Podcast
State Department Can Lead on Fighting Illegal Immigration and Promoting Border Security
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guests: Christopher Landau, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2019-2021)
Phillip Linderman, Retired Senior Foreign Service Officer; Board Member, CIS
Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, CIS
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 180
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Commentary
Mass Deportations Are Not Enough
By Mark Krikorian
Thomas D. Klingenstein, November 15, 2024
Excerpt: The United States now has the largest percentage of foreign-born residents ever recorded, higher even than during the Ellis Island era. Without changes to the immigration statutes, it will keep climbing. The essence of conservatism is prudence, and prudence calls for a lower level of immigration. As Sen. Jeff Sessions wrote in 2015 (well before Trump’s famous escalator ride), “What we need now is immigration moderation: slowing the pace of new arrivals so that wages can rise, welfare rolls can shrink, and the forces of assimilation can knit us all more closely together.”
The ‘Trump Effect’ 2.0: Illegal Border Crossings Set To Plummet, On One Condition
By Todd Bensman
Daily Wire, November 15, 2024
Excerpt: Shortly after Donald Trump’s upset election victory in 2016, official State of Texas business brought me to two ICE immigration detention centers in South Texas. I ran an intelligence group for the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division. What I learned there has informed my beliefs about illegal immigration ever since.
Trump Plans to Bring Back What Dems Lied and Called ‘Muslim ban’ — It’s About Terrorism
By Todd Bensman
New York Post, November 15, 2024
Excerpt: Now that Trump plans to resuscitate what he called his “famous Travel Ban”, Americans deserve to know its common-sense original national security purpose. And, because times have changed, the incoming administration should consider expanding the original list of problematic countries far beyond the 13 that were last on it.
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Featured Posts
The Trump Deportation Plan: Easier Done than Said
By William Chip, November 13, 2024
Summary: The estimates of astronomical cost of deporting illegal aliens will prove to be nonsense, in part because they do not account for some of the most important tools that are already available to the president or that could quickly be put at his disposal.
Federal Court Strikes Down Biden-Harris Amnesty for Spouses and Stepchildren of U.S. Citizens
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: While DHS will file an appeal on this case in the short-term, it is unlikely to be considered by a federal appeals court before the incoming Trump administration takes office on January 20.
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Sanctuaries Freed 22,000 Criminal Aliens Sought by ICE Under Biden
By Jessica M. Vaughan
Excerpt: Since January 2021, sanctuary jurisdictions have released more than 22,000 jailed criminal aliens that ICE was seeking to take into custody for removal, according to ICE records on declined detainers provided to Congress.
CIS Comments on the DOJ/DHS ‘Securing the Border’ Final Rule
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: President Biden’s proclamation is a watered-down version of a 2018 Trump order that was intended to deter asylum abuse by barring aliens who enter the United States between ports of entry (illegally) from asylum eligibility.
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