As FAIR reported earlier this year, the Illinois legislature passed a budget with a provision extending Medicaid-like coverage to illegal immigrants aged 65 and older. It was subsequently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) which means that an estimated 9…
Federation for American Immigration Reform
There are many lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 crisis. Among them is that economic forecasts that look beyond, say next week, are nothing more than educated guesses. But that has not stopped FWD.us, a Silicon Valley-funded mass immigration advo…
The American purview of immigration seems to rarely drift away from our southern border. However, that does not mean illegal migration and trade on our northern borders is any less detrimental to U.S. citizens. In mid-September, one elected officeholde…
Earlier this month, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new policy guidance regarding inadmissibility based on membership in a communist or other totalitarian party. The agency’s policy manual was thus updated to include a step-by-…
Despite serving as a defining political issue in the 2016 general election, immigration has taken a back seat in 2020. In the first two nationally televised presidential and vice-presidential debates, debate moderators Chris Wallace and Susan Page fail…
Apprehensions of illegal aliens along America’s southern border during fiscal 2020 ran well below last year’s total, but the numbers are trending back up. COVID-19 sharply reduced illegal border crossings in April and May. Apprehensions totaled 40,380 …
Sanctuary jurisdictions consistently prioritize their radical, anti-immigration-enforcement ideology over public safety or common sense. This is exemplified by the large number of alien criminals they continue to release to prey on the public rather th…
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…
The United States economy is continuing to recover from massive job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the September report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States added 661,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7….
Fifty-five years ago – on October 3, 1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson (D) signed into law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act. While to some 1965 may seem like a very long time ago, that year’s immigration l…