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November 15, 2019
Blog

New Policy Banning H-2A Sheepherders Shows Need for Congress to Act
Yesterday, the Trump administration announced it would end a decades‐old practice of allowing sheep and goat herders to enter the United States as guest workers under the H‑2A program. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a …
By David J. Bier
November 6, 2019
Inside Sources

Building the Wall Using Eminent Domain Hurts Americans
American taxpayers (not Mexican ones, as was promised) should not pay to steal private property from Americans to help the re-election prospects of one politician.
By David J. Bier
November 5, 2019
Blog

H-2A Farmers Will Benefit From House Reform Bill
… quarterly survey of farms conducted by the Department of Agriculture. It has several problems, including that the AEWR, unlike most immigration programs, relies on statewide estimates rather than local estimates and creates a single wage floor without regard to skill …
By David J. Bier
October 21, 2019
Legal Briefs

Sierra Club v. Trump
… meet those criteria. For one, at the time of the declaration, there had been no sudden, unexpected change in illegal immigration at the southern border. Official government data puts illegal border crossings in 2017 at their lowest point in 46 …
By Liza Goitein, J. Andrew Boyle, Trevor Burrus, & Ilya Shapiro
October 18, 2019
Blog

Do Illegal Immigrants Increase Drunk Driving Deaths?
The danger posed by illegal immigrant drunk drivers is a major point of contention in the debate over immigration policy. Significant media attention and the occasional tragedy contribute to the notion that illegal immigrants commit drunk driving (DUI) offenses at …
By Alex Nowrasteh and Andrew C. Forrester
October 14, 2019
Blog

“Illegal Alien” Is One of Many Correct Legal Terms for “Illegal Immigrant”
… don’t matter much so I use the term “illegal immigrants” because most people understand that. However, one argument by immigration restrictionists in favor of using the term “illegal alien” is that it is the technical legal term. Hans von …
By Alex Nowrasteh
October 10, 2019
Blog

Border Patrol Agent Deaths in the Line of Duty, 2003-2019
Border Patrol agents volunteered for a job that routinely places them in danger. However, that heightened danger does not translate into a higher chance of dying in the line of duty compared to other police officers.
By Alex Nowrasteh
October 9, 2019
Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis Should Avoid Flawed E-Verify ID System
… Crandall, a Republican former state Senator from Mesa, Ariz., said that E‑Verify “was promised as the silver bullet to immigration problems. E‑Verify was going to solve our challenges with immigration.” If Gov. DeSantis and other Republicans want to …
By Alex Nowrasteh
October 9, 2019
Blog

Uncomfortable Truths in Azar Gat’s Nations: The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism
A thoughtful book with compelling answers to the difficult question of defining nationalism.
By Alex Nowrasteh
September 25, 2019
Foreign Policy

Venezuelan Refugees May Help Liberalize Latin America’s Closed Economies
As the cases of Israel and Jordan show, an influx of migrants can prompt lasting economic reform.
By Gabriela Calderon de Burgos and Alex Nowrasteh
September 24, 2019
Public Comments

H-2A Streamlining Rule Comments
By David J. Bier
September 23, 2019
Blog

Migrants Are More Likely to Make It Past Mexican Enforcement in Recent Years
The ability of Central Americans to reach the U.S. border has been the most important change in Central American migration—not their willingness to try.
By David J. Bier
September 17, 2019
Blog

Hong Kong Protests and the Political Effects of an “Exit” Option
Ideally, the United States government should make it clear that any Hongkonger who wants to leave can come to the United States and be granted asylum with a minimum of restriction.
By Alex Nowrasteh
September 17, 2019
Just Security

Constitution Day 2019: the Hidden Domestic Surveillance Crisis
For the Constitution to have meaning and force, the public —including the Congress, the courts, and the press —must be able to establish what the executive branch is doing in our name and with our tax dollars, particularly when it comes to the use —or misuse —of federal surveillance powers.
By Patrick G. Eddington
September 17, 2019
Immigration Research and Policy Brief

No. 14
Immigrants Learn English: Immigrants’ Language Acquisition Rates by Country of Origin and Demographics since 1900
By Michelangelo Landgrave

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New Policy Banning H-2A Sheepherders Shows Need for Congress to Act

Building the Wall Using Eminent Domain Hurts Americans

H-2A Farmers Will Benefit From House Reform Bill

Sierra Club v. Trump

Do Illegal Immigrants Increase Drunk Driving Deaths?

“Illegal Alien” Is One of Many Correct Legal Terms for “Illegal Immigrant”

Border Patrol Agent Deaths in the Line of Duty, 2003-2019

DeSantis Should Avoid Flawed E-Verify ID System

Uncomfortable Truths in Azar Gat’s Nations: The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism

Venezuelan Refugees May Help Liberalize Latin America’s Closed Economies

H-2A Streamlining Rule Comments

Migrants Are More Likely to Make It Past Mexican Enforcement in Recent Years

Hong Kong Protests and the Political Effects of an “Exit” Option

Constitution Day 2019: the Hidden Domestic Surveillance Crisis

Immigrants Learn English: Immigrants’ Language Acquisition Rates by Country of Origin and Demographics since 1900