Report
Immigrants in U.S. Doctoral Programs
By Jason Richwine, February 27, 2024
Summary: Immigrants received nearly half of all doctoral degrees issued in the U.S. in 2022. Despite their overrepresentation, immigrants are relatively average as doctorate recipients — neither the towering geniuses of advocates’ imagination nor the unqualified cheap labor that critics denounce. Current policy may cause natives to be crowded out of doctoral programs by foreign students whose skills are merely ordinary. Broader implications for “staple a green card” and other skill-based immigration proposals are discussed.
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Commentary
Joe Biden Is Losing the War for the Border to Donald Trump
By Andrew R. Arthur
New York Post, March 1, 2024
Excerpt: On Thursday, President Biden and Donald Trump offered Americans a split-screen view of the border in Texas — Biden in Brownsville, on the Gulf end of the Rio Grande, and Trump upriver in Eagle Pass.
How to Fix the Border
By Mark Krikorian
National Review, February 27, 2024
Excerpt: Biden, suffering from an acute case of Orange Man Bad, went beyond what you’d expect of a new administration of the opposite party and created the border mess through 535 executive actions on immigration, undoing virtually every immigration measure undertaken by the Donald Trump administration.
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Podcast
Trump and Biden Head to Border Amid Speculation of ‘Bold’ Executive Action on Immigration
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Andrew R. Arthur
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 144
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Featured Posts
Trump Didn’t Kill the Senate Border Security Deal — the Deal's Provisions Did
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: Republicans didn’t tank the Senate border bill because of Trump. Republicans tanked the Senate bill because it contained no effective border security provisions.
Georgia Murder Case Highlights Problems with ‘Alternatives to Detention’
By Jon Feere
Excerpt: The latest information on the recent murder of Laken Riley at the University Georgia raises serious questions about the effectiveness of the expensive and controversial Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program.
Cato’s Brazenly False Claim About Our Illegal Immigrant Crime Research
By Jason Richwine
Excerpt: With illegal immigrant crime returning to the national spotlight, Nowrasteh now admits that his initial analysis was wrong because it missed some illegals identified in prison, but he couples his mea culpa with a new charge: “The data that DPS gave CIS were organized into categories that double‐counted some individuals, leading to a higher number of illegal immigrant homicide convictions.” That’s false.
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Somehow, Biden’s Immigration and Border Polling Gets Worse
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Americans’ approval of the job President Biden is doing on immigration and the border has never been strong, but somehow the most recent polls show satisfaction with the president’s handling of those topics is declining. More saliently, however, Biden’s poor handling of those subjects is taking Americans’ satisfaction with the level of immigration to this country down with it, and increasing the calls for his DHS secretary to be impeached.
Illegal Immigrant Killing of Nursing Student Elicits Yawns and Deflections from the Media
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: If DHS did its job, illegal criminal aliens never would be able commit crimes here. But government nonfeasance becomes misconduct when DHS ignores Congress’ commands and funnels unvetted illegal aliens into the United States.
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