Panel: Who Gets to Be a Citizen?

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.

Millions of Working-Age Americans Remain on the Economic Sidelines

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.

‘False Narratives Surrounding Detention Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center’

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.

Appeals Court Ruling Opens the Door to Expand Expedited Removal

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.

Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with Tom Homan

Unveils New Strategy to Expand I-9 Worksite Enforcement

White House Border Czar Tom Homan joined Center Executive Director Mark Krikorian to discuss the next phase of immigration enforcement, highlighting his proposal to expand I-9 inspections, increase worksite enforcement, and accelerate interior removals.

Panel: Who Gets to Be a Citizen?
Panel: Who Gets to Be a Citizen?
Working-Age, but Not Working
Working-Age, but Not Working
Hearing: False Narratives Surrounding Detention Conditions
Hearing: False Narratives Surrounding Detention Conditions
Ruling May Expand Expedited Removal
Ruling May Expand Expedited Removal
A Conversation with Tom Homan
A Conversation with Tom Homan

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.

Unveils New Strategy to Expand I-9 Worksite Enforcement

White House Border Czar Tom Homan joined Center Executive Director Mark Krikorian to discuss the next phase of immigration enforcement, highlighting his proposal to expand I-9 inspections, increase worksite enforcement, and accelerate interior removals.

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‘The Promise’ of the Refugee Convention?

As UN recommits to the 1951 treaty, Critics Call for Reform

As UNHCR is pushing for a renewed international commitment to the 1951 Refugee Convention, critics stress the need to review (if not abolish) the existing asylum system and revisit the 1951 Refugee Convention that, in their view, has become obsolete.

The Ceuta Migrant Surge, and the Important SCOTUS Decision Everybody Missed

Two lessons: amnesty doesn’t work, but securing your borders does

Understanding why the rush of migrants in Spain happened highlights the importance of Mullin v. Al Otro Lado (Spanish, ironically, for “the other side”), the most important U.S. Supreme Court case this last term that most people missed.

DHS Issues New Rule to Alleviate Affirmative Asylum Backlog

Asylum officers can now refer some cases to immigration court without conducting interviews

The rule is designed to reduce USCIS's historic affirmative asylum backlog, which surpassed 1 million pending cases for the first time during the Biden administration and has continued to increase. USCIS now reports approximately 1.43 million pending affirmative asylum applications.

BIA Orders Alien Voter Removed, Denies Relief

The appellate board comes down hard on that thing that never happens

That thing that purportedly never happens – voting by non-citizens – just cost this alien his green card, and the Board suggests the immigration judge could have given the illegal voting factor more adverse weight than he did. 

Topics: Voter Fraud

DOJ: Fifth Circuit ‘Rules Illegal Aliens Do Not Have a Constitutional Right to Roam Free’

Did four immigration judges in Tacoma know they would trigger a legal firestorm and likely SCOTUS review?

Did four immigration judges in Tacoma circa 2023 know Trump II would agree with their conclusion that the INA requires all illegal entrants to be detained, and thus trigger a legal firestorm and a likely SCOTUS review? Probably not, which raises the question of what else the administration will find in the INA in the time it has left.