The U.S. immigrant population increased 1.6 million during the past year, driven by loosened border security and easing COVID restrictions. Reversing a 2019-2020 decline, legal and illegal migration rebounded to raise the foreign-born population to 45….
legal immigration
Historian Victor Davis Hanson’s latest book may not be the kind of optimistic, feel-good reading that many would wish for at a time when the U.S. is facing multiple crises, from the disaster at the southern border to catastrophe in Afghanistan to the o…
In the midst of the persistent COVID pandemic and high jobless rates, immigration enthusiasts are pressing the Biden administration to approve more employment and family-based visas. Upset that 262,000 visas might go unallotted this year, they demand a…
Most Americans rightly oppose voting in U.S. elections by people who are not American citizens. In spite of this, a small but vociferous and radical minority continues advocating for the de facto disenfranchisement of millions of American citizens, who…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency responsible for administering the naturalization exam, is revising the citizenship test – allegedly making it more difficult – according to CNN. Although the agency announced its intenti…
Fresh off a court victory affirming public charge regulations on immigrants, the Trump administration wants to ensure that sponsors of foreign nationals have the means to cover their associated costs. “This proposed rule would require sponsors and hous…
Although Reihan Salam’s book, Melting Pot or Civil War? A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders, was published in 2018, the author’s analysis of immigration policy remains relevant. FAIR supporters will likely agree with many of Salam’s…
In the August 21 edition of The Wall Street Journal, Tunku Varadarajan, executive editor at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and a legal permanent resident, takes the left to task for its attitude towards immigrants. That attitude is many thing…
A new report — “A Rockier Road to U.S. Citizenship?” – suggests that the Trump administration is making it harder for green card holders to become American citizens. In the end, the study by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) knocks down its ow…
Anyone who has ever tried to discuss the need for immigration control with a friend or colleague has – at least once – had all of their fact-based arguments quickly dismissed by someone who spits out the most well known phrases from the poem attached t…