Immigration

Opinion Headlines

Immigration – Cantor loss in primary election. 6-12-14
Immigration – EU politics – LTE “Repressive view held by some immigrants.” (re assimilation) 6-12-14
Immigration –“ Primary Voters For Immigration.” 6-12-14
Immigration Reform Can’t Wait. by Rupert Murdock 6-19-14
Immigration Reform Proposals Treat Only Symptoms. LTE. 6-17-14
Immigration: LTE “Comprehensive Reform Bogs Down Immigration Issue.” 6-25-14
Immigration. “Obama’s Immigration Cynicism” [He’ll still write a lawless deportation rule…] 9-8-14
Immigration. “An Earthquake Called Ukip Hits Britain.” By Ian Birrell [The U.K.’s two-party political order is shaking, with no telling who might be in power this time next year.] 10-17-14
Immigration. LTE. “Let’s Take a Closer Look at That Alleged Brain Drain.” 10-21-14
Immigration. “Obama’s Immigration Enablers.” By David B. Rivkin Jr. et. al. [The administration’s Office of Legal Counsel endorsed a view of executive power never imagined by the Founders.] 11-25-14
Immigration. “Cameron’s Migration Fix for Europe.” [Good on welfare shopping, but not on the benefits of immigration.] 12-1-2014
Immigration. LTE. “Risks if Immigration Changes by Decree, Not by Statute.” 12-4-14
Immigration. “An Immigration Game Plan for the New Congress.” By Edward P. Lazear. [Republicans would be wise to take a measured approach that moves the country and the economy forward.] 12-5-14.
Immigration. LTE. “We Have Achieved Diversity in Opinions on Immigration.” 12-11-14
Immigration. “The States vs. Obama.” [Texas and 24 other states have a good case on the immigration order.] 12-27-14
Immigration. “Obama’s Immigration Trap.” By Kimberley A. Strassel. 1-23-15
Immigration. “Nevada’s Right Choice on Immigration.” By David B. Rivkin Jr., Et.al. [Obama’s disregard for federal law makes it imperative that states join the suit against him.] 2-3-15
Immigration. “Obama’s Immigration Rebuke.” [A federal court says he can’t rewrite the law by himself.] 2-18-15
Immigration. “Why Obama’s Immigration Order Was Blocked.” By Michael W. McConnell. [The injunction isn’t about prosecutorial discretion. It is about granting illegal aliens benefits not allowed by law.] 2-18-15
Immigration. “A Misbegotten Shutdown Showdown on Immigration.” [About 50 House Republicans nearly got the party to play into the hands of the White House and its media allies.] 3-4-15
Immigration. LTE. “Guest Workers and the Bracero Model.” 3-31-15
Immigration. “An Immigrant’s Tale, From Saigon in ’75 to American Entrepreneur.” [My family was evacuated as the Vietnam War ended. Would today’s Republican Party have welcomed us?] 4-23-15
Immigration. “Scott Walker’s Labor Economics.” [The Governor needs a better tutor on jobs and immigration..] […cf. immigration, Sen. Jeff Sessions,…] 4-25-15
Immigration. “The Sessions Complaint.” [Defining down the U.S. science and tech job market.] 4-27-15
Immigration. LTE. “Most Republicans Already Support Legal Immigration.” 4-29-15
Immigration. LTE. “The H-1B Visas Don’t Help American STEM Graduates.” 5-2-15
Immigration. “Obama’s Remedial Legal Education.” [A federal appeals court rebukes his immigration order.] 5-27-15
Immigration. “Ending the Republican Drama About Immigration.” By Andy Puzder. [Beating each other up only helps Democrats. Better to settle on basic principles. Here are a few.] 6-8-15.
Immigration. “A Legal Immigrant’s American Dream.” By Onoura Amobi. [It’s hard not to see amnesty for illegal immigrants as a betrayal of all those who were denied legal entry.] 6-30-15
Immigration. LTE. “On Legal Immigrants and Fairness.” 7-9-15
Immigration. “A Beautiful Oath, Sullied by Politics.” By Christopher C. Hull. [The Obama administration opens a loophole for new citizens unwilling to ‘bear arms’ to defend America.] 8-5-15
Immigration. LTE. “Bearing Arms for Your New Country.” 8-10-15
Immigration. “The Deportation Party.” [Trump proposes to stop even most legal immigration.] 8-18-15
Immigration. “Born in the U.S.A.” [A primer on birthright citizenship and the U.S. Constitution.] 8-21-15
Immigration. LTE. “Born in the U.S. A. – Citizenship and the Constitution.” 8-29-15
Immigration. “The Migrants and the Elites.” By Peggy Noonan. [A humanitarian crisis threatens the future of Western institutions.] 9-12-15
Immigration. “Inside the Golden Door.” Book review by Alex Nowrasteh: A Nation of Nations. By Tom Gjelten. [Half a century ago, Virginia’s Fairfax County was 90% white and 3.5% immigrant; today it’s 50% white and 30% foreign-born.] 9-21-15
Immigration. LTE. “Immigrants, Assimilation and Native Culture.” 10-15-15
Immigration. “Sorting the GOP Candidates on Immigration.” By Mortimer Zuckerman. [Carson speaks about in moral terms, while Trump takes the low road. Bush has the most rational plan.] 11-7-15
Immigration. Migrants. “A Syrian Refugee Lesson for Liberals.” [By failing against Jihad, Obama has produced an illiberal backlash.] 11-17-15
Immigration. Refugees. LTE. “Why Not the Lincoln Bedroom for Refugees?” 11-20-15
Immigration. “Reforming Immigration One State at a Time.” By Shikha Dalmia. 11-30-15
Immigration. “The ObamaCare-Immigration Collision.” By Andy Puzder. [Keeping millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S. and virtually ensuring that they will cost American jobs.] 12-4-15
Immigration. “The Latest Tax on Business Hits Visas for High-Skill Workers. “ by Robert Hoffman. [Making companies pay $4,000 – $4,500 more for every specialized professional from overseas.] 1-7-16
Immigration. LTE. “Refugees, Supply, Demand, Jobs and Housing.” 1-25-16
Immigration. LTE. “Pope’s Position on Immigration Is Nuanced.” 2-18-16
Immigration. LTE. “Law Could Leverage the Guest-Worker Model.” 3-8-16
Immigration. “I Am President. I Am Not King.” [The Supreme Court turns to Obama’s Lawless immigration order.] 4-18-16
Immigration. LTE. “It’s High Time to End the Abuse of H-1B Visas” 5-11-16
Immigration. “Why Governors Need an Immigration Plan.” By Tom Nassif. 5-20-16
Immigration. “Law and Immigration Order.” [The Supreme Court splits without comment on Obama’s power grab.] 6-24-16
Immigration. LTE. “Melting Pot Has Been Destroyed by Diversity.” 7-8-16
Immigration. “All Donald’s Immigrants.” [See for yourself: an economic model for immigration policy.] 7-23-16
Immigration. “What American Citizenship Makes Possible.” By Colin Powell. [Immigrants come to these shores, learn English and work hard – enriching the U.S. in the process.] 7-27-16
Immigration. LTE. “What would the Powells Experience Today?” 8-1-16
Immigrants. LTE “Immigrants and Growing America’s Economy.” 8-3-16
Immigration. “Why I’m Investing $500 Million in Migrants.” By George Soros. [I will invest in startups, established companies, social-impact initiatives and businesses founded by migrants and refugees.] 9-20-16
Immigration. LTE. “There Is Nothing Orwellian About E-Verify.” 9-27-16
Immigration. “What We Learned in Scandinavia About Migrants.” By Tom Cotton and Mike Pompeo. [Sweden failed. Norway succeeded – in part because it did what Trump does: Listen.] 9-27-16
Immigration. LTE. “Lessons from Scandinavian Immigration Law.” 10-7-16
Immigration. “The Immigration Debate We Need.” (Bookshelf/ by George Melloan) “We Wanted Workers by George J. Borjas.” [Amnesty or a wall are radical policies to deal will the country’s millions of illegal immigrants. Here’s a saner solution: Do nothing.] 10-19-16
Immigration. “Trump’s Refugee Bonfire.” [A blunderbuss order sews confusion and a defeat in court.] 1-30-17
Immigration. “Even Jimmy Carter Was Cautious About Admitting Refugees.” By Seth Lipsky. [He refused entry to 40,000 Cambodians – but later took a humane approach to communism’s victims.] 1-31-17
Immigration. “What will Trump’s Immigration Ban Actually Accomplish?” by Jason L. Riley. [None of the attackers from 9/11 or San Bernardino would have been thwarted by the new rule.] 2-1-17
Immigration. “Trump Restraining Order.” [He’s right on the law but his rants against a judge are offensive.] 2-6-17
Immigration. “Trump Is Right: Sweden’s Embrace of Refugees Isn’t Working.” By Jimmie Akesson and Mattias Karlsson. [The country has accepted 275,000 asylum-seekers, many without passports – leading to riots and crime.] 2-23-17
Immigration. “Trump’s Travel Ban Mulligan.” [It’s still unnecessary, but this version has some important fixes.] 3-7-17
Immigration. “America’s Got Immigrant Talent.” [Children of immigrants are dominating U.S. scientific contests.] 3-7-17
Immigration. Refugees. LTE. “Another View of Sweden’s Immigrant Issues.” 3-8-17
Immigration. “Crime and Immigration.” [The U.S. needs to deport criminals, not create a new bureaucracy.] 3-13-17
Immigration. “The Dutch find Welfare and Immigration Make an Uneasy Mix.” By Leon de Winter. [Did my countrymen really turn into xenophobes and racists? No, they are as open-minded as ever.] 3-14-17
Immigration. “America Doesn’t Have Europe’s Immigration Problems.” By Jason L. Riley. [Assimilation works here because the emphasis is on shared ideals instead of aloof tolerance.] 3-15-17
Immigration. “The Trump Legal Exception.” [The Travel ban is bad policy, but the judicial injunctions are worse.] 3-17-17
Immigraton. LTE. “Immigration and the E Pluribus Unum Issue.” 4-1-17
Immigration. “Opening Our Borders Would Overwhelm America.” By Dave Seminara. [When I screened visa applications as a foreign service officer, I learned how many want to come.] 4-17-17
Immigration. “’What About the Refugees?’ The U.S. Is Doing More than Anyone..” [I will travel to Jordan and Turkey, which have performed admirably in taking in Syrians.] 5-18-17
Immigration. “Let the Private Sector Help Tackle the Migration Crisis.” By George Clooney. [Businesses and charities can boost transparency and aid in resettling international refugees.] 5-26-17
Immigration. “The Fourth Circuit Presidency.” [The word ‘Trump’ isn’t an excuse for usurping core presidential power.] 5-27-17 (Re: President Trump’s travel ban.)
Immigration. “The Surprising Factor for Immigrant Success.” By Edward P. Lazear. [Those born in Algeria do better than those from Israel and Japan. Why? There are fewer of them.] 6-27-17
Immigration. “America’s Summer Labor Shortage.” [Trump’s 15,000 extra guest-worker visas aren’t nearly enough.] 7-18-17
Immigration. Immigration Anxieties, Then and Now.” By Walter Russell Mead. [Circumstances today resemble those in 1924, when Congress curtailed legal entry.] 8-8-17
Immigration. LTE “Raise Act Will Rationalize Legal Immigration.” By Sen. Tom Cotton. 8-12-17
Immigration. “America’s Got Talent, but Not Nearly Enough.” By Edward Conard. [Trump is right to back skills-based immigration. But fewer green cards would defeat the purpose.] 8-17-17
Immigration. “More Worker Visas for Less Government” [A federalist plan to address the growing U.S. labor shortage.] 9-2-17
Immigration. “The Hazards of Giving shelter.” (Bookshelf by James Traub.) “Refuge” by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier. [Activists often fail to draw a line between refugees and economic migrants. The result can be catastrophic for host countries.] 9-6-17
Immigration. “The Immigration Morass.” By Daniel Henninger. [This issue has turned into a deadweight loss by the day for the Republican Party.] 9-7-17
Immigration. “Obama’s Deplorable DACA Decision.” By Karl Rove. [His attack on Trump needlessly inflames the situation, making it worse for Dreamers.] 9-7-17
Immigration. “The Cruelty of Barack Obama.” By Wm McGurn. [On immigration reform, the former president isn’t what he says he is.] 9-12-17
Immigration. “Chicago’s Immigration Showdown Is More About Politics Than Law.” By Allysia Finley. [The feds are at an impasse with the city over is sanctuary policy. There’s room for compromise.] 9-16-17
Immigration. “Immigration Bait and Switch.” [Trump bows to the restrictionists and may scupper a deal.] 10-10-17
Immigration. “America Took Me In. Is there No Room for My Family?” By Yousif al-Jabouri. [As an Iraqi who helped U.S. troops, I wasn’t safe. My mother, sister and brothers still aren’t.] 10-13-17
Immigration. “Immigrants Need Better Protection – From their Lawyers.” By Benjamin Edwards. [The area of law is prone to abuse. It’s difficult to file a bar complaint after you’ve been deported.] 11-27-17
Immigration. “Visa Policies Keep Women from Working.” By Vivek Ravisankar. [The U.S. won’t let ‘dependents’ of H-1B holders get jobs.] 1-4-18
Immigration. “Progress on Immigration.” [Both sides have strong incentives to cut a Dreamers deal.] 1-10-18
Immigration. “Immigration Is Still Radioactive.” By Walter Russell Mead. [A debate between naïve elitism and ugly nativism only impedes pragmatic reforms.] 1-23-18
Immigration. “Republicans and Dreamers.” By Daniel Henninger. [The GOP’s last chance to get past the immigration issue?] 1-25-18
Immigration. “Trump’s Immigration Offer.” [He dives back into deal-making with a constructive proposal.] 1-26-18
Immigration. “The Truth in Trump’s Vulgarity.” By Mary Anasasio O’Grady. [Migrants leave their homes for a reason – often fleeing chaos from poor governance.] 1-29-18
Immigration. “Do Democrats Even Want Compromise on Immigration? By Jason L. Riley. [Schumer and Durbin act as if they’d rather have an issue to use against the Republicans in November.] 1-31-2018
Immigration. “Trump and the Dreamers.” [The political incentives are in place for a bipartisan compromise.] 2-14-18
Immigration. “President Miller’s Immigration Veto.” [Trump will never get a victory if he won’t ‘take the heat.’ 2-16-18
Immigration. “Lessons From the Rise of America’s Irish.” By Jason L. Riley. [They arrived dirt poor and uneducated in the 1840s. After decades of struggle, they achieved prosperity.] 3-14-18
Immigration. “One More Immigration Try.” [A debate and vote might save imperiled House Republicans.] 5-11-18
Immigration. LTE. “Fix, Don’t Avoid, Hard Immigration Issues.” 5-17-18 (by Rep. Bob Goodlatte)
Immigration. “A Miserly 15,000 More Visas.” [Trump’s DHS skimps on guest workers amid a summer labor shortage.] 5-29-18
Immigration. “Trump’s Immigration Choice.” [Does he want his border wall and a Dreamer solution, or not?] 6-21-18
Immigration. “Does Asylum Make Sense? By Tyler Cowen. 7-10-18
Immigration. “The Elites Feed Anti-Immigrant Bias.” By Joan C. Williams. [As proud citizens of the world, they show little solidarity with working-class countrymen.] 7-11-18
Immigration. “Send Us Your Young, Your Educated.” By Edward P. Lazear.” 8-1-18
Immigrants. “For a charity Nowadays, Everything’s Political.” By Naomi Shaefer Riley. [Bethany Christian Services faces protests and lawsuits for its work with migrants and foster children.] 8-4-18
Immigration. “No More Pay-to-Play Green Cards.” By John Vecchione and Anne Weismann. [The EB-5 Regional Center program is a bipartisan source of corruption and cronyism. Let it die.] 9-19-18
Immigration. “The Case Against Birthright Citizenship.” By Matthew Spalding. [Trump’s critics misread the text and history of the 14^th amendment.] 11-1-18
Immigration. “Birthright Citizenship Is a Constitutional Mandate.” By Josh Blackman. [‘Is the child of a Gypsy born in Pennsylvania a citizen?” a senator asked in 1866. The answer is yes.] 11-2-18
Immigration. “Constitutional Ways to Curb ‘Birth Tourism.’” 11-12-18
Immigration. LTE. “Democrats’ Stealthy Push for Open Borders.” 11-21-18
Immigration. “A short History of American Immigration.” By John Steele Gordon. [Coming to the U.S. always took courage and tolerance for risk, traits that are still part of the country’s DNA.] 11-21-18
Immigration. “Storming the Southern Border.” [Violent migrants will turn Americans against generous asylum policy.] 11-27-18
Immigration. “Europe’s Migrant Disaster Should Teach America a Lesson.” By Jason L. Riley. [Even Hillary Clinton now admits the continent erred in allowing entry of too many unvetted ‘refugees.’] 11-28-18
Immigration. “The Immigrant-Unicorn Connection.” By Stuart Anderson. [Most billion-dollar startups have foreign-born founders.] 11-30-18
Immigration. “Impose Boundaries on Immigration Law.” By Rod Rosenstein. [Inconsistent rulings by circuit courts, especially the Ninth, have created chaos. Here’s a solution.] 12-7-18 (Mr. Rosenstein is U.S. deputy attorney general.)
Immigration. “Oval Office Pantomime.” [Shutdown melodrama: Act 1, Scene1: Pelosi and Schumer enter.] 12-12-18
Immigration. “An Immigration Compromise That Just Might Work.” By Jason L. Riley. [Trump gets his wall, the ’Dreamers’ get to stay and both parties go home happy for Christmas.] 12-19-18
Immigration. “Your Government at Work.” [Overwhelming demand for H-2B visas crashed a federal web portal.] 1-5-19
Immigration. “Who Is More Macho?” [“The dialogue of the deaf that is America’s immigration debate…”] 1-9-19
Immigration. “Democrats’ Cynical ‘No’ on Immigration.” By Karl Rove. [They could strike a deal for reform but would rather posture for political points.] 1-10-19
Immigration. Trump Administration. “To End the Shutdown, Try Thinking Big on Immigration.” By Robert M. Gates. [Both parties are to blame for this embarrassing impasse. Yet a sensible solution may be possible.] 1-19-19
Immigration. “Trump’s Bipartisan Pitch.” [Alas, on immigration he keeps preaching to the converted.] 2-6-19
Immigration. “Keeping Talent America Trains.: [A study shows that foreign grads don’t steal American jobs.] 3-5-19
Immigration. “Kenneth Kiyul Lee’s White Privilege.” [Liberals play the race card against a Korean-American immigrant.] 3-5-19
Immigration. “America’s Great Immigration System.” (The Weekend Interview with Neeraj Kaushai by Tunku Varadarajan.) [A meeting with Chinese officials helped convince this economist nobody is better than the U.S. at handling new arrivals.] 3-9-19
Immigration. “Thankless at Homeland Security.” 4-8-19
Immigration. “Incoherent on Immigration.” [Firing his own deputies won’t help the border or move Congress.] 4-10-19
Immigration. “Beyond MAGA Hats.” By Daniel Henninger. [Immigrants are a casualty in a larger argument about American identity.] 1-24-19
Immigration. “Failed Immigration Policy Sustains a Lawless Cartel Empire.” By Ron Johnson. [Human traffickers profit off the humanitarian crisis at the border. Congress needs to act now.] 4-26-19
Immigration. “Immigrants for the Heartland.” By Matthew J. Slaughter. [The U.S. doesn’t issue enough visas for skilled workers, who are too concentrated in big cities.] 4-29-19
Immigration. “Trump’s Immigration Progress.” [He admits the U.S. needs talent but he’s still too stingy on visas.] 5-18-19
Immigration. “American Farmers Need Immigration Reform.” By Kevin Murphy. [Will migrant workers produce our food here or elsewhere?] 5-31-19
Immigration. “Tariff Man Unchained.” [Trump hits Mexico on trade to solve a U.S. immigration mess.] 6-1-19
Immigration. “Bending the law to Avoid Deporting Criminals.” By Lew Jan Olowski. [One alien persuaded a judge to reduce a battery sentence he’d already served.] 7-26-19
Immigration. “The ‘Public-Charge’ Ploy.” [A new rule looks like another effort to limit legal immigration.] 8-14-19
Immigration. “The Court and the Dreamer Pawns.” [They deserve legal status but judges pre-empted a political compromise.] 11-12-19
Immigration. “Foreign Brains Help America Compete.” By Zachary Arnold and Remco Zetsloot. [STEM grads rely on OPT, an embattled visa program.] 1-30-20
Immigration. “The Truth About the ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule.” By Dave Seminara. [Trump’s regulation is a response to a real problem, and it’s nowhere near as draconian as critics say.] 2-4-20
Immigration. “How They Became Us.” (Bookshelf by Philip Terzian. “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide.” By Jia Lynn Yang. [Deciding exactly whom we should welcome to our shores is a matter of ever-shifting public debate and ever=-changing public sentiment.] 5-20-20
Immigration. “Trump’s Immigration Choice.” [He may ban the foreign guest workers the recovery needs.] 6-17-20
Immigration. “Congress’s Inaction May Halt Immigration.” By Sam Garcia. [Without emergency funding, USCIS will furlough 70% of staff.] 7-14-20
Immigration. “Columbus Day Stands for Diversity.” By Alessandra Bocchi. [Italian-Americans, victims of severe discrimination, rallied to honor him.] 10-12-20
Immigration. “America Needs a National Identity Card.” By Michael Segal. [It would solve the problems of voting, immigration and Covid-19 vaccination.] 1-21-21
Immigration. “Biden’s Chance to End Border Chaos.” By Mary Anastasia O’Grady. [Step one is to increase the number of H-2 guest-worker visas for Central Americans.] 1-25-21
Immigration. “On Immigration, Compromise Beats Amnesty.” By Jason L. Riley. [Biden should resist the temptation to go big, and focus instead on solutions with bipartisan support.] 1-27-21
Immigration. “Biden’s Immigration Opportunity.” [His proposal is dead on arrival, but smaller bills might pass.] 2-20-21
Immigration. “Biden Risks Losing Hispanics by Shifting Left on Immigration.” By Jason L. Riley. [Progressives may want something approaching open borders, but other Democratic voters don’t.] 3-17-21
Immigration. “A Christian for Biden, I’m Feeling Betrayed.” By Sheila Joiner. [He promised to reverse Trump’s restrictive refugee policy. He could do it with t a signature but hasn’t.] 4-15-21
Immigration. “The Salvadoran Who Wants to Stay.” [Amid chaos back home, he received ‘temporary’ U.S. status – in 2001.] 4-19-21
Immigration. “Democrats Are Fooling Themselves on Immigration.” By Jason L. Riley. [Voters didn’t always like Trump’s tone, but they broadly supported his strategy at the border.] 4-21-21
Immigration. “An Immigration Reboot for Biden.” [A ruling against DACA and a migrant surge show the need for a change.] 7-19-21
Immigration. “Biden’s Cruel Immigration Policy.” By Mary Anastasia O’Grady. [Migrants want to fill jobs in the U.S. But there’s no legal path to enter the country.] 8-23-21
Immigration. “Immigration Law Boomerang.” [Don’t blame the Supreme Court for the mess at the border.] 8-26-21
Immigration. “The U.S. Legal Immigration Shortage. [Fewer H-2B visas coincided with fewer jobs for Americans.] 2-8-22
Immigration. “Biden’s Immigration Damage.” [He’s doing more to help restrictionists than Donald Trump did.] 4-18-22
Immigration. “When U.S. Immigration Policy Kills.” [Migrants trapped in a tractor-trailer died in the soaring heat.] 6-29-22
Immigration. “Immigrants Can Help Relieve the Labor Shortage.” By Jason Riley. [Guest-worker programs would ease pressure on the border, leading to better enforcement.] 8-17-22
Immigration. “The Other Immigration Crisis: Endless Visa Waits..” by Joe Lonsdale. 10-10-22
Immigration. “Biden’s New Border Record.” [The soaring illegal crossings are hurting the immigration cause.] 10-24-22
Immigration. “An Immigrants’ Thanksgiving.” By Wm. McGurn. [Crispy duck and egg rolls instead of turkey, but a belief that merit should trump race.] 11-22-22
Immigration. “Immigration’s Legacy.” (Bookshelf by Robert VerBruggen.) “The Culture Transplant.” By Garett Jones. [Cultural traits can persist for generations after migrants arrive in a new country. Newcomers don’t simply assimilate to their new homes.] 12-12-22
Immigrants. “New Immigrants, the Same Church.” By Carine Hajjar. [My New York parish was founded by Irishmen and Hungarians and now holds services in Spanish.] 12-22-22
Immigration. “Immigration cynicism on Capitol Hill.” [The Senate stages kabuki votes while doing nothing to end the migrant flood.] 12-23-22
Immigration. “Another D.C. Circuit Chevron Special.” [A case study in how judges rubber stamp executive law-writing.] 2-22-23
Immigration. “Chicago’s Sanctuary City Awakening.” 5-2-23
Immigration. “Work Visa Shortfall Starves the Economy.” By Jason L. Riley. [Demand for labor has risen steadily since 2004, but the H-1B program is still capped at 85,000 a year. ] 5-3-23
Immigration. “Canada Is Coming For Our Lottery Winners.” By Elliot Kaufman. [Tech talent on H-1B visas are lured to my home and native land.] 7-5-23
Immigration. “A Florida Misfire on Immigration.” [DeSantis’s crackdown will exacerbate the state’s labor shortage.] 7-7-23
Immigration. “America’s Choice: Immigration or Bust.” 7-25-23
Immigration. “H-2A Guest Workers Can Pick Florida’s Crops.” By Dave Seminara. [Farmers complain about the state’s crackdown on illegal immigration, but there is an alternative.] 8-5-23
Immigration. “A Tale of Two Immigration Amnesties.” By Jason L. Riley. [Reagan signed legislation after a bipartisan debate in Congress. Biden simply pretends there’s no border.] 9-13-23
Immigration. “The Border Crisis Stymies Needed Immigration Reform.” By Jason L. Reilly. [too many migrants are entering illegally, but the system for legal admissions has broken down as well.] 12-6-23
Immigrants. “The Immigrants We Shouldn’t Forget.” By Jerry Moran. [Afghans who helped America deserve a path to permanent legal residency.] 1-29-24

Issue Headlines

Immigration: (non-opinion)

http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/02/obama-quietly-adds-5-46-million-foreigners-to-economy/

Immigration

http://drudgereport.com/ 3-28-15 >>

GUTIERREZ RELEASES IMMIGRANT TOOLKIT…

‘Do Not Deport Me’ Card…

NEW WAVE: ‘Thousands’ of Unaccompanied Children Crossing Border…

CENSUS: One new migrant enters USA — every 33 seconds!

Large resettlement of refugees in Buffalo, NY…

Immigrant population surges in Georgia…

Immigration: “Europe’s Cargo Ships Diverted to Sea Rescues.” Sub: Commercial vessels on busy Mediterranean routes asked to assist with waves of migrants. [“…The waves of African and Middle Eastern seaborne migrants attempting to reach Europe — 218,000 tried to get to Greece and Italy last year – are causing a little-noticed but serious problem for the mercantile ships that ply the Mediterranean…”] Wall Street Journal 3-27-15 p. B1

4-22-15 Drudgereport.com: >>

CENSUS: RECORD 51 MILLION IMMIGRANTS IN 8 YEARS
82% OF POPULATION GROWTH

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 4-24-15 >>

BORDER BATTLE: Deportations plummet…

REPORT: ‘Homeland’ to naturalize 9 million by 2016…

How to know if your town has been selected for refugee resettlement…

Middle class incomes drop as immigration surges…

Immigration: Drudgereport.com 5-4-15 >>

SESSIONS: Trade deal opens immigration floodgates…

‘Living Agreement’ can be changed after Congress approves…

China overtakes Mexico as top source of immigrants to USA…

POLL: 63% think military should be used along border…

Court skeptical on Obama immigration challenge…

Immigration. Headlines. Drudgereport.com, 5-8-15: >>

DHS directly violated judge’s order; Granted 2,000 more amnesties…

BORDER BRACED FOR SUMMER SURGE…

‘Every day getting more than day before’…

Criminals Storm Laredo Border…

Gusher of Muslim immigration sparks fears…

‘Homeland’ approves amnesty applications despite injunction…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 5-16-15 >>

OVERWHELMED: Backlog of cases pending in immigration courts hits all-time high…

Tops 445,000…

Border Patrol agents seeing spike in human smuggling…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 5-18-15 >>

Nashville now home to America’s largest Kurdish population…

…large numbers from Somalia, Sudan, Egypt, Eretria and Bhutan

Immigration. Drudgereport: 6-3-15 >>

BORDER BATTLE: USA Now ‘Global Nation’…

Immigration. Wall Street Journal 6-13-15. P. A3: “Outsourcing To Foreigners Is Investigated.” By Miriam Jordan et.al. subhead: “U.S. Looks at use of skilled-worker visas by a California utility and two Indian companies.” [Edison replaced hundreds of laid-off IT workers with non-Americans.]

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 6-15-15. >>

10% of Lewiston, Maine now Somali refugees…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 6-30-15 >>

USA admits 100,000 Muslim immigrants every year…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 7-6-15: >>

110,000 African immigrants resettled in Minnesota… *

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 7-7-15: >>

FLASHBACK: Feds relocate ‘tens of thousands’ of Somalis to Minnesota… [ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/24/islamist-terror-groups-target-minnesota-somali-ref/ ]

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 7-7-15: >>

Somali leaders in Minnesota seek release of men accussed of joining ISIS… *

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 7-16-15: >>

Florida tops nation in resettlement of refugees…

Immigrants account for three-fifths of Nashville population growth…

Seattle mayor offers plan for ‘Sharia-compliant’ housing rules…

IBM hiring brings Muslims to Vermont…

Immigration. [News] “Puerto Rico Influx Strains Some Areas.” Wall Street Journal, 7-21-15. P.A2 [“…Puerto Rico’s deepening financial crisis has accelerated an exodus of residents to the U.S. mainland, straining communities on the receiving end…”]

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 7-18-15: >>

EXPLODING MUSLIM IMMIGRATION OVERWHELMS FBI…

Muslim immigration to USA doubles in decade after 9/11…

127,000 student visas given to youth from Muslim nations in one year…

FED: Immigration flood taking jobs from American teens…

Immigration: Drudgereport.com 7-27-15 >>

Illegals outnumber unemployed in USA…

IMMIGRANT FLOOD TURNING VIRGINIA BLUE…

1/5th Nation of El Salvador Living Inside USA…

MS-13 Gang in Land of Colonial Williamsburg…

More green cards issued in year than entire population of original 13 colonies…

CARLY: ‘We don’t know who comes into country’…

VIDEO: Illegals jump off boat, run ashore during Miami fashion shoot…

Exodus from Puerto Rico could upend FL vote…

Immigration: Drudgereport.com 7-28-15: >>

Immigration ‘surge’ continues, 30,000 expected…

UN demands ’empathy’ over enforcement…

VIDEO: Illegals jump off boat, run ashore during Miami fashion shoot…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com: 7-30-15. >>

BORDER BATTLE: Feds give amnesty papers to 664,607 illegals…

Less than 1% of applicants interviewed in person…

Cuban migrants land in upscale Keys town…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 8-4-15: >>

Tensions flare in Minnesota…

Buffalo, NY has resettled nearly 10,000…

Arabic top language for refugees inside USA…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com. 8-5-15 >>
Zuckerberg group predicts ‘influx of Latino and Asian American voters’ could doom Republicans…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com. 8-7-15 : >>

‘HOMELAND’ ADMITS NEW SURGE OF ILLEGALS…

More coming…

Drudgereport.com 8-13-15: >>

CENSUS: RECORD 42.1 MILLION IMMIGRANTS IN USA…

MEXICANS LEAD SURGE…

Drudgereport.com 8-13-15: >>

ND to receive hundreds of refugees from Bhutan, Iraq, Somalia and Congo…

Locals sign petition against…

[News] Drudgereport.com 8-24-15: >>

BORDER BATTLE: REPORT: FACEBOOK bars posts showing immigrants taking jobs from Americans…

Germany Shames EU for Failure to Shoulder Refugee Surge…

Merkel Blasts Anti-Immigration Riots…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 8-25-15 >>

Chicago schools struggle to support 66,000 non-English speaking students…

Fraud cases mount against Somali-run daycare centers in MN…

Christian man allegedly killed by 3 Muslim immigrants in Maine…

Immigration. 9-2-15 Drudgereport.com >>

Des Moines public schools now majority-minority…

1 in 4 in Houston born in foreign country…

MORE THAN HALF OF IMMIGRANTS ON WELFARE… = http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/01/immigrant-welfare-use-report/71517072/

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 9-7-15 >>

DISNEY Worker Details How Company Replaces Americans With Cheap Foreigners…

News. USA / Europe, refugees. Refugee Organizations Call For U.S. To Take In 100,000 Syrians 9-8-16

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/refugee-organizations-syrians-us_55ef4f47e4b03784e276f8b1?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=WorldPost&section=world

Immigration. Refugees. News. Drudgereport.com 9-9-15: >>

Kerry says USA committed to taking more Syrian refugees…

Immigration. Migrants / Refugees. Drudgereport.com 9-9-15: >>

China: USA must accept more Syrians; We’ll take zero…

GALLUP: 2 in 3 Hispanics Oppose Increased Immigration…

Immigration. Migrants / Refugees. “U.S. to Take In More Syrians.” Wall Street Journal, 9-11-15 p. A1 [“The U.S. is preparing to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year…”]

Migrants / Refugees. Drudgereport.com 9-15-15: >>

SCHLAFLY: Europe didn’t take Central America’s migrants, we shouldn’t take Middle East!

Migrants / Refugees. Drudgereport.com 9-16-15: >>

OBAMA TO ADMIT 100,000 REFUGEES INTO USA…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 9-17-15: >>

White House Push For Immigrants to Become Citizens

— Before Election…

8.8 MILLION…

LA TIMES: ‘Political effect clear’

— will vote for Dems…

Texas migrants seek birth certificates for their children…

42.1 MILLION FOREIGN BORN IN USA…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 9-21-15: >>

KERRY: USA TO TAKE 200,000 MORE REFUGEES…

PAPER: Four out of five migrants are NOT from Syria: EU figures expose the ‘lie’…

CUBANS FLOCKING TO AMERICA…

Immigrants. Drudgereport.com 10-2-15 >>

Jobs Up ONLY For IMMIGRANTS; Down 262,000 For ‘Native-Borns’…

Immigrants. Drudgereport.com 10-6-15 >>

ARABIC FASTEST-GROWING LANGUAGE IN USA…

Record 63.2 million non-English speaking residents…

Feds deport fewest immigrants in decade…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 10-21-15 >>

RYAN ‘SECURES SPEAKERSHIP’…

Freedom Caucus Doesn’t Issue Formal Endorsement…

PEW: 93% of Republican voters oppose him on immigration…

Even more endorsements from Dems…

COULTER: Save us from him!

Massive new surge of illegals at border;

10,000 caught in September…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 11-4-15 >>

JINDAL: ‘IMMIGRATION WITHOUT ASSIMILATION IS INVASION’…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 11-14-15 >>>

Muslims on track to exceed Jewish population in USA…

Obama moves to ‘increase and accelerate’ admission of Syrian refugees…

Arrivals in New Orleans…

SCHLAFLY: Immigration is biggest fight for America…

NUMBER OF BORDER CROSSERS DOUBLES! STEYN: The Barbarians Are Inside, And There Are No Gates…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 11-15-15 >>>

Resettlement resistance in USA…

‘Risk to our community far too great’…

GOODWIN: Time for Obama to make a choice: Lead or resign…

Immigration. Syrian Refugees. Drudgereport.com 11-16-15 >>>

GOVS SAY NO TO REFUGEES… DEVELOPING…

Obama hopes for 100,000 per year…

MAP: Where Refugees Resettled in USA…

FLASHBACK: Immigration Union: ‘no doubt’ foreign terrorists entering…

Rand Paul charge: Rubio voted against refugee screening…

MAG: PC Refusal to Name ‘Radical Islam’…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 11-18-15 >>>

TX POLL: Immigration greatest threat to USA…

NEW WAVE SET TO FLOOD AMERICA…

Law Allows Cuban Migrants To Collect Food Stamps, Medicaid…

Cashing welfare checks for Island vacations…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 11-23-15. >>>

Michigan’s immigrant population reaches 636,569…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 1-6-16

Surge of children named ‘Mohammed’ in USA…

Hidden workforce of 100,000 foreigners quietly imported to USA…

PAPER: OBAMA’S CUBAN REFUGEE CRISIS…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 1-13-16 >>>>

580 students speak 42 languages at NY high school…

Immigration Drudgereport.com 2-8-16. >>>>

U.S. schools ‘flooded with foreign students’…

Immigration Drudgereport.com 2-8-16. >>>>

U.S. schools ‘flooded with foreign students’…

Immigration Drudgereport.com 2-11-16. >>>>

75% of Silicon Valley’s tech workers foreign-born…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 3-12-16 >>>

Feds give $300K to MN Somali groups to keep youth from joining ISIS…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 3-20-16

Number of refugees coming to MI set to climb… 5,000 this year!

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 3-21-16

MEX PUSHING CITIZENSHIP INSIDE USA TO THROW ELECTION…

Migrants. “Refugee Welcome Sign Shines in Utah.” Wall Street Journal, 3-28-16, p. A3. Table: “Seeking Shelter: Number of refugees admitted to the U.S. among the top 10 countries for fiscal year 2015.”

Migrants: Syrian refugees resettling in U.S., Teresa Welsh Nov. 20, 2015, at 5:32 p.m.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/11/20/8-facts-about-the-us-program-to-resettle-syrian-refugees

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Immigration. Drudgereport.com 5-24-16

State Department sets new single-day record for Syrian refugee approvals: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/24/state-department-sets-single-day-record-for-Syrian/

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 6-8-16 <<<<<

Feds spend $20,000 to settle EACH refugee…

Eligible for cash welfare, Medicaid, food stamps…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 6-16-16 >>>>

441 Syrian Refugees Admitted to USA Since Orlando Attack…

White House sees SURGE in coming months…

Iraqi Man Clutching Koran Harasses Diners At TX IHOP…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 7-13-16 >>>

Settlement of Syrian Refugees in USA Accelerates…

Immigrants. Drudgereport.com 9-21-16 >>>

Texas withdrawing from refugee resettlement program…

Tiny GA Town Receives More Syrians Than LA, NYC — COMBINED…

Immigants. Drudgereport.com 10-4-16

CENSUS: Record 42.4 Million Immigrants…

23% of School Children, Muslims BIGGEST Jump…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 10-23-16 >>>

UN plan for unlimited migration…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 10-26-16 >>>>>

Immigrant Rights Protesters Shut Down George Washington Bridge… Drivers Rage…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 11-1-2016 >>>>>>>

Syrian Refugees to USA +675%… 99% Muslims…

ISIS Mag Urges ‘Lone-Wolf’ Attacks in West…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 11-28-16

DRAMA ON CAMPUS…

STUDENT PLOWS CAR; STABS VICTIMS…

ID: ABDUL ARTAN, SOMALI REFUGEE…

TERRORISM SUSPECTED…

Complained about lack of Muslim prayer rooms…

ISIS Calls for Random Knife Attacks…

43,000 Somali refugees settled in USA under Obama…

Immigrants. Drudgereport.com 12-14-16

Record number of Somalis entering America as refugees…

Immigrants. Drudgereport.com 12-29-16

Every 33 seconds immigrant added to USA… California DMV licensed 800,000…

Immigration Drudgereport.com 2-22-17

Over 100 student languages in Iowa school district…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 3-8-17

In Referendum on Refugees, VT Mayor Loses Reelection…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 3-9-17

STARBUCKS Schultz refugee comments sour customer views of chain…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 3-29-17

Census: Immigration to bust 100-year record, continue surging…

Immigration. “The Immigration Dodge.” [Everyone pays lip service to limits; few explain which ones.” Wall Street Journal, 3-25-17. P. C1

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 4-1-17

FEDERAL OFFICIALS DEFEND IMMIGRATION ARRESTS IN COURTHOUSES…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 5-13-17

Second Round of Somalis Deported from USA…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 5-24-17

Whistleblower: Obama knowingly let in MS-13 gang…

Trump moves to deport…

Immigration. Drudgereport.com 1-2-18

Congress heads toward showdown over ‘Dreamers’…

Demand for Border Wall Splits Republicans…

ICE Chief: Criminal Charges for ‘Sanctuary’ Politicians…

Immigration. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/13/billionaire-funded-canadian-initiative-prepared-the-way-for-public-private-partnerships-that-will-help-pay-for-bidens-2021-refugee-surge/

Billionaire-Funded Canadian Initiative Prepared the Way for ‘Public-Private Partnerships’ that Will Help Pay for Biden’s 2021 Refugee Surge. 2-13-21

Campaign Consideration

Talking Points

GOP CRAFTS PLAN TO WRECK THE COUNTRY, LOSE VOTERS, by Ann Coulter

January 29, 2014

http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2014-01-29.html

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12-11-14

http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/11/senator-obamas-amnesty-gives-illegals-a-fast-track-to-voting-booth/

President Barack Obama’s Nov. 21 amnesty puts millions of illegals on a fast-track to citizenship, Utah Sen. Mike Lee announced Thursday.

Immigration, 1-27-15 DrudgeReport.com headlines:

REPUBLICANS ABANDON IMMIGRATION CAMPAIGN PROMISES…

Admin continues to release border-crossers, prompting fears of another surge…

GOP DOUBLE-CROSSING TRAITORS

February 18, 2015 Ann Coulter http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2015-02-18.html

FOX NEWS ANCHORED IN STUPIDITY ON 14TH AMENDMENT

August 19, 2015 Ann Coulter: http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2015-08-19.html

Immigrants. Drudgereport.com 8-30-15 CHINAINDIA IMMIGRANTS OVERTAKE MEXICANS AS LARGEST GROUPS COMING INTO USA…