Illegal immigration

IMMIGRATIONImmigration in Sweden: How the Country Went from One of Europe’s Most Welcoming, to One of Its Most Restrictive
By Henrik Emilsson
For decades, Sweden was known as one of Europe’s most welcoming countries for refugees. It took pride in pursuing one of Europe’s most generous asylum policies, and often presented itself as a humanitarian role model. But today it has one of the continent’s most restrictive migration policies.
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IMMIGRATION & CRIMELarge-Scale Study Finds No Link Between Crime and Unauthorized Immigration
By Mimi Ko Cruz
One of America’s most politically charged questions is: does immigration drive crime? Now, one of the most geographically detailed studies of its kind ever conducted has an answer: unauthorized immigration does not drive crime rates in U.S. neighborhoods.
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AI GOVERNANCEImmigration as a Test Case for Executive AI Governance
By Camille J. Mackler
DHS deploys AI in immigration enforcement largely untested, undisclosed, and unreviewed, a preview of how AI could reshape executive power. DHS deploys AI in immigration enforcement largely untested, undisclosed, and unreviewed, a preview of how AI could reshape executive power. These systems are being developed and normalized first on noncitizens before expanding to all. DHS is now deploying artificial intelligence (AI) systems that already exhibit many of the governance problems AI scholars warn could emerge as more capable systems enter government.
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MIGRATIONCeuta’s Border Crisis and Europe’s Migration Paradox
The continent may be seeing fewer irregular crossings overall, but it remains vulnerable to dramatic local shocks. As long as the EU combines a formal commitment to free movement with uneven external control and strong procedural protections, border crises like Ceuta will continue to expose the system’s contradictions.
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POLITICIZATIONStates Challenge Trump’s Move to Tie Disaster Aid to Election, Immigration Policies
By Dana DiFilippo
Twenty-six states accuse the Trump administration in a new lawsuit of illegally threatening to withhold billions in counterterrorism and emergency preparedness funds from states that don’t adopt sweeping election changes or cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
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IMMIGRATIONStudy Analyzes Crime Rates by Nationality and Debunks Its Link to Immigration
A detailed data analysis demonstrates that the apparent crime gap between the foreign and native populations is primarily due to the fact that the immigrant profile tends to concentrate more young men—the demographic sector with the highest crime rates in any society.
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BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIPTrump Administration, GOP Seek Workarounds to Tackle Birthright Citizenship
By Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square
Following a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship, Republicans and the Trump administration are seeking ways to curb babies born in the U.S. to noncitizens.
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BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIPU.S. Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Rejecting Trump Order
By Ariana Figueroa
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the country’s long understanding of automatic citizenship by birth on American soil, regardless of the immigration status of a newborn’s parents.
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DEPORTATIONSTrump Violated the Constitution by Trying to Deport US-Born Americans
By David J. Bier
In Trump v. Barbara, the Supreme Court invalidated President Trump’s executive order that banned birthright citizenship for illegal or temporary residents of the United States. But presumably, Trump supporters plan to play the long game, and opposition to Barbara may become a new litmus test of appointees.
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IMMIGRATIONImmigration Street Sweeps Led to More “Collateral” Arrests of Noncriminals
By Tim Henderson
A quarter of immigration arrests since August were labeled by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as “collateral,” a type of arrest and detention that’s been challenged in court as an end run around civil rights. 70% of collateral arrests are for immigration-related crimes or violations only.
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IMMIGRATIONHeightened ICE Enforcement Harms U.S.-Born Workers, Shrinks Workforce
By Lisa Marshall
Heightened immigration enforcement during the second Trump administration has not expanded job opportunities for U.S.-born workers and is associated with a reduction of employment for U.S.-born men with no more than a high school degree.
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IMMIGRATIONNovel Study Maps Changes in U.S. Immigration Policy Landscape Since 9/11
Analysis in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine establishes a framework for further research into how federal, state, and local sanctuary and anti-sanctuary policies impact immigrants’ health
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IMMIGRATIONFear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders
By Naisha Roy, Francesca D'Annunzio, and J. David McSwane
Con artists posing as ICE agents and immigration officers are using WhatsApp and fake court hearings to bilk vulnerable people out of their savings with empty promises to fix immigration problems. As mass deportations continue, scam complaints soar.
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IMMIGRATIONAsylum-Seekers Could Lose Right to Work Under Proposed Trump Administration Rules
By Tim Henderson
That option to work could close soon for asylum-seekers for the foreseeable future, as DHS says it could pause work permits until a case backlog of ‘between 14 and 173 years’ is cleared.
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IMMIGRATIONICE’s Heavy‑Handed Immigration Enforcement Was Tried Once Before – by Arizona’s Notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the Early 2000s
By Jonathan van Harmelen
From 2006 to 2017, Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, implemented his own immigration detention program, instructing deputies to detain anyone who did not carry a valid identification and did not speak English. One U.S. Department of Justice attorney characterized Arpaio as overseeing “the worst pattern of racial profiling by a law enforcement agency in U.S. history.”
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