The J visa program is run by the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). 

This report presents some of the official data on the J-1 program to show how many workers are participating, which countries they come from, and the most common destination states.

To examine the current state of citizenship policy, especially as it relates to immigration, the International Network for Immigration Research (INIR) held a panel discussion featuring policy experts from the United States, France, Israel, and Hungary, hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies. 

The panel explored how different democracies define citizenship, the historical development of their laws, and the policy choices that shape them today.

Immigration lets policymakers ignore the problem

A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies shows that while labor force participation has improved since the pandemic, the share of U.S.-born working-age men who are not in the labor force remains near a record high relative to prior economic expansions, particularly among those without a college degree. These individuals are neither working nor looking for work and therefore are not counted as unemployed.

Andrew Arthur, the Center's Resident Fellow in Law and Policy, testified at a House hearing examining the importance of ICE detention centers, including the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, N.J.

A new report finds that a recent federal appeals court ruling could give Congress broad authority to expand expedited removal, potentially allowing millions of illegal aliens to be removed without lengthy immigration court proceedings.