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October 18, 2019
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Senate Democrats’ RELIEF Act Would Double Legal Immigration Over 10 Years
… both family‐ and employment‐based immigration, the RELIEF Act probably contains the best legal immigration reforms overall since the comprehensive immigration reform bill (S. 744) that passed the Senate in June 2013 because it makes legal immigration viable across so …
By David J. Bier
September 24, 2019
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New Research on Illegal Immigration and Crime
How illegal immigrants affect crime is one of the most contentious subareas of debate in the entire immigration issue. Cato scholars have produced much original research on this topic, finding that illegal and legal immigrants both have lower incarceration rates …
By Alex Nowrasteh
August 13, 2019
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E-Verify Is Not an Effective Immigration Enforcement System, as Mississippi ICE Raids Show
… post will explain how E-Verify functions (I won’t say “works”), how illegal immigrants get around the system, how immigration restrictionists want to reform E-Verify, and why the real solution is increasing legal immigration. Background E-Verify is …
July 11, 2019
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Sen. Paul’s BELIEVE Act Raises Skilled Immigration Without Tradeoffs
… other legislation introduced this congress. No legislation since the 2013 immigration reform bill that passed the Senate would increase skilled immigration more than this bill. A fourfold increase in employment‐based permanent immigration would bring the United States more in …
By David J. Bier
July 11, 2019
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H-2 Visas Reduced Mexican Illegal Immigration
Government data for the month of June show a substantial decrease in the number of immigrants apprehended along the Southwest border. Much of this decline is probably due to extra Mexican immigration enforcement prompted by President Trump’s threat of …
By Alex Nowrasteh and Andrew C. Forrester
June 27, 2019
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Democratic Debate Ignores Illegal Immigration’s Cause: No Visas
… from 1981 argued that the United States should return to this system. The author wrote, “In all the debate over immigration, no one seems to be considering the possibility of returning to America’s traditional open immigration policy.” The Democratic …
By David J. Bier
June 20, 2019
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Higher Asylum Grant Rates Predict Higher Family Appearance Rates in Top Immigration Courts
TRAC Immigration, a project of Syracuse University, published a report this week, showing that 81 percent of recently released families apprehended at the border showed up for all of their hearings. Some immigration court locations did much better than others …
By David J. Bier
May 31, 2019
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Tariffs Won’t Stop Illegal Immigration and Could Backfire
President Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico will punish U.S. consumers with higher prices and could easily result in more illegal immigration.
By David J. Bier
May 23, 2019
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What Factors Should an Immigration Points System Include?
Ideally, a points system should serve a single purpose: economic growth. Trying to enlist a points system for other goals—family reunification, humanitarianism, “assimilation,” etc.—ultimately results in an incoherent system that doesn’t serve any of them well.
By David J. Bier
May 15, 2019
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Immigration Form Denials Rise Every Quarter Except One Under Trump, Up 80% Overall
The ultimate goal of this administration is simple: less immigration—illegal or legal.
By David J. Bier
April 3, 2019
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Mexican Immigration Enforcement Has Declined in Effectiveness
Getting Mexico to stop migration isn’t the silver bullet Trump thinks.
By David J. Bier
December 3, 2018
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Three Basic Principles for Immigration Reform
Reform should make America more open to immigrants, should treat all immigrants equally as individuals, and should be flexible enough to respond automatically to changes in the economy or society.
By David J. Bier
November 15, 2018
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Immigration Application Denial Rates Jump 37% Under Trump
President Trump’s policies are making it more difficult for legal immigrants.
By David J. Bier
November 7, 2018
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The Most Pro-Immigration House of Representatives in Over a Century
Nativists blew their chance to restrict immigration. Now the House is the most pro-immigrant it’s been in over 100 years.
By David J. Bier
November 6, 2018
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Canada Will Up Immigration to 1% of its Population, 2.6 Times the U.S. Rate
If Congress wants to emulate Canada, it would double humanitarian immigration and increase economic-focused immigration by tenfold or more, while not cutting family-sponsored immigration as the president has suggested.
By David J. Bier

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Senate Democrats’ RELIEF Act Would Double Legal Immigration Over 10 Years

New Research on Illegal Immigration and Crime

E-Verify Is Not an Effective Immigration Enforcement System, as Mississippi ICE Raids Show

Sen. Paul’s BELIEVE Act Raises Skilled Immigration Without Tradeoffs

H-2 Visas Reduced Mexican Illegal Immigration

Democratic Debate Ignores Illegal Immigration’s Cause: No Visas

Higher Asylum Grant Rates Predict Higher Family Appearance Rates in Top Immigration Courts

Tariffs Won’t Stop Illegal Immigration and Could Backfire

What Factors Should an Immigration Points System Include?

Immigration Form Denials Rise Every Quarter Except One Under Trump, Up 80% Overall

Mexican Immigration Enforcement Has Declined in Effectiveness

Three Basic Principles for Immigration Reform

Immigration Application Denial Rates Jump 37% Under Trump

The Most Pro-Immigration House of Representatives in Over a Century

Canada Will Up Immigration to 1% of its Population, 2.6 Times the U.S. Rate