This report examines how immigrants in the United States perform on international tests, with comparisons both to native-born Americans and to the broader Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The results indicate that the United States has failed to bring the achievement level of low-skill immigrants and their children up to parity with other Americans.

Smuggling Bust on the Canadian Border Reveals Troubling Trends: Mexican cartel border infiltrations anyone?
By Todd Bensman
In late March, U.S. Border Patrol investigators pulled over a taxi van just this side of the Vermont-Canada border and found quite the interesting smorgasbord of international travelers inside. Behind the driver — a naturalized U.S. citizen from Iraq — were five Mexican nationals and a citizen each from Gambia and Niger.

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Lift Injunction on Immigrant Healthcare Proclamation: At an interesting point in history, and with one fiery dissent
By Andrew R. Arthur
In October, the White House issued a proclamation suspending (with exceptions) the entry of immigrants who cannot show that they would be covered by approved health insurance — as defined therein — within 30 days of their entry into the United States.

Straws in the Wind: How Many Foreign Students Will We Have This Fall?
By David North
It is too early to tell, as so much depends on how long the virus lasts, and how students and universities react to it. But we do have some pre-virus information on the numbers coming from the four largest senders of foreign students to the United States: China, India, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia.

WaPo/UMD Poll Shows Strong Support for Restricting Immigration During Pandemic:The president has room for stricter measures
By Andrew R. Arthur
Last week, the Washington Post and the University of Maryland published a poll that showed a large number of Americans support a temporary restriction on "nearly all immigration" into the United States during the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. 

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