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Report
Foreign-Born Population Grew by 5.1 Million in the Last Two Years: The largest two-year increase ever recorded ([link removed])
By Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler, May 13, 2024
Summary: The foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit new record highs in March 2024 of 51.6 million and 15.6 percent of the total U.S. population. Since March 2022 the foreign-born population has increased 5.1 million, the largest two-year increase in American history. The foreign-born population has never grown this much this fast.
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Congressional Testimony
Security Risk: The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration ([link removed])
Statement of Todd Bensman before the House Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Accountability, May 17, 2024
Summary: In the three years since the president’s inauguration ending in March 2024, DHS’s alluring quick-release policies resulted in more than 50,000 Border Patrol encounters with Chinese nationals, at escalating monthly rates surpassing 4,500 and reaching nearly 6,000 during calendar year 2024.
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Podcast
National Security Concerns Amid Rising Illegal Immigration ([link removed])
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Todd Bensman
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 155
Commentary
Legal Immigrants Are Being Hurt the Most by Biden’s Policies ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
New York Post, May 12, 2024
Excerpt: Who is being hurt the most by the administration’s rush to give work permits to tens of thousands of inadmissible aliens it’s ushering illegally into the United States each month? Immigrants who follow the rules.
Featured Posts
Did a Jordanian Border-Crosser Just Attempt a Terror Attack on a Marine Corps Base Near D.C.? ([link removed])
By Todd Bensman
Excerpt: In a region saturated by major media outlets anchored by the likes of The Washington Post, only a stay-at-home mom who freelances part-time as a local reporter seems remotely curious about this story.

Migrants Send List of 13 Demands to Denver Mayor ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Just when you think the border crisis cannot get any more ridiculous, it does. A group of migrants camped under a bridge near Denver (Colo.) International Airport recently sent a list of demands to Mayor Mike Johnson (D) that the city must satisfy before — get this — they will be willing to move to city-funded shelters.
Biden’s Curiously Timed Effort to Bar Asylum to Terrorist and Criminal Migrants ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: For Biden’s DHS to take the uncharacteristic step of barring asylum claims by illegal migrants who pose terrorist or serious criminal risks now, it must know something it’s not telling the rest of us.

DOL Is Considering Allowing More Employers to Circumvent Protections for American Workers ([link removed])
By Elizabeth Jacobs
There's no permanent "labor shortage" in STEM occupations, so employers seeking green cards for foreign STEM workers shouldn't be exempt from the process intended to protect American workers, imperfect as that process is.
More Blog Posts
* Texas Takes on El Paso NGO ([link removed])
* DHS’s New Immigration Detention Watchdog Opposes Immigration Detention ([link removed])
* The Effect of the Border Crisis on U.S. Elections ([link removed])
* CBP Releases Border Numbers for April ([link removed])

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