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Report
USCIS Publishes its Strategy for FY 2023-2026 ([link removed])
By Elizabeth Jacobs
CIS Report, February 6, 2023
Except: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency charged with administering the nation’s legal immigration system, published a report on January 27, 2023, laying out its “Strategic Plan” for fiscal years (FY) 2023-26, the remainder of President Biden’s first term and then some.
Podcast
The Welcome Corps: A ‘Private’ Refugee Program Funded by Taxpayers ([link removed])
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Nayla Rush
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 91
Commentary
A Failed, Unreported History Precedes Harris’ ‘Root Causes’ Strategy to Shutter Illegal Immigration ([link removed])
By Todd Bensman
Townhall, February 9, 2023
Excerpt: Rarely if ever reported before, during or after all prior Harris press conferences like this one is the fact that Europe has tried variations of “root causes” migration alleviation strategies for more than 30 years already. A trove of good, corroborating research exists that actually debunks the policy as a total failure – long years before Biden’s government adopted the European idea as its own.
Featured Posts
Over 42,000 Non-Citizens, Including Perhaps 20,000 Illegal Immigrants, Could Vote in D.C. Elections ([link removed])
By Jason Richwine
Excerpt: Last fall, the D.C. City Council passed a bill that will allow noncitizens, including illegal immigrants, to vote in local elections. If it survives review by Congress, the new law’s impact on elections will not be negligible.

Mexico in Chaos after First Month of Biden’s ‘CBP One’ Work Permit Giveaway Program ([link removed])
By Todd Bensman
Excerpt: Whatever inducements President Biden promised his Mexican counterpart in exchange for supporting a major shift in U.S. border immigration policy during a January 9 state visit, it wasn’t nearly enough.
Americans’ Satisfaction with U.S. Immigration Levels Plummets ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: When asked whether they were “very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied” with the level of immigration into the United States today, just 28 percent answered that they were very or somewhat satisfied.

N.Y. State Squandered $2.1 Billion to Keep Illegals in the U.S. ([link removed])
By David North
Excerpt: A recent report by the Urban Institute records the payment of $2.1 billion by New York State taxpayers to illegal aliens (and much of that indirectly to their landlords) when that money could have been used to send the same 128,000 aliens back to their homelands — in comfort and style.

More Blog Posts
* Biden Gives Short Shrift to Immigration in State of the Union ([link removed])
* Misplaced Priorities ([link removed])
* NBC: ‘Scammers’ Target Would-Be Parolees ([link removed])
* Title 42’s the Real Reason Illegal Entries from Central America Are Down ([link removed])
* The Fog Starts to Clear on Biden’s New Border Plans ([link removed])
* Them That Has Gets: Aliens and the Social Security System ([link removed])

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