Congressional Testimony
Biden’s Border Crisis and its Effect on American Communities
Statement of Andrew R. Arthur before the House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs and the House Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, Sierra Vista, Arizona, August 8, 2023
Link to full written testimony
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Academic Article
Savings behavior among immigrants and their U.S.-born children: A test of the culture-transplant model
By Jason Richwine
Economic Letters, Volume 231, October 2023
Abstract: The economic impact of immigration involves the movement of more than just labor and capital. Under the culture-transplant model, immigrants carry from their birth countries distinctive values and behaviors that they transmit to their descendants in their new countries. This study tests the model by examining the savings disposition of immigrants and their U.S.-born children. It finds a robust link between individuals’ savings and the national savings rates of their ancestral countries. In a midrange estimate, a 1 percentage-point increase in ancestral-country savings rates is associated with a 1 percent increase in retirement savings among second-generation immigrants. These results suggest that savings behavior has a cultural basis that persists in the generation after migration.
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Commentary
The Border Crisis Undermines Our Democracy
By Jason Richwine
American Conservative, August 16, 2023
Excerpt: Congress sets limits on immigration to avoid the cultural and political transformations that can accompany mass movements of people. By violating those limits—by inviting millions of inadmissible migrants to enter our country—the current administration is furthering a long-term change in our national character.
Democrats have made it harder to crack down on illegal child labor
By Jon Feere
New York Post, August 15, 2023
Excerpt: In just the past two years, investigators have found shocking instances of young children working at slaughterhouses in Nebraska and Hyundai suppliers in Alabama.
A Cynical Shell Game: The Biden administration's sudden concern for the Rio Grande’s Mexican fawnsfoot mussel
By Todd Bensman
Daily Mail, August 12, 2023
Excerpt: For years, I've witnessed the ecological devastation wrought by relentless illegal immigration. I'll tell you what's really killing the mussels, its Biden's border policy, yet no environmentalist will ever say that out loud.
Dems hate Texas’ Rio Grande border barrier because it WORKS
By Todd Bensman
New York Post, August 9, 2023
Excerpt: Champions of illegal immigration who don’t like a given new border-control measure will claim they never work. But when the activists really know – deep in their guts – that the idea will actually work too well, they’ll hard-charge political, propaganda and court campaigns to kill it.
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Podcast
Biden’s Illegal Immigration Schemes Hurt the Legal Immigration System
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Elizabeth Jacobs
Parsing Immigration Policy, 118
Do Immigrants Transplant Certain Cultural Traits?
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Jason Richwine
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 117
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Featured Posts
Yet Another Legal Migration Pathway Meant to Deter Illegal Ones
By Nayla Rush
Excerpt: The Biden administration is now allowing nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who made it to Mexico to be admitted into the United States as refugees.
Two Parallel and Large Immigration Law Violations Lead to Different Outcomes
By David North
Excerpt: I wish the government would stop using the broad phrase “noncitizens” when they really mean illegal aliens, but cannot bring themselves to use the correct term. The word noncitizen includes both the illegals and many others in perfectly legal statuses such as green card holders and diplomats.
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Migrant Deaths, the Media, and the Anti-Border Agenda
By Jon Feere
Excerpt: Whenever an illegal alien tragically dies along the U.S. border or while in detention, anti-border activists try to persuade gullible media outlets to promote their anti-law enforcement agenda. The predictable narrative is that the U.S. government treats foreign nationals poorly and the American people are responsible for any and all deaths, no matter the circumstances. The goal is to discredit immigration enforcement, the rule of law, and the nation’s sovereignty.
New Regulation Will Allow ICE to Serve Bonds Electronically
By Jon Feere
Excerpt: DHS will need to create consequences for those who abuse the bonds system; for many absconders and the people or entities that post bond, losing a cash bond is likely anticipated at the outset.
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