Share Tweet Share What's Happening at the Center In his piece for the National Interest, Todd Bensman explains that President Biden's deal to bolster troop deployments on Mexico's southern border will not ease the mounting mass-immigration crisis if the administration continues to reward illegal entry into the United States. By eliminating the Trump turn-back policies and granting most family units and unaccompanied teenagers legal permission to stay, Biden is encouraging a determined and growing wave of people to break the Mexican cordon. Short of reinstitution of deterrence-based policies by the United States, the Mexican operation will do nothing new to staunch the inexorable tide of humanity. Featured Blogs GOP Leaders Call Out Biden on Unequal Treatment of Migrant Children: Does the current president agree with Obama on solving the child-migrant crisis? By Andrew R. Arthur Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Jim Jordan have sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him if he supports then-President Barack Obama’s June 2014 request to amend a 2008 law that has encouraged the illegal entry of unaccompanied alien children from Central America. Georgia Legislature Makes It Easier for Illegals to Get Professional Licenses By David North Georgia’s state legislature — unless Gov. Brian Kemp takes corrective action — has made it easier for illegal aliens to get professional licenses in several occupations. While the actual negative labor market impacts (in terms of numbers) are modest, the symbolism is huge. The Supremes Wrestle with TPS: Can That Status Create a Green Card? By David North, April 20, 2021 The Supreme Court of the U.S. heard arguments on April 19 on whether or not possession of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) can lead to full legal status. Much is at stake, as 400,000 or so aliens (from 10 different troubled nations) hold TPS status, some of them having done so for decades. Currently, they are allowed to work and to remain in the U.S., but only for the time being. Biden Administration Continues to Admit Cheap Foreign Workers: Blue-collar Americans need not apply By Robert Law  Throughout much of Joe Biden’s political career, he has postured as a champion of blue-collar workers. Now, as president, it is clear that he is the champion of foreign workers and unconcerned with the plight of Americans who continue to struggle economically. More Blog Posts Critical Theory and Mass Immigration Quinnipiac Polling Spells More Border Trouble for Biden: He should change his border policies, because he does not have much support to lose HHS Head Becomes Target of Washington ‘Blame Game’ on Migrant Children: Becerra is the wrong man, and HHS the wrong agency, to deal with the border crisis Does the Biden Administration Really Want to Ease the Pressure on the Southern Border? The Words ‘Alien’ and ‘Assimilation’ Banned by the Biden Administration: A distraction that they want you to complain about, so you miss the real problems Inhofe Bill Addresses Flores and 'Credible Fear' Loopholes: It would also take criminal aliens off of the street Why Are Central American Migrants Entering Illegally?: Part 1: Analyses err by focusing on the ‘push factors’ Biden Administration’s Contradictory Approaches to Immigration and Covid-19 Continue An Illegal Visa Double Play: J-1 to B-2 to H-2B Donate Copyright © 2021 Center for Immigration Studies, All rights reserved.  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. View this e-mail in your browser.