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Summary: Joseph Edlow, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), was featured in an Immigration Newsmaker conversation hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies and covered by C-SPAN on Wednesday, August 27, at 9:30 a.m. at the National Press Club. The conversation, moderated by Mark Krikorian, the Center's executive director, covered such topics as asylum abuse, new screening and vetting measures, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), chain migration, and fraud.

Excerpt: Statistics don’t lie, but they often need analysis. Here’s the key takeaway: Roughly two-thirds of the aliens arrested by ICE and currently detained have criminal histories, and a similar percentage of the aliens the agency has deported from its custody under Trump II, do too. Don’t believe the headlines.

Excerpt: Given the backlog of pending removal cases, it’s time the immigration courts got some relief, but ignore any complaints you may hear about how complex immigration law is or any potential threats this plan may pose to “due process”.

Excerpt: Jobs.Now has developed a proprietary sourcing process that identifies jobs exclusively from locations legally required by the PERM process for sponsoring immigrant workers for green cards, but which American workers seldom are able to see (by design).

Excerpt: If large numbers of Americans start applying for jobs at the green card phase, that blocks many H-1B workers from getting green cards. If H-1B workers start being unable to get green cards, it will be hard for employers to attract H-1B workers in the first place.