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1 week ago | 
cis.org | Andrew Arthur
Conflicting responses, but majorities still support the keystones of the president’s immigration policies The Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, the Harris Poll, and Harris X just released the results of their latest poll, and it’s immigration-heavy, querying respondents on numerous issues related to deportation and the border.
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1 week ago | 
cis.org | Andrew Arthur
While ICE arrests and deportations have grabbed headlines, President Trump is also running a separate but complementary “mass deportation” program — one that encourages aliens here unlawfully to go home voluntarily. And if reports are correct, that plan is more successful than anyone could have imagined.
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2 weeks ago | 
cis.org | George Fishman
‘Optional Practical Training’: A guestworker program for aliens masquerading as ‘students’ SummaryJoseph Edlow has been nominated by President Trump to be the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Utah Sen. Mike Lee asked Edlow “what changes would you plan, if confirmed, to make in order to fix” USCIS’s Optional Practical Training (OPT) program?
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3 weeks ago | 
cis.org | Andrew Arthur
Skip to main content On Sunday, Mohamed Sabry Soliman — an Egyptian national admitted under the Biden administration who overstayed a tourist visa — was named as a suspect in a heinous anti-Semitic attack in Boulder, Colo. His arrest shows why “border czar” Tom Homan can’t just focus on criminal illegal aliens.
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3 weeks ago | 
cis.org | George Fishman
In then-President Joe Biden’s words, Hamas’ October 7, 2023, intricately orchestrated murder of over one thousand Israelis was an act of “pure, unadulterated evil,” resulting in “the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust,” with “[c]hildren slaughtered”, “[b]abies slaughtered”, “[e]ntire families massacred”.
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3 weeks ago | 
cis.org | George Fishman
On Friday, the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to suspend a program that provided “parole” to 500,000 aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Democrats are crying foul, saying Trump isn’t following the law. But it was President Biden who broke the law when he allowed these migrants here in the first place. While the Supreme Court’s reprieve doesn’t assure that the Court will ultimately rule in the administration’s favor, it is good news for now.
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4 weeks ago | 
cis.org | Andrew Arthur
‘This business will get out of control’ unless responsible adults turn down the heat on immigration enforcement It would be an understatement to say that the rhetoric surrounding ICE enforcement is currently heated and becoming more so by the day. In response, activists and even some elected officials are impeding immigration officers who are carrying out their duties – imperiling those officers, other members of our communities, and the aliens themselves.
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1 month ago | 
cis.org | Andrew Arthur
The Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University has released the latest poll conducted on its behalf by the Harris Poll and Harris X, and it shows immigration remains President Trump’s most popular issue — and border security the “biggest achievement” of his second term. That Harvard/Harris poll was conducted between May 14 and 15 and surveyed 1,903 registered voters. The margin of error is +/- 2.2 points.
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1 month ago | 
cis.org | Andrew Arthur
It’s a good thing that almost three-quarters of illegal entrants are from Mexico — and border security dodged a bullet when the ‘Senate border bill’ failed CBP has released the latest numbers on aliens encountered at the borders and the ports in April, and they show that the security that has prevailed at the Southwest border since Donald Trump returned to office continues.
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1 month ago | 
cis.org | Andrew Arthur
House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Oversight To address the issues raised by the committee, I have structured my written testimony to first, explain the source of the immigration power; second, to delineate the inspection and admission process for aliens coming to the United States; third, to discuss the role of detention in immigration enforcement; fourth, to explain the Biden administration’s border policies and their impact on migrant releases; fifth, to describe immigration...