to Deploy Marine Barrier in the Rio Grande to Block New Surge of Immigrants
By Todd Bensman
Excerpt: In the latest in his series of state-level immigration-control initiatives, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has okayed an unusual new tool: a floating marine barrier to be deployed in the Rio Grande, three sources with direct knowledge confirmed to the Center for Immigration Studies.
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Attack in France Highlights Asylum Malfunctions
By Nayla Rush, Jume 11, 2023
Excerpt: The attack is raising questions about the migratory journey of this refugee and is stirring a debate around France’s, and Europe’s, immigration policies, including the need to review the existing asylum system and revisit the 1951 Refugee Convention that has become obsolete, according to many. The United States needs to have the same debate.
State Coalition Sues to Block Biden CBP One Port Release Scheme, Illegal Parole Grants
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: An 18-state coalition has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota to block the Biden administration’s efforts to funnel illegal migrants through the ports of entry.
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