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Commentary
Biden’s border policy may be 2021’s biggest failure ([link removed])
By Mark Krikorian
Boston Herald, December 30, 2021
Excerpt: We’ve learned a lot about Joe Biden’s views on immigration control in the first year of his administration. He doesn’t like it.

Nefarious border goal: Motive behind ‘whip hoax’ suit ([link removed])
By Mark Krikorian
New York Post, December 27, 2021
Excerpt: Haitian illegal immigrants involved in this fall’s Border Patrol “whipping” hoax in Del Rio, Texas, are suing the Biden administration, with the help of anti-borders groups. If all goes according to plan, all three of these parties — the illegal immigrants, the administration and the anti-borders groups — will win.
Podcast
Immigration Roundup for 2021 ([link removed])
Moderator: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Andrew R. Arthur, Jessica M. Vaughan, and Robert Law
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 34
Featured Blog Posts
30% of FY22 Border Arrests Aren’t from Mexico or the Northern Triangle ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
An increasing number of migrants who are not from Mexico (OTMs) or nationals of the “Northern Triangle” countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras (ONTs) is exacerbating that surge. They pose the biggest challenge to the one of the few public efforts that the Biden administration is undertaking to control the Southwest border.

DHS Withdraws Trump’s Merit-Based H-1B Rule ([link removed])
By Robert Law
As a result of withdrawing the H-1B Selection Final Rule, USCIS will continue to run a lottery, which means that the lowest-skilled foreign workers will continue to capture the lion’s share of H-1Bs every year.
Senate Democrats, Immigration Advocates, Scheme to Ignore Parliamentarian ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) publicly stated on this week that he “cannot vote” for H.R. 5376, the “Build Back Better Act” (though not citing its immigration provisions), almost definitely dooming it. But the White House has since vowed to “work like hell” to get the measure passed.

Nasty Ghosts of the EB-5 Program Linger ([link removed])
By David North
The industry still hopes for a revival of the main part of the EB-5 program, that related to the pooling of investments by middlemen regional centers.
More Blog Posts
* Looking Forward: U.S. Immigration Predictions for 2022 ([link removed])
* Three Missed Opportunities in the Immigration Enforcement Realm ([link removed])
* Biden’s DHS to ‘Close Small Gaps’ in Uncompleted Border Fence ([link removed])
* Mexico Freed a Suspected Yemeni Terrorist Migrant – and Left Americans to Find Him ([link removed])
* The Curious Case of DHS’s Authority to Increase H-2Bs ([link removed])
* Naturalization Approval Rates Soar ([link removed])
* A Reminder that Afghans Are Using the Border End-Run Option ([link removed])
* Wanted: Statesmanship and Humility on Immigration from the White House ([link removed])

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