Report

A Brief History of Immigration Enforcement Guidelines and Restrictions

“The immigration system . . . dysfunctional and flawed as it is, would work if properly implemented”

Working-Age, but Not Working, 1960 to 2024

Documenting the decades-long increase in the share of Americans not in the labor force, and its implications for immigration policy

Labor Force Participation Deterioration Among the U.S.-Born at the State Level, 1960 to 2024

Harvard Law Review Jumps the Shark

Article suggests that employers hire illegal aliens as ‘independent contractors’, setting them up for civil and criminal penalties

The Rise and Fall of the Immigration Act of 1924: A Greek Tragedy

Doing the right thing for the wrong reason, then doing the wrong thing for the right reason

Tilting the Balance

Estimating the impact of legal and illegal immigration on apportionment and political influence in the U.S. House and Electoral College

Foggy Bottom and the Border

Harnessing the State Department to lead a U.S. foreign policy that fights illegal immigration and promotes border security

Refugee Convention Signatories Never Signed Up for a Mass Influx of Aliens

The conventional view of the 1951 treaty is wrong

How the New Biden-Harris ‘Welcome Corps’ for Refugees Works

You don’t have to already be officially a refugee to be sponsored for resettlement, and your sponsor doesn’t even have to be a citizen

ICE’s Controversial Foreign Student Employment Programs Not Protecting U.S. Workers

Despite regulatory requirement, labor protection provisions in STEM OPT program are ignored