• Trump Could Do a Mass Deportation. We’ve Done It Before.

    Historical examples suggest that enacting forced relocation, internment, and deportation is nowhere near the longshot many experts believe. In a second term, the biggest challenge for Trump’s mass-deportation agenda would likely not be legal — the courts cannot be counted on to stand in his way— but logistical and monetary.

  • Harris Was Never “Border Czar,” Experts Say, Despite Republican Claims

    Immigration and order security experts say Harris was never appointed “order czar.” Rather, early in the Biden administration, she was assigned the task of reducing migration to the U.S. southern border by collaborating with Central American nations to address the root causes of migration through diplomacy, development, and investment.

  • Reports: DHS’ Parole Programs Allowed Inadmissible Violent Criminals to Enter, Stay in U.S.

    A wave of violent crime has befallen Americans nationwide connected to parole programs created by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, according to several reports. A pattern has emerged of single men illegally entering the U.S. who are considered inadmissible under federal law. Instead of being processed for removal, Border Patrol agents released them with a “notice to appear” before an immigration judge several years into the future.

  • Illegal Immigrant Murderers in Texas, 2013–2022

    Crime committed by illegal immigrants is an important and contentious public policy issue, but it is notoriously difficult to measure and compare their criminal conviction rates with those of other groups such as legal immigrants and native‐born Americans. Most research, however, finds that all immigrants in the United States are less likely to commit crime or be incarcerated than native‐born Americans.

  • Evidence Mounts Islamic State Is Looking to the U.S. Southern Border

    U.S. intelligence and security officials are increasing their focus on the country’s southern border, worried the constant flow of migrants has attracted the attention of the Islamic State terror group. The heightened concern follows the arrests earlier this month of eight men from Tajikistan, all of whom entered the United States via its southern border with Mexico, some making the trip over a year ago.

  • More Than 12 Million Illegal Border Crossers Since Fiscal 2021

    Of the more than 12 million people who have illegally crossed the border into the U.S. since 2021, 10,147,015 were apprehended or encountered, and the rest are estimated “gotaways.” The number of illegal border crossers since 2021 is greater than population of 44 states, 155 countries.

  • Another Report Says CBP, ICE Not Detaining, Removing Inadmissibles Flying into Country

    A DHS OIG audit found that a regional CBP and ICE detention and removal processes were ineffective at one major international airport, the OIG audit found. Between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, the report found CBP agents at this airport released at least 383 inadmissible travelers from custody into the U.S. who, under the law, are prohibited from entering the country.

  • Number of Foreign-Born People Hits Record in U.S., Despite Slow Population Growth

    The number of foreign-born people in the United States rose more than 15% from 2010 to 2022, to just more than 46 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s more foreign-born people — those who were not U.S. citizens at birth — than ever before, despite slow population growth.

  • Biden’s Immigration Order Won’t Fix Problems Quickly – 4 Things to Know About What’s Changing

    Biden’s executive order prevents everyone who crosses the U.S.-Mexico border without a visa, and not passing through an official port of entry, from seeking asylum. It goes into effect when the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border each day exceeds an average of 2,500. Effectively, this is a ban on asylum.

  • Biden’s Unlawful Border Executive Order Is Bad Policy

    President Biden should not be ignoring US laws. He should not be seeking to stop people from coming to the United States. Instead, he should be working to let them enter this country legally and orderly so they can contribute to it. America is a great country, and people want to join it. That’s a good thing. We should let them do so legally.

  • Fact Check: Coast Guard Continues to Interdict, Repatriate Illegal Entry at Sea

    Coast Guard continues to interdict, repatriate illegal entry at sea. Critics claimed that the Coast Gard has been instructed to adopt a hands-off policy toward illegal migrants from Haiti.

  • Europe’s Migration Dilemma

    Hundreds of thousands of migrants made the dangerous journey to Europe in 2023, fleeing war, poverty, and natural disasters. The increase in arrivals has fueled support for far-right political parties.

  • The Manufactured Crisis of Migrant Terrorists at the Border

    Politicians and pundits have given rise to a flood of rhetoric about terrorists exploiting border chaos to harm Americans. But exaggerated threats of terrorists crossing the southern border lead to costly, disproportionate policy decisions.

  • White House Says Plans to Address Causes of Migration Show Results

    The White House’s strategy for curbing migration to the United States from Central America zeroes in on job creation, economic investment and support for human rights. Biden administration officials say is showing results, but analysts caution against unrealistic expectations.

  • More Than 1.7 Million Illegal Entries in First Six Months of Fiscal 2024

    More than 1.7 million foreign nationals have illegally entered the U.S. in the first six months of fiscal 2024, the greatest number for this time period in U.S. history. The 1,733,496 who illegally entered in the first six months of the fiscal year outnumber the 1,547,866 who illegally entered in the first six months of fiscal 2023 by more than 185,000.