Testimony

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Strengthening and Reforming America's Immigration Court System

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Border and Immigration

Topics: Immigration Courts

A Caravan of Illegal Immigrants: A Test of U.S. Borders

United States House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security

Topics: Migrant Caravans

The Costs of Denying Border Patrol Access: Our Environment and Security

House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Topics: Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Border Wall

The Effect of Sanctuary City Policies on the Ability to Combat the Opioid Epidemic

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security

Topics: Sanctuary Cities

Oversight of the Administration's Decision to End Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Topics: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Can a Border Wall Pay for Itself?

Testimony Prepared for the House Subcommittee on National Security of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Topics: Border Wall

Restoring Enforcement of Our Nation's Immigration Laws

Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security

Topics: Criminal Aliens

The Department of Homeland Security’s Proposed Regulations Reforming the EB-5 (Immigrant Investor) Program

Prepared for the House Judiciary Committee

Topics: EB-5 Permanent Investor Visa Program

Does the H-2B Visa Program Make Sense?

Topics: H-2B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam

Declining Deportations and Increasing Criminal Alien Releases

Prepared for the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest

Topics: Criminal Aliens

2022 Lame Duck Session Immigration Legislation
The Case of Mahmoud Khalil
Human Trafficking
Ideological Exclusion
Biden Border Crisis
-Reports from the Border (2021)
--Reports from the Border: Del Rio Sector
--Reports from the Border: Big Bend Sector
Title 42
Border Crisis 2019 - 2020
Covid-19 and Immigration
Federal Regulations
Guatemala
Immigration in Foreign Countries
-Mexico
--Matricula Consular
-Central America
-Cuba
CIS Investigates Terror Travel Threat in Panama and Costa Rica
CIS Reports From America's Other Southern Border: Guatemala-Mexico
Unsecured Border Series
Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)
Optional Practical Training Program (OPT)
Chain Migration
Migrant Caravans
-Migrant Caravans - National Security Threat
-Migrant Caravans - Credible Fear Loophole
-Migrant Caravans - Mexico/UNHCR Plan
RAISE Act (S.354)
Immigration Courts
Immigration Maps
Partnership For A New American Economy
Remittances
Eugene Katz Award
Fraud and Immigration
-Document Fraud
--Tax Fraud
--Driver's License Fraud
--Social Security Fraud
--Employment Fraud
-Visa Fraud
--Marriage Fraud
--Tourist Visa Fraud
--Student Visa Fraud
--Diversity Visa Lottery Fraud
-Voter Fraud
Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
UnidosUS
Black Americans
Canada
How to Break the Immigration Policy Impasse
Costs of Immigration
-Welfare
--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
-Social Security
-Health Care
-Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
--Unemployment/Underemployment Rates and Immigration
Education and Foreign Students
-Foreign Students
-Education
National Security
-9/11 Terrorist Attacks
-Faisal Shahzad: The Times Square Bomber
Politics
-The 2012 Presidental Election
-Onyango Obama
-Hispanic Voters
Population and Environment
-National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Immigration History
Religion
-Catholics
-Evangelicals
-Jews
-Mormons
State and Local Policy
-Sanctuary Cities
-Alabama
-Alaska
-Arizona
--Arizona's Enforcement Law S.B. 1070
-California
--Los Angeles County
-Colorado
-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI)
-District of Columbia
-Florida
-Georgia
-Illinois
--Chicago, Cook County
-Maryland
-Massachusetts
-Michigan
-Minnesota
-Mississippi
-Nevada
-New Jersey
-New Mexico
-New York
-North Carolina
-Ohio
-Oregon
-Pennsylvania
-South Carolina
-Texas
-Utah
--Utah Amnesty Law (HB116)
-Virginia
-Washington
Current Numbers
-Immigrant Characteristics and Latest Numbers
-Population Projections
-Hispanic Voter Projections
-Immigrant and U.S. Born Employment
--State Level Employment Data
Polls and Surveys
Media Coverage of the Center for Immigration Studies
-C-Span Videos
-TV Interviews
-Radio Interviews
-Outside Events
Federal Immigration Legislation and Executive Action
-DREAM Act
-House Legislation
--House Legislation 2013-14
---Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act (SAFE Act - H.R.2278)
--House Legislation 2015-16
---Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015 (H.R.399)
---Legal Workforce Act (H.R.1147)
--2021 Budget Reconciliation Bill
-Senate Legislation
--Senate Legislation 2013-14
---Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744)
--Senate Legislation 2015-16
---Immigration Innovation Act of 2015 (I Squared Act - S.153)
-Executive Actions
--2014 Executive Action Amnesty
--Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Illegal Immigration
-Influx of Unaccompanied Minors
-Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform
--The 2013-14 Immigration Debate
--Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) (1986)
-Attrition and Enforcement
-In-State Tuition
Media Coverage of Immigration Policy
-Washington Post Coverage of Immigration Policy
--Department of Preening Editorials
-The New York Times Coverage of Immigration
-Univision and Telemundo Coverage of Immigration
U.S. Department of State
-Refugees and Asylum
--Asylum
--Refugees
---Afghan Refugees
-Bureau of Consular Affairs
-Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
-Visa Waiver Program
-Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)
Assimilation and Citizenship
-Birthright Citizenship
-Dual Citizenship
Criminal Aliens
-Gangs
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
-Immigration Parole
-REAL ID Act and Secure Identification
-Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
--Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
--Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)
--Legal Immigration
---Legal Permanent Residence (LPR) (Green Cards)
----Family Reunification
----Employment Visas
-----EB-5 Permanent Investor Visa Program
----Diversity Visa Lottery
--Nonimmigrant Visas
---Guestworkers
----H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam
-----IBM and H-1Bs
-----2015 Disney Layoffs
----H-2A Nonimmigrant Visa Program
-----AgJOBS and Farmworkers
----H-2B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam
----J-1 Nonimmigrant Visa Program
----L-1 Nonimmigrant Visa Program
----R-1 Nonimmigrant Visa Program
--E-Verify
-Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
--Border Wall
--Secure Border Initiative (SBI/SBINet)
--Increasing the Number of Border Patrol Agents
-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
--Secure Communities Program
--287(g) Program
-US VISIT and EXIT System
LEAPS.TV Web Programs
Pew Hispanic Center
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
The Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

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