National Public Radio's annotated "fact check" of Trump's address to Congress last week included this gem: "Increased immigration -- both legal and illegal -- has helped to grow the labor force in recent years. It has allowed employers to keep adding jobs at a rapid clip without putting much upward pressure on prices".

At the current rate of deportations, the government would need two dozen years to clear the 2021-2025 border crisis. The best way to boost enforcement is to take away people's ability to work illegally.

In January this year, monthly border encounters fell below one hundred thousand for the first time since January, 2021 (exactly four years ago).

In his article for UnHeard, “The progressive case for Trump’s deportations,” Juan David Rojas says Democrats should follow the advice of the late Democratic icon Barbara Jordan, who said “For the [immigration] system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process”.  But Rojas also offers another approach that is necessary … Continued

The 287(g) program allows state and local police to identify illegal aliens during the course of their daily duties. 287(g) gets its name from Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act that designates that authority. Congress added Section 287(g) as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act in 1996. The program was mostly unused until … Continued

According to a new Center for Immigration Studies analysis of the January 2025 household survey, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “The long-term increase in men not in the labor force is linked to profound social problems,” writes Dr. Steven A. Camarota, “such as crime and overdose deaths. Addressing this deterioration is challenging, but … Continued

On February 7, 2025, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina revealed the Senate’s FY2025 Budget Resolution that previews the immigration provisions we might see in the upcoming “Reconciliation” process to pass budget-related reforms. Reconciliation gives the House a chance to put together a package that can pass through the Senate with a simple majority (as … Continued

“…the bill before you in no way significantly increases the basic numbers of immigrants to be permitted entry. We are not talking about increased immigration…”  Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Celler (D-NY), one of the principal authors of the “Hart-Celler” Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, promising to keep immigration levels to under 300,000 per year. “The last thing we need is to say we’re … Continued

Adapted from a January 22, 2025 newsletter from NumbersUSA Co-CEOs Anne Manetas and Roy Beck THIS REALLY IS A BIG DEAL.We have to go back to the Secure The Fence Act of 2006 to find the kind of bipartisan support for a new law to address enforcement failures. Back then, bipartisan support came from the likes of … Continued