Nearly half a million foreigners overstayed their visas last year and thousands of them were from countries associated with terrorism, according to a new Department of Homeland Security report.
New analysis reveals that one of the signature studies relied upon by open border enthusiasts— which claims that immigration does not affect wages— has been debunked.
Several Tennessee state legislators appear ready to rebel against the implementation of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program after hearing testimony from Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons that the Obama administration has failed to comply with the Refugee Act of 1980’s statutory requirement to consult with the state prior to the placement of refugees there.
Americans can help 12 refugees in safe havens overseas for every one single refugee brought to the United States, according to a new report from the Center of Immigration Studies (CIS).
“We found that it costs 12 times as much to resettle a refugee from Syria, from the Middle East, in the United States as it does to provide for them in their own region,” Krikorian testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
The “Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act” is not comprehensive enough to address the myriad problems with immigration enforcement under the Obama administration. However it is an adequate response to the specific problem of sanctuary cities, according to the Center for Immigration policies.
As Senate Republicans prepare to take on cities that do not comply with federal immigration authorities, the Center for Immigration Studies reveals that the approximately 340 so-called sanctuary cities in the U.S. have been releasing about 1,000 criminal aliens, combined, monthly.
A new report shows that languages spoken in Muslim countries are surging into U.S. households, thanks in large part to immigration from Muslim nations. New 2014 data from the huge American Community Survey reveals that Arabic and Urdu – Pakistan’s national language – are the fastest-growing foreign languages spoken at home, according to a new report by the Center for Immigration Studies.
The immigrant population in the U.S. hit a record high 42.4 million in July 2014, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Center for Immigration Studies.
Households headed by legal immigrants are more likely to tap into America’s welfare system than their native-born counterparts, according to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies.
More than half of immigrant-headed households in the U.S. access at least one welfare program and that trend is likely to continue under the policies currently in place, according to Center for Immigrations Studies research director Steven Camarota.
Immigrant-headed households in the U.S. use welfare at a much higher rate than their native-born counterparts and that trend holds true for both new and long-time immigrant residents, according to a new study.
The story notes that Trump’s wife Melania is expected to join him on the campaign trail and goes on to suggest that Trump supporters might not receive her well because she is an immigrant, attempting to lump legal and illegal immigrants under the same category in order to paint all Trump supporters as collectively “anti-immigrant.”
While most of the permanent political class is still aghast that 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner billionaire Donald Trump put together one of most specific, pro-American worker immigration plans of anyone running for public office, he’s winning widespread praise from key experts on the issue.
Texas Sheriffs, the Lieutenant Governor, and experts in immigration related issues met at the State Capitol on Wednesday to discuss the federal government’s creation of a sanctuary state for criminal aliens through its Priority Enforcement Program (PEP).
The Remembrance Project’s director Maria Espinoza, speaking for the family members who lost children to illegal aliens, demanded that Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez be censured for attacking an expert witness.
A massive influx of immigrants from Muslim-populated countries in Africa and the Middle East may mean that more than half a million girls in the U.S. are in danger of female genital mutilation.
After Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez exploded with rage at Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies for daring to quote him as saying Kathryn Steinle’s death was a “little thing,” three mothers whose children were murdered by illegal aliens walked out of the hearing in disgust.
A raging Rep. Luis Gutierrez used his time testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to furiously denounce the Center for Immigration Studies’ Jessica Vaughan, after she quoting him as saying death of Kathryn Steinle was “a little thing.”
A new report from CIS Monday warns against adding Poland to the list of visa waiver countries — or countries whose citizens are allowed to enter the U.S. without visas when visiting for short periods of time — due to the risk of visa overstays.
The Obama administration continues to release deportable criminal aliens from custody “at a rapid pace,” according to Center for Immigration Studies expert Jessica Vaughan.
An interactive map from the Center for Immigration Studies details the locations and concentrations of immigrants removed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement from October 2008 through February 2015 as part of the Secure Communities program.
The Center for Immigration Studies estimates there could be as many as 36,000 births a year to foreign mothers manipulating America’s citizenship laws by visiting the United States just to deliver a child who will then be a U.S. citizen.
The immigrant population in the United States will hit its highest percentage ever in the next eight years, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data released Wednesday by the Center for Immigration Studies.
New details about a “shadow work-permit system” are emerging. The Center for Immigration Studies finds that between 2009 and 2014, the Obama administration issued 7.4 million new work permits, above the annual 1.1 million new legal and 700,000 guest workers admitted to the U.S.
For every job that’s been created in the U.S. in the 21st Century, the country has allowed two immigrants (legal or illegal) to enter, a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies finds.
Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, reported that giving tax credits to illegal immigrants could “potentially” cost “billions of dollars” on Wednesday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. “This really
Even as the Senate considers voting on a bill to roll back President Obama’s executive amnesty, a new report shows the administration has issued work permits for 5.5 million illegals since 2009.
Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy at the Center Immigration Studies calls the border security bill proposed by Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) that will be considered by the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday “an empty green suit.” Vaughan noted that McCaul’s bill, “proposes to spend $10 billion of taxpayer money without ensuring that a single illegal alien will be sent home.”
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, obtained in advance by Breitbart News, argues that under President Obama’s executive amnesty certain undocumented immigrants are being released from detention facilities and are eligible for work permits. As Breitbart News reported late last year, from the November announcement to the end of 2014, ICE released more than 600 detained immigrants from custody.
In a briefing hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) dismissed “well-intentioned” efforts to stop President Barack Obama’s so-called executive amnesty through legislative process. Instead, Brooks advocated using the judiciary and
