New Immigration Research

Interior Enforcement Disintegrates Further in 2015
Year-end deportation statistics show continuing drop in deportations

Immigration enforcement remains in a state of collapse, according to the official statistics released by DHS. The number of interior deportations is now less than one-third of what it was in 2011. Read more...

Tighten Up Immigration Procedures Now

In recent weeks the Obama administration has pulled out all the stops to assure Americans that the vetting process for immigrants and foreign visitors is robust and thorough. But additional information is emerging to show that, in fact, our screening process is not so great. Read more...

A Brief Analysis of H.R. 158, the "Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015"

The House has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to tighten up the visa waiver program. The bill was originally introduced in January of this year by Rep. Miller (R-Mich.), but has undergone substantial changes through the bill amending process. Read more...

Donald Trump and Muslim Immigration
Some Alternatives

Donald Trump has again succeeded in setting the terms of political debate, this time by calling for a temporary halt to the admission of all Muslims from abroad, whether as immigrants or as visitors. Everyone's outraged, of course, but this is a topic that needs to be addressed head-on. Read more...

Senate Hearing: Criminal Alien Removal Policies

Despite a purported emphasis on "smarter" enforcement that prioritizes the removal of criminal aliens, the number of removals of criminal aliens has fallen to less than half the level reached in 2010. Read more...

The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Its Impact on the Security of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program
Hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee

A wise man once said "The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils." Halting refugee resettlement from the Middle East would be just such an act of statesmanship.Read more...

Fact-Checking a Fact Sheet on Refugee Resettlement

The High Cost of Resettling Middle Eastern Refugees

Panel: The Betrayal of America's Best and Brightest
Video and Transcript Available

The Center for Immigration Studies hosted a panel discussion focusing on guest worker abuse and the impact on American high-skilled labor. Discussion centered on a new book by Michelle Malkin and John Miano, Sold Out. Read more...

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Immigration Blog

Miss. Case Shows the Complications of Victim-Visas

By David North, December 31, 2015

The annual ceiling for crime victim (U) visas is 10,000, and USCIS announced this week that the limit has been reached for FY 2016. This does not mean that any crime victims will be denied visas – or caused to leave the country – it just means that from now on this year's issuances will be delayed until October 1, 2016, when the new fiscal year begins.

The announcement reminded me, as we have pointed out in the past, that about one of every six legal immigrants is admitted (or adjusted) because the nation regards that person as a victim of some kind; these include, on the international scene, refugees and asylees and, on the national scene, victims of crimes, abused spouses, and – in a recent case of interest, discussed below – perhaps abused workers. Read more...

This New Year, Close Your Eyes

By Nayla Rush, December 31, 2015

As the year comes to an end, it is customary to reflect on the past and make resolutions for the future.

What is undeniable is the intensity of the divide that has dominated the public sphere in the United States in (not just) 2015. Political parties have grown further apart; accentuated tensions have reached the point of alienation. The "divorce" is also palpable among various ranks within the American public.

Somehow, some have designated themselves as the emissaries of moral standards and sole defenders of American values. Americans with different views and opinions are deemed unworthy of respect and quickly disavowed. Read more...

Pressuring Students in the Service of Teaching Diversity

By Stanley Renshon, December 30, 2015

For many years immigration specialists have pointed to the historical success of assimilation in sparing the United States the ethnic, national, and racial conflicts that other counties have experienced. As scholars such as David Hollinger, Peter D. Salins, and Arthur M. Schlesinger have pointed out, this is no accident. Rather it comes from a history in which ordinary Americans and those who headed America's primary governmental and cultural institutions agreed that assimilation to American values and cultural premises were the not-particularly-hidden secret of that success. Read more...

Symmetry in Migration in the Two Hemispheres

By David North, December 30, 2015

If you are as geography buff, as I am, you will notice a strange symmetry in the current migrations through the Balkans and through Central America.

In both cases these are south-to-north movements, with the migrants wanting to leave their sunnier but troubled lands for the prosperous, if chillier countries of the U.S., on one hand, and Germany and Scandinavia on the other. Read more...