When Donald Trump called for enhanced border security in 2015—including immigration restrictions and a construction of a border barrier—many countries worldwide responded with immediate outrage and criticism. But as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak …
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Repeat after me: “We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws.” Of all the shopworn cliches tossed about by politicians, this is perhaps the tiredest and most overused. And also the most disingenuous. No politician who ever uttered …
Following the lead of many other nations, Germany has now implemented strict border controls in response to the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus. This follows similar moves by Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia, which…
Harris County, Texas, the third largest in the United States, has pledged up to $1.5 million to represent illegal aliens facing deportation. In doing so, the sprawling county that encompasses Houston joins an ever-lengthening list of jurisdictions expe…
Harris County, Texas, the third largest in the United States, has pledged up to $1.5 million to represent illegal aliens facing deportation. In doing so, the sprawling county that encompasses Houston joins an ever-lengthening list of jurisdictions expe…
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has recently – in the midst of a global Coronavirus epidemic – opened his borders with Greece while encouraging and aiding droves of Middle Eastern migrants to flood Europe. Thus, the anti-Western Erdogan has d…
A downward trend in apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border appears to be ending. Like the predictable summer monsoons, a seasonal rise in northbound migration is on the horizon. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports that apprehensions edged…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last week that it will allot an additional 35,000 low- and semi-skilled work visas this year. The move was authorized by Congress, but that doesn’t make it good policy. H-2B visas — which grant …
“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall.” This signature line came from President Donald Trump during a border security conversation in 2015. Since taking office in 2016, the Trump administration …
Largely absent from the Democratic presidential debates, immigration has been ever-present in a possibly more important venue – the Supreme Court. While oral arguments concerning the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) have …