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Share Tweet Forward Commentary Demographic Conservatism By Mark Krikorian National Review, May 26, 2024 Excerpt: Wanting to change more slowly is the core of the conservative temperament — in the immigration context you could call it demographic conservatism. As Burke wrote about the inevitability of change, “All we can do, and that human wisdom can do, is to provide that the change shall proceed by insensible degrees.” 100 years ago, the US took a break from immigration — and America thrived By Mark Krikorian New York Post, May 24, 2024 Excerpt: One hundred years ago this Sunday, the Ellis Island wave of immigration was brought to an end. And all Americans are better for it. Panama Pinch Point By Todd Bensman The American Mind, May 30, 2024 Excerpt: Inadvertently or not, the Mulino’s vow to close the Darien Gap more than three years into this torrent can only help Biden’s reelection, a border crisis that polls regularly show tops the most important problem list for the U.S. presidential election. Podcast The ‘Bipartisan’ Border Bill: Codifying Biden’s Abuses Host: Mark Krikorian Guest: Andrew R. Arthur, Resident Fellow in Law & Policy, CIS Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 157 Featured Posts CBP Stats Reveal the World Is Coming Illegally to the Southwest Border By Andrew R. Arthur Excerpt: At some point, a future administration will say “enough” and try to regain control of the Southwest border. But Biden’s border policies are making that increasingly difficult because illegal immigration is no longer a regional issue — it’s “gone global”, and “extra-continental” smugglers are now entrenched. Calling It: America Just Suffered the First Terror Attack by a Border-Crossing Illegal Alien By Todd Bensman Excerpt: The American people have a right and need to know that a border-crosser has just conducted the first terror attack on U.S. soil, just like those who have fretted about such a thing for three years worried would happen. Questions about the Foreign Student Attempting to Breach Marine Corps Base Quantico By Jon Feere Excerpt: The case illustrates how every part of the nation’s immigration system is susceptible to fraud and how the Biden administration’s border policies and interior enforcement policies are a clear threat to national security. States Seeking to Curb Illegal Immigration Can Start by Curbing Access to Professional Licenses By Jessica M. Vaughan Excerpt: State laws that base eligibility for state public benefits (including professional and commercial licenses) on temporary work authorization awarded by the federal government are counteracting legal efforts by their own attorneys general to minimize the negative impact of the Biden administration’s open-border policies. More Blog Posts What Tech Labor Shortage? NBC News: Admin Scrapping 2004 Directive that Hobbles DHS Terrorist Enforcement DOJ Just Turned the ‘Rocket Docket’ Back on for a Few, but Simultaneously Issued a Rule that Will Slow Down the Immigration Court System for All How Did an Alien Accused of Murder Both Here and Abroad Get Into the United States? Will Panama’s New President Really ‘Close’ the Darien Gap? 27 Migrants Rescued from Horse Trailer in Texas 149 Words in Sen. Lankford’s ‘Border Act’ Could Help Curtail the Biden/Mayorkas Border Fiasco Donate Copyright © 2024 Center for Immigration Studies, All rights reserved.  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. View this e-mail in your browser.