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  • August 26, 2016
    Huffington Post
    Trump Embraces Anti-Immigration Establishment
    … Because He Was Too Tough on Immigration,” in response to Trump adopting Krikorian’s and National Review’s position on immigration. Trump is continuing to call for a surge of enforcement and slashed legal immigration through his published immigration plan …
    By Alex Nowrasteh
  • August 23, 2016
    CNN.com
    The Cold War’s Lesson for Immigration Policy
    Last week, Donald Trump made headlines when he detailed his latest immigration proposal: an “ideological test” for immigrants. But while he was right to look to the Cold War for insights on today’s ideological struggle, his focus on the …
    By David J. Bier
  • August 17, 2016
    Washington Examiner
    A Post-Trump Path on Immigration
    … who want more legal immigration has more than tripled to 21 percent. An increasing Republican share of a shrinking anti‐​immigration opinion will not serve the GOP well. Immigration restrictionists who blamed Trump’s rise on politicians who ignored the …
    By Alex Nowrasteh
  • July 29, 2016
    The Hill (Online)
    Let Non-Refugee Visas Skip the Immigration Line, Save Lives
    … of a rapid legal means to flee violence abroad can be lethal. It also reinforces the importance of improving legal immigration, outside of the formal refugee program, to better protect persecuted people with ties to the United States. Here’s …
    By David J. Bier
  • July 23, 2016
    Newsweek
    Don’t Blame Immigration for Homegrown Terrorism
    … of Jihadist terrorism, American politics has somehow spun toward the notion that controlling terrorism is primarily a matter of controlling immigration. Immigration policy or refugee quotas may indeed be important for other reasons, but the alleged link to Jihadist/​Islamist …
    By Alan Reynolds
  • July 20, 2016
    The Federalist
    Reducing Immigration Will Not Satisfy Trump Voters, and It’s a Bad Idea Anyway
    … Wider public opinion does not justify the GOP adopting an anti‐​immigrant platform or candidate. Gallup has been tracking Americans’ immigration opinions for decades. Currently, 25 percent of Americans want increased immigration, a four‐​fold increase from the nativist high …
    By Alex Nowrasteh
  • June 28, 2016
    San Francisco Daily Journal
    Immigration Order Didn’t Just Set Priorities, It Changed Law
    The only surprise from the Supreme Court’s 4–4 deadlock regarding President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration was that it took two months to announce. The conventional wisdom that United States v. Texas would be one of …
    By Ilya Shapiro
  • June 6, 2016
    Austin American Statesman
    President Obama’s Mixed Legacy on Immigration
    The lesson of his mixed legacy is that immigration enforcement cannot solve the illegal immigration problem and executive actions to legalize them are just a temporary and partial solution.
    By Alex Nowrasteh
  • February 15, 2016
    philly.com
    Immigration at the High Court: the Coming Decision
    However the Supreme Court rules in this case, it will set a powerful precedent for any president, regardless of party, who seeks to rewrite the law without Congress.
    By Josh Blackman
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