Congressional Testimony
Remain in Mexico
Statement of Andrew R. Arthur before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, January 16, 2025
Excerpt: Key to understanding any border policy is identifying where U.S. immigration authority is placed under our nation’s constitutional order . . . As the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has explained: “Long-standing Supreme Court precedent recognizes Congress as having plenary power over immigration, giving it almost complete authority to decide whether foreign nationals (aliens, under governing statutes and case law) may enter or remain in the United States”. (Emphasis added.)
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Panel
Beyond the Border
Why Legal Immigration Numbers Matter
Summary: The Center hosted a panel to discuss the importance of immigration numbers, legal and illegal, and their impact on wages, the labor market, and the American workforce. This timely panel builds on the debate sparked by Elon Musk’s recent comment highlighting the need for more legal immigration and seeks to heighten awareness of the impact of legal immigration – both high-skilled and low-skilled.
Participants:
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)
Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research, CIS
Michael Lind, Fellow, New America
Hal Salzman, Rutgers University
Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, CIS
Panel Video & Transcript
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Podcast
Beyond the Border - Why Legal Immigration Numbers Matter
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guests: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)
Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research, CIS
Michael Lind, Fellow, New America
Hal Salzman, Rutgers University
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 187
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Report
Controversial DHS Program Allows Foreign Students to Train in Sensitive Fields
From nuclear engineering to undersea warfare, from cyber warfare to combat systems engineering, OPT presents a growing national security threat that must be addressed
By Jon Feere, January 18, 2025
Summary: America’s foreign student program poses a significant national security risk that has gone unaddressed by both the legislative and executive branches.
Don’t Fear the Insurrection Act
A force for good for over 200 years, the act empowers President Trump to deploy the military to aid deportation efforts
By George Fishman, January 15, 2025
Summary: President Trump would have ample justification to use the Insurrection Act to allow the U.S. military to actively assist with a direct law-enforcement role with large-scale deportation efforts.
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Commentary
TPS: Part of Immigration’s Empire of Lies
By Mark Krikorian
National Review, January 17, 2025
Excerpt: In Orwell’s 1984, the Ministry of Peace headquarters was emblazoned with three mottoes: “War Is Peace,” Freedom Is Slavery,” and “Ignorance Is Strength.” A recent Biden administration action reminds us that immigration law and policy are replete with similar, if more specialized, inversions of the meaning of words.
Biden’s final border lie: That hundreds of thousands of migrants can’t be deported
By Todd Bensman
New York Post, January 15, 2025
Excerpt: When Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president, approved a sweeping extension of “Temporary Protected Status” to 600,000 Venezuelans, most Americans could not know that his official justification was based almost entirely on a lie.
As Trump 2.0 Approaches, NGOs Continue To Fund Mass Migration With U.S. Tax Dollars
By Todd Bensman
Daily Wire, January 14, 2025
Excerpt: The large, organized constellation of UN and NGO agencies sees a rosy future for itself even under Donald Trump, having already directed billions of mostly U.S. taxpayer dollars into supporting millions of illegal southern border crossing trips during President Joe Biden’s term.
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Featured Posts
Trump Starts Second Presidency Hot Out of the Gate on Immigration
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Almost immediately after he again took office as president, Donald Trump began issuing orders to secure the Southwest border and to shut down access to the CBP One app for aliens without visas seeking entry through the ports.
Fla. Governor to Send Border Hawk Ashley Moody to the Senate
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Without her leadership, the migrant crisis of the last four years would have been a whole lot worse than the disaster it’s already been.
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To Fight Terrorism, Trump Should Follow Ike’s Example
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Keeping alien terrorists out of the United States is key, but it won’t ensure that aliens aren’t radicalized here. For that, the president needs to make clear what intifada really means and looks like, following the lead of Gen. Eisenhower after the Holocaust.
Report: 1,000-plus ‘Serious Incidents’ at Massachusetts State Shelters
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: One major benefit of U.S. citizenship and lawful immigrant status is the right to move wherever you want in this country and start a new life. Illegal migrants aren’t supposed to have that right, but so long as states like Massachusetts provide them sanctuary, they’ll keep coming.
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