Report
Undoing Clinton’s Sabotage of Restrictions on Immigrant Welfare Use
Here’s what President Trump can do
By George Fishman, September 16, 2025
Summary: A new report examines how the Clinton administration gutted the intent of the 1996 welfare reform laws as they apply to immigrants — and how the Trump administration can restore them. This analysis and recommendation follows a Federal Register notice issued last month in which HHS redefined the term “federal public benefit”.
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Parsing Immigration Policy Podcast
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: James Uthmeier, Attorney General of the State of Florida
Episode 221
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Commentary
Published in National Review:
Trump’s ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ Immigration Raids Have Strong Statistical Backing
By Jason Richwine
Excerpt: I will leave it to the lawyers to say exactly what “reasonable suspicion” means in a legal sense these days. However, if a law enforcement officer encounters a suspect who has about a 50–50 chance of having committed the violation that the officer is investigating, then common sense suggests that a stop is justified.
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Featured Posts
BIA Rules Illegal Entrants Are Ineligible for Bond
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Matter of Yajure Hurtado will be challenged, but the Supreme Court has already held that applicants for admission are subject to mandatory detention and will probably extend Rodriguez here. In the interim, illegal entrants in this country may want to leave now, because they won’t be getting bond once ICE finds them.
The Guatemalan Minors Case and the ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ Nightmare
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: If alien children have been trafficked and won’t be trafficked back home, don’t fear persecution, and will return to parents and guardians who will care for them under the watchful eye of their home governments, why is a district court judge trying to keep them here? Likely because the court didn’t have all the facts. Now it does.
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USCIS Increases Officer Discretion in Assessing Good Moral Character for Naturalization Applicants
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: Last month, USCIS issued two new policy updates on how its officers will evaluate whether a naturalization applicant has good moral character, which has been a legal requirement for U.S. citizenship since the 18th century.
SCOTUS Allows ICE Stops in Los Angeles
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The ruling was inevitable, but Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence shows the majority’s patience with lower courts on immigration matters is wearing thin.
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