Center for Immigration Studies Blogs and Publications


04/26/2024 04:00 AM
Two Swing State Polls Show Immigration Is on the Ballot in November
A Morning Consult/Bloomberg poll and one by Redfield & Wilton Strategies for the Telegraph in the UK show that immigration could be the deciding issue in the November presidential election.
04/25/2024 01:42 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 06:46 AM
Panel Podcast: Illegal Immigration by Sea
Panel Podcast: On Thursday, April 11, the International Network for Immigration Research (INIR) hosted an event on maritime illegal immigration.
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.
04/26/2024 01:43 PM
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 Af


04/23/2024 11:03 AM
Upcoming Panel: The How and Why of the Mayorkas Impeachment
The Center for Immigration Studies will host a panel to discuss the history and impact of the impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
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.
04/22/2024 06:00 AM
Shocking video of migrants tearing down fence a symbol of everything wrong with Biden’s policy

New York Post, March 22, 2024


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 admin


04/19/2024 12:24 PM
New York Times/Siena Poll Reveals Partisan Split Over Immigration

On April 13, the New York Times and Siena college released the results of their latest poll, which was conducted between April 7 and 11 and surveyed 1,059 re


04/25/2024 06:53 AM
Panel Video: Illegal Immigration by Sea
Video: With the crisis in Haiti sparking fears of a new exodus and illegal crossings up in the Mediterranean, maritime illegal immigration is a challenge.
04/25/2024 06:53 AM
Panel Transcript: Illegal Immigration by Sea
Transcript: With the crisis in Haiti sparking fears of a new exodus and illegal crossings up in the Mediterranean, maritime illegal immigration is a challenge.
04/19/2024 01:31 PM
Carrot Approach Nets Zero in EB-5 Reform, in Fact, a Sea of 708 Zeroes

In March 2022, Congress revised the then-suspended EB-5 immigrant investor program in several ways; one was to create a series of carrots that would (hopefully


04/18/2024 12:30 PM
Chinese Organized Crime Takes Root in Vacationland
This week’s episode features Steve Robinson, editor-in-chief of the Maine Wire, who discusses how Chinese criminal organizations have established illegal weed grows in Maine.
04/19/2024 02:00 PM
DOJ Report Details Decline in Border Prosecutions Under Biden
Unless and until the Biden administration reverses course and begins deterring foreign nationals from entering the United States illegally, the chaos at the Southwest border will continue.