Alex Nowrasteh

Washington, D.C.

Director of Immigration Studies at Cato Institute

@CatoInstitute VP Econ & Social Policy. Immigration. Globalist. Elitist. Cosmopolitan. “One-man factory” - @anncoulter. Dadx3. All tweets are peer reviewed.

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Deportation, mass deportation, illegal immigrants, immigration

1 week ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | David Bier |Alex Nowrasteh

IMMIGRATIONTrump’s Lawless, Baseless Immigration BanPublished 17 June 2025President Trump signed a proclamation that, with few exceptions, bans nineteen nationalities from entering the United States, supposedly based on “security” concerns, and went into effect on June 9. The president claims that there is no way to vet these immigrants. Yet that is precisely what his consular officers and border officials were successfully doing for decades—up until June 9.
Arrest the Rioters and Shift ICE's Focus to Criminals

2 weeks ago | cato.org | David Bier |Alex Nowrasteh

Riots rocked Los Angeles over the weekend, ostensibly started by protesters upset at deportation raids. Yet if there are any rioters who legitimately care about immigrants and aren’t just violent opportunists, they have harmed the immigrants’ cause. The riots are just threatening the city immigrants helped build, hurting innocent residents, and setting up political support for a broader immigrant crackdown. If any rioters are illegal immigrants, they should be arrested and deported.
Arrest the rioters and shift ICE’s focus to criminals

2 weeks ago | sgvtribune.com | David Bier |Alex Nowrasteh

Arrest the rioters and shift ICE’s focus to criminals
Arrest the rioters and shift ICE’s focus to criminals

2 weeks ago | ocregister.com | David Bier |Alex Nowrasteh

Riots rocked Los Angeles over the weekend, ostensibly started by protesters upset at deportation raids. Yet if there are any rioters who legitimately care about immigrants and aren’t just violent opportunists, they have harmed the immigrants’ cause. The riots are just threatening the city immigrants helped build, hurting innocent residents, and setting up political support for a broader immigrant crackdown. If any rioters are illegal immigrants, they should be arrested and deported.
Travel ban, terrorism, immiration

3 weeks ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Alex Nowrasteh

TRAVEL BANTrump Practically Bans Travel and Immigration from 12 Countries with Flimsy Security JustificationsPublished 6 June 2025The US government has a responsibility to keep terrorists and criminals out of the country and to remove those who make it through. But the government should pursue a rational and evidence-based approach when evaluating the threat posed by foreign nationals.
Trump’s Lawless, Baseless Immigration Ban

3 weeks ago | alexnowrasteh.com | David Bier |Alex Nowrasteh

President Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday night that, with few exceptions, bans nineteen nationalities from entering the United States starting Monday, supposedly based on “security” concerns. The ban repudiates the once-fundamental principle of US immigration law against discrimination between immigrants from different countries. It imposes devastating consequences on immigrants and foreign travelers, while severely harming their US citizen relatives, employers, and others.
Tyranny Has Invaded America Through the Immigration Enforcement Regime

3 weeks ago | cato.org | Alex Nowrasteh

Not only do government restrictions on the immigration of healthy and peaceful people to America make no sense—but they are the opposite of what America needs. Immigration is beneficial to Americans. And restricting immigration will harm America’s economy and liberal democracy.
Trump Practically Bans Travel and Immigration from 12 Countries Based on Flimsy Security Justifications

3 weeks ago | alexnowrasteh.com | Alex Nowrasteh

President Trump announced that he’s banning almost all travel and immigration from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen for “terrorism-related and public-safety risks.” There are some exceptions for adoptions, immediate family members of US citizens, and a handful of other visas.
Tyranny Has Invaded America Through the Immigration Enforcement Regime

3 weeks ago | theunpopulist.net | Alex Nowrasteh

The UnPopulist illustrationOn Wednesday, May 21 at the Soho Forum, a debate series organized by the libertarian Reason Foundation, the Cato Institute’s Alex Nowrasteh squared off against comedian and podcaster Dave Smith on the question of whether “government restrictions on the immigration of peaceful and healthy people make sense from a libertarian standpoint, especially in present-day America.” Alex, a contributor at The UnPopulist and co-author of Wretched Refuse?
Bob Murphy (Partly) Misses the Mark on My Immigration Debate with Dave Smith

3 weeks ago | alexnowrasteh.com | Alex Nowrasteh

Bob Murphy Misses the Mark on My Immigration Debate with Dave SmithBob Murphy of the Mises Institute hosted a podcast in which he discussed my recent debate with Dave Smith at the Soho Forum and analyzed some of my research. Murphy agrees with Smith's immigration position and, to his credit, is upfront about how impressed he was with Smith's appearance. Other than that, it's an unusual podcast. In one way, Murphy prepared by reading some of my scholarship.