Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Unlikely to Derail Trump’s H-1B Entry Fee

A new analysis concludes that the Supreme Court's recent decision limiting President Trump’s tariff authority is unlikely to invalidate the administration’s $100,000 H-1B entry fee, despite a recent federal district court ruling to the contrary.

Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship

CIS Analysis Says Result Will Be Stronger Interior Enforcement

The Supreme Court today ruled that, with only narrow exceptions, children born in the United States are U.S. citizens regardless of their parents' immigration status. A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies examines the decision's legal reasoning and its likely impact on immigration policy - it is likely to intensify calls for stronger immigration enforcement.

Court Correctly Rules: Only Congress Can Fix the Broken Asylum and Removal Laws that Congress Created

Two new analyses by Center for Immigration Studies Senior Legal Fellow George Fishman conclude that a recent court ruling correctly reaffirms a fundamental constitutional principle: Congress, not the executive branch, writes the nation's immigration laws.

Welfare Use by Non-Citizens Across States in the U.S.

This new report finds that households headed by non-citizens access means-tested welfare programs at substantially higher rates than households headed by U.S.-born Americans in virtually every state.

Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with Rodney Scott

Interview with the head of America’s largest law enforcement agency

Rodney Scott, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, joined Center Executive Director Mark Krikorian for an in-depth conversation on the challenges facing CBP and the administration’s broader enforcement strategy.

Tariff Ruling Unlikely to Derail Trump’s H-1B Fee
Tariff Ruling Unlikely to Derail Trump’s H-1B Fee
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship
Only Congress Can Fix What Congress Created
Only Congress Can Fix What Congress Created
Welfare Use by Non-Citizens
Welfare Use by Non-Citizens
A Conversation with Rodney Scott
A Conversation with Rodney Scott

A new analysis concludes that the Supreme Court's recent decision limiting President Trump’s tariff authority is unlikely to invalidate the administration’s $100,000 H-1B entry fee, despite a recent federal district court ruling to the contrary.

CIS Analysis Says Result Will Be Stronger Interior Enforcement

The Supreme Court today ruled that, with only narrow exceptions, children born in the United States are U.S. citizens regardless of their parents' immigration status. A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies examines the decision's legal reasoning and its likely impact on immigration policy - it is likely to intensify calls for stronger immigration enforcement.

Two new analyses by Center for Immigration Studies Senior Legal Fellow George Fishman conclude that a recent court ruling correctly reaffirms a fundamental constitutional principle: Congress, not the executive branch, writes the nation's immigration laws.

This new report finds that households headed by non-citizens access means-tested welfare programs at substantially higher rates than households headed by U.S.-born Americans in virtually every state.

Interview with the head of America’s largest law enforcement agency

Rodney Scott, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, joined Center Executive Director Mark Krikorian for an in-depth conversation on the challenges facing CBP and the administration’s broader enforcement strategy.

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Expectant Mother in Birthright Citizenship Case Was Suing to Access More Welfare

It’s unfortunate that the Supreme Court has cemented birthright citizenship into law. By reinforcing the link between illegal immigration and welfare receipt, however, the ruling should serve as additional motivation to enforce our immigration laws. After all, the most effective way to reduce illegal immigrant access to welfare is to reduce illegal immigration in the first place.

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Unique Immigration Legacy

A journey from amnesty proponent to foe of open borders and ‘birth tourism’

Lindsey Graham left a unique immigration legacy and a void larger than his single vote in a body struggling to enact key pieces of the president’s agenda before the congressional midterm elections — and to address the lingering fallout of the Biden years and curb “birth tourism”.

SCOTUS Reaffirms U.S. Sovereignty in ‘Border Asylum’ Decision

Simply put, the laws don’t require us to let aliens in to seek asylum

In essence, the Biden administration put “the asylum cart in front of the enforcement horse”, concluding section 208 of the INA required CBP to usher aliens who made it to the threshold of the United States the rest of the way in and couldn’t use force of any kind to keep them out. In Al Otro Lado, the justices explained how wrong that conclusion was, and in so doing, reasserted our status as a sovereign nation.