Congressional Testimony
A Legacy of Incompetence: Consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Policy Failures
Statement of Mark Krikorian before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, September 20, 2024
Summary: The largest border crisis in the history of our country – probably the largest such event in human history – began on January 20, 2021, on purpose, not due to incompetence.
Links to statement, full hearing, and full written testimony
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Report
Cuban Pilot in Notorious Shootdown Incident Entered Under CHNV Parole
By Andrew R. Arthur, September 18, 2024
Excerpt: There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the impacts — fiscal and otherwise — of a Biden-Harris program that allows tens of thousands of inadmissible nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the United States monthly, “CHNV parole”. Now, a former USCIS director claims one of those who took advantage of that scheme is a former Cuban military pilot who took part in a notorious 1996 operation in which two unarmed civilian planes were shot down, killing three U.S. citizens and a green card holder. The question’s no longer who the administration is letting in on CHNV parole — it’s who, if anyone, they’re keeping out.
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Podcast
Investigating Panama’s Efforts to Cut Off Migration
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Todd Bensman, National Security Fellow, CIS
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 172
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Commentary
Chronic Counter-Terrorism Lapses at the Border
By Todd Bensman
Jewish Policy Center, September 15, 2024
Excerpt: In the early morning hours of May 3, a Jordanian immigrant who illegally crossed the US-Mexico border a month earlier joined with another illegally present Jordanian. Together they drove a large box truck to the entry gates of Quantico Marine Corps Base in northern Virginia.
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Featured Posts
Optional Practical Training for Foreign Students Now a $4 Billion Annual Tax Exemption
By Jon Feere
Excerpt: This controversial foreign-labor program concocted by DHS creates an incentive for employers to hire foreign students rather than U.S. citizens or permanent residents, while potentially costing the Social Security and Medicare programs over $4 billion in lost revenue every year.
CBP Releases Border Numbers for August
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Illegal migrant apprehensions rose slightly last month, but the real action was at the ports of entry, where encounters of inadmissible aliens are running near all-time monthly highs. That’s all part of January 2023 Biden-Harris plan to funnel migrants into the country, away from the prying eyes of the immigration-wary.
What Regulatory Changes Should We Expect to See if Harris Takes Office?
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: he Unified Agenda should be viewed as the Harris-Walz campaign’s “Project 2025”, and suggests that a Harris-Walz administration would likely continue to impose barriers to immigration enforcement and weaken standards in the legal immigration system.
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Fed Chairman Concedes Border Crisis Is Boosting Unemployment
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: In explaining its reasons for cutting its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percent on Wednesday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made a startling admission: The economy has cooled as unemployment has risen, and “one of the things that's allowed the unemployment rate to rise” has been “quite an influx across the borders” — confirming what the Center has been saying for quite a while as the border crisis has been raging.
HHS Stonewalls FOIA Request on ‘Lost’ Migrant Children
By Colin Farnsworth
Excerpt: The Department of Health and Human Services has refused to provide the Center with the requested records, forcing the parties through a lengthy summary judgment process, conveniently delaying the inevitable release of this critical data until after the election.
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