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Interior Enforcement Slumps Due to Border Crisis, Lack of Resources, Sanctuaries, and Systemic Dysfunction
By Jessica Vaughan
Earlier this week ICE released its 2019 report on enforcement activity. While overall removals increased due to a record number of illegal arrivals at the southwest border, removals from the interior declined by 10 percent. Meanwhile, ICE's caseload grew by 24 percent, with more than 630,000 cases added to its docket, which has grown to a record high of more than three million cases.
Six-Month AP Investigation of Migrant-Smuggling Business in Mexico Reveals Potency of Trump Policies
By Todd Bensman
For anyone who wanted an end to mass illegal immigration of Central Americans over the southern border, the AP story is a holiday season gift. It provides a granular view of exactly how and why the president's efforts to stymie a mass migration of Central American family units despite an uncooperative Congress — a combination of foreign diplomatic initiatives and innovative deterrence policies
MS-13 Sweep in Long Island Shows the Value of Cooperative Law Enforcement
By Dan Cadman
In recent years, Suffolk County, on Long Island in New York, has experienced a wave of brutal crimes attributable to the transnational criminal organization MS-13. Now prosecutors and police authorities have announced a major sweep in the county that netted nearly 100 suspects.
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Liberian Amnesty Stuffed into NDAA 2020
By Andrew R. Arthur
Section 7611 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 grants a generous amnesty to Liberian nationals. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), has stated that this provision will "impact about 4,000 Liberians who have been legally living in the United States," but it will likely "impact" at a minimum thousands more. It sets a bad precedent that all but guarantees future amnesties.
Lots of Useful Information in the Refugee Report to Congress
By Nayla Rush
The United States still leads the humanitarian effort to help refugees and asylees on her soil and abroad. The U.S. humanitarian protection strategy encompasses not just thousands of resettled refugees and asylum seekers on its own territory, but also millions of refugees in host countries close to their homes. U.S. humanitarian assistance reaches tens of millions of displaced and crisis-affected people worldwide, including those who will never be considered or qualify for resettlement in a third country
Cato's Approach to Backlogged Visas: All Aspirations Should Be Honored
By David North
The Cato Institute's immigration policy regarding the backlog of green card applications is roughly this: Everyone who has successfully applied should be admitted. That this would add nearly five million people in the current backlogs to the usual 1.1 million new legal immigrants a year — no other country in the world admits as many.
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