Report
The Employment Situation of Immigrants and Natives in May 2021: Unemployment and employment among the foreign-born and native-born
By Steven A. Camarota, Jason Richwine, and Karen Zeigler
Excerpt: An analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies of Bureau of Labor Statistics data for May 2021 shows that while the official unemployment rate (share actively looking for work) of both the native-born and immigrants has fallen significantly, it remains higher than before Covid.
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Podcast
Roundtable on the Week's Top Immigration News
Guests: Robert Law, Jessica Vaughan
Moderator: Mark Krikorian
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 13
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Commentary
Joe Biden Just Condemned America to More Chinese Espionage — and Worse
By Todd Bensman
National Interest, July 19, 2021
Excerpt: On the eve of plugging these national security holes, President Joe Biden has canceled the repair and instead bestowed a priceless gift on People’s Liberation Army intelligence services: continued American vulnerability. At issue are the 1.5 million cultural exchange “J” visas and the student “F” visas active in any given recent year. Almost without media notice, on July 6 the Biden Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew a September 2020 regulation from the Federal Register that former President Donald Trump’s administration had proposed to relieve the espionage problem and many more besides, like foreign terrorist infiltration and immigration fraud.
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Featured Blog Posts
The Biden Border Crisis Goes Global as Aliens Enter Illegally from Farther Away: There is no way to address purported “root causes” everywhere, so focus on the loopholes here
By Andrew R. Arthur
June’s border numbers reveal a grim reality: More aliens are coming from farther away to enter the United States illegally — a lot more. The Biden border disaster is going global, as increasing numbers of aliens who are not nationals of Mexico or the “Northern Triangle” countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras are exploiting the now-open border. The only way to stop them is to plug the loopholes in U.S. law that encourage illegal entry — not wasting money to address intractable “root causes” abroad.
A Closer Look at the DACA Ruling: Judge focuses on economic harm to Americans caused by illegal aliens working
By Robert Law
In addition to labor market harms, the court also found that DACA recipients are fiscal drains on healthcare, education, and social services offered by the state, citing the Biden administration’s own expert witnesses.
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Inadmissible Aliens at the Southwest Border Ports Jump 30 Percent in June: Even more bad news in the latest CBP statistics
By Andrew R. Arthur
CBP encounters at the Southwest border rose to their highest level in at least a decade in June. While Border Patrol apprehensions accounted for much of that increase, the number of aliens deemed inadmissible at the border ports surged almost 30% over May’s totals. There could be various reasons for that increase — which the Biden administration should explain — but regardless, it spells even more trouble for a border already in turmoil.
Possible Paths to EB-5 Extension and Their Supporters on the Hill
By David North
While the EB-5 (immigrant investor) program is dead, for the moment at least, there are three possible legislative vehicles for reviving the program — none of which will involve anything as old fashioned as a committee hearing or a floor vote on the program.
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Todd Bensman, the Center’s senior national security fellow, explained, “Individuals around the globe have heard the U.S. border is open and are taking advantage of this opportunity to enter the country."
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Todd Bensman, the Center's senior national security fellow, discusses the current crisis at our southern border.
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