Congressional Testimony
Hearing: How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy
Statement of Andrew R. Arthur before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, December 10, 2024
Summary: To address the issues raised by the committee, I have structured my written testimony to first, explain the source of the immigration power; second, to describe and delineate the inspection and admission process for aliens coming to the United States; third, to detail the state of border security prior to the Biden administration; fourth, to explain the Biden administration’s border policies and their impact on migrant releases; fifth, to assess the economic and public safety impacts of the Biden administration’s migrant releases; sixth, to estimate the current unauthorized population and ICE’s non-detained docket; seventh, to attempt to predict what the incoming administration’s immigration and deportation policies will be; eighth, to explain prior administrations’ interior enforcement guidelines and policies; ninth, to describe the impacts of the Biden administration’s enforcement guidelines; and tenth, to speculate on the impact of the (second) Trump administration’s immigration plans.
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Podcast
Hispanic Voting Trends: A prioritization of the American identity over other identities
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Jim Robb, Vice President of Alliances & Activism, NumbersUSA
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 183
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Commentary
The NY Times finally tells the truth about Biden’s border failures — AFTER the election
By Mark Krikorian
New York Post, December 11, 2024
Excerpt: With the election safely over, the Times has finally informed its readers that, wouldn’t you know it, “the immigration surge of the past few years has been the largest in US history”, and “the Biden administration’s policy appears to have been the biggest factor.”
Trump’s pathways to success on mass deportations, ending war in Ukraine
By William Chip
Washington Times, December 11, 2024
Excerpt: For the majority who are Mexican nationals, voluntary repatriation would be relatively easy and inexpensive. Voluntary repatriation of non-Mexicans could be given incentive by implementing the Voluntary Repatriation Program described in the G-Verify regulation, which would spare unauthorized workers who turn themselves in from prosecution and assist them in arranging a safe return home.
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Featured Posts
A Brief History of Military Assistance in Immigration Enforcement
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Military assets have been used to assist in immigration enforcement at various times under each of the past eight administrations.
Hacked Corporate Data Shows that H-1Bs Are Paid Less
By John Miano
Excerpt: A new study of wages at the professional-services firm Deloitte based on hacked data (that the government refuses to release) shows that the company pays its H-1B workers 10 percent less than newly hired peers.
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With Assad Gone, What’s Next for Syrians in the U.S.?
By Nayla Rush
Excerpt: How many Syrians have received protection here during their country's civil war, and now that the Assad regime has fallen, will the incoming Trump administration encourage their return and discontinue the various special protections they enjoy, or leave things as are? We don’t know, but here’s the situation as of now . . .
Afghan Evacuee Added to CIS National Security Vetting Failures Database
By Todd Bensman
Excerpt: An Afghan evacuee from the August 2021 fall of Kabul who stands charged with multiple terrorism offenses that include a mass-casualty firearms attack plot is the latest addition to the Center for Immigration Studies National Security Vetting Failures Database, bringing the total number of cases to 49.
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