On March 3, one week after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas designated Ukrainian nationals in the U.S. for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Although most of Mr. Mayorkas’ decisions so far have …
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In a 14-6 vote, the Madison City Council in Wisconsin authorized $700,000 in federal relief funds to aid illegal aliens. According to The Wisconsin State Journal, the endowment will be distributed in the form of one-time grants between e…
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that Afghans present in the United States could now benefit from Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS is a form of de facto amnesty that allows removable aliens to remain in …
After an unacceptable delay, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has finally released their official year-end report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 – which ended more than five months ago. Traditionally, annual reports are released one to two months a…
Despite President Joe Biden’s countless immigration policy blunders that he needs to fix, his administration has opted to instead extend amnesty-lite to nationals of two nations. On March 2, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro May…
On March 1, President Biden delivered the State of the Union address. Although the speech devoted very little attention to immigration or border security, what he did say demonstrates that the president has learned nothing from his disastrous record on…
Backlogs in immigration applications are undermining the integrity of the system, according to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI). Immigration court backlogs now top 1.6 million cases, up from 1.1 million before the COVID pandemic, and more than doub…
Another day, another EB-5 boondoggle. A fleeing foreign national was arrested last week at the U.S.-Mexico border and charged with bilking more than $5 million in COVID relief funds for sham companies. Among Reddy Raghav Budamala’s dubious transactions…
Following the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan last August, large numbers of Afghan nationals were evacuated from their home country as the Taliban seized control of the nation. As a result, thousands of Afghans were brought t…
Should the United States offer green cards to every Russian with an advanced degree as a way to stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and prevent future aggressive actions? That’s the question posed by Robert Zubrin in National Review. Zubrin asserts in hi…