Center for Immigration Studies Blog


04/25/2024 12:14 PM
Schools with the Highest Foreign Student Populations
As admissions become increasingly competitive, Congress should consider whether it would make sense to limit the number of foreign students that can be enrolled at America’s educational institutions, in total numbers and/or as a percentage of any institution’s overall enrollment.
04/25/2024 10:53 AM
A Case Study in Cheap H-1B Labor
A look at a small user of the H-1B visa provides an illustration of how the cheap-labor game is played.
04/25/2024 04:10 AM
WSJ: Biden Mulling ‘Parole in Place’ Amnesty for 1.1 Million Alien Spouses
If the president really cares about the plight of U.S. citizens married to unauthorized aliens, he should address it with Congress, not through an administrative amnesty of questionable legality.
04/25/2024 04:00 AM
Florida Grand Jury Presents Options for State Action on Illegal Immigration
A statewide grand jury in central Florida issued three more reports from its 18-month-long investigation of the causes and consequences of recent illegal immigration to Florida, and the corresponding prevalence of human smuggling and human trafficking occurring in the state.
04/24/2024 10:09 PM
ICE Leadership Furthers the Effort to ‘Abolish ICE’
The “Abolish ICE” movement that gained momentum in the summer of 2018 has gained new life, thanks to an unlikely source: Patrick J. Lechleitner, ICE’s acting director, is “rebranding” the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) bureau by stripping it of any association with ICE.
04/23/2024 03:25 PM
The Lasting Implications of the Failed Mayorkas Impeachment
The Senate majority leader has tipped the impeachment balance in the executive’s favor to hide the chaos at the Southwest border.
04/23/2024 01:24 PM
Op-ed: Terrorists Welcome

The latest release into the American interior of an FBI terrorist suspect who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border — a twice-freed Afghan national man free to roam America for 11 months until his capture — demands that the federal government regard this patterned problem as a chronic national security emergency requiring elevation to the highest priority within the intelligence community, federal law enforcement, and Congress


04/23/2024 06:35 AM
USCIS Is Again Temporarily Extending the Validity Periods for Renewable Work Authorization Documents
The Biden administration’s border policies, historic expansion of TPS, and abuse of parole play a significant role in stunting USCIS’s ability to manage its workload.
04/22/2024 03:02 PM
Latest ICE Detainee Death Exploited by Anti-Detention Crowd Raises Questions for ICE and Activists
Activists have found the latest detainee death to use as an excuse for ending ICE detention, this time a mentally ill, convicted murderer who overstayed a tourist visa nearly 24 years ago. As usual, media have parroted activist talking points without asking questions that might offer better insight into exactly what transpired.
04/19/2024 03:45 PM
The Migrant Surge and the ‘Shelter’ Inflation of 2024

I recently discussed what proponents are lauding as the economic benefits of an unprecedented surge in both legal and illegal alien workers into the United States under the Biden administration, and identified serious downsides decision-makers weren’t considering — including the effects migration is imposing on resources for “housing, education, health care, and sustenance”.