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Commentary
Mayorkas Opens the Border Again, Now to Ecuadorians ([link removed])
By Philip Linderman
The American Conservative, December 7, 2023
Excerpt: Congress continues to do nothing to restrict the main tool enabling Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s unlawful overreach: his abuse of the “humanitarian parole” authority to admit foreigners under a narrow exception in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

The Border Catastrophe Shouldn’t Overshadow the Question of Legal Immigration Levels ([link removed])
By Mark Krikorian
National Review, December 5, 2023
Excerpt: Illegal immigration and the border will obviously be mentioned in Wednesday's GOP debate. But what about legal immigration? After all, the whole point to enforcement is to make sure that our limits and procedures for legal immigration are honored.
Podcast
Founders of Immigration Think Tank in France Discuss French Policies and Trends ([link removed])
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guests: Nicolas Monti and Maxime Aymar, Co-founders of L'Observatoire de l'immigration et de la démographie (OID)
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 133
Featured Posts
Republicans Hold Emergency Funding ‘Hostage’ in Desperate Attempt to Protect America’s Borders ([link removed])
By George Fishman
Excerpt: In 2005, Democrats in Congress -- many still serving today -- reluctantly agreed to Republican demands that a must-pass funding bill include important immigration-security measures. They did the country a great service at the time. Might they consider rolling over again?

Senate Republicans Attempt to Thread Border Needle in Ukraine Funding Bill ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Senate Republicans are fighting a two-front action; on one front, facing down congressional Democrats and a president who deem any new border restrictions “extreme”, and on the other, House GOP members who threaten to call any deal that does not include full implementation of H.R. 2, the “Secure the Border Act of 2023”, as a “sell-out”.
Biden’s New ‘Asylum Officer Rule’ Nearly Triples Border Protection Grants ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The administration claims its asylum rule creates a process for adjudicating applications filed by illegal migrants that’s as good as, but quicker, than the pre-existing system. But the only benefits of that rule — higher grant rates and quicker work permits — accrue solely to the aliens themselves, which will simply encourage more of them to enter illegally.

HHS Proposes to Codify Rules for UAC Care into Regulation ([link removed])
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: CIS has submitted a public comment to strengthen an HHS proposal to codify rules governing the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children (UACs). CIS believes the HHS proposal codifies many of the existing, misguided policies that have allowed the agency to lose track of thousands of UACs that ORR has placed with sponsors.
More Blog Posts
* Biden’s Border Policies Have No ‘Limiting Principle’ to Control Illegal Entries ([link removed])
* Canadian Study: Among Migrants, Refugees and the Lightly Educated Are More Likely to Pay Income Taxes Than Those with Graduate Degrees ([link removed])
* What’s up with Universities that Change Their Names and Concentrate on Foreign Students? ([link removed])
* Tech Employers Lay Off Workers, but Get New Rounds of H-1Bs ([link removed])
* ‘Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof . . .’ ([link removed])
* Sorting Out the Backgrounds of Three Children of Indian Immigrants Running for National Office: Haley, Harris, and Ramaswamy ([link removed])
* Here’s an Idea: If H-1B-Using Corporations Misbehave, Fine Them in H-1B Slots, in Addition to Dollars ([link removed])

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Steven Camarota discusses the foreign-born population hitting a record 49.5 million in October (15% of the U.S. population) with Jesse Waters.

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