Parsing Immigration Policy

By Center for Immigration Studies

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A weekly discussion of immigration policy matters, both immediate and long-term, with researchers from the Center for Immigration Studies and guests.The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization. Since our founding in 1985 by Otis Graham Jr., we have pursued a single mission – providing immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.

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Episode Date
Does Immigration Drive Up Housing Costs?
Aug 27, 2026
J-1 Visa Program: A Cheap Labor Program
Aug 20, 2026
Panel: Who Gets to Be a Citizen?
Aug 13, 2026
Spain's Ceuta Migrant Surge Highlights How Migration Can Be Weaponized
Aug 06, 2026
Why Immigration Has Become France’s Defining Political Issue
Jul 30, 2026
Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with Border Czar Tom Homan
Jul 23, 2026
Immigration Courts and Judges: Understanding the System Behind America's Immigration Crisis
Jul 16, 2026
Australia’s Immigration Debate Is Reshaping Its Politics
Jul 09, 2026
CIS Experts Break Down Three Major Supreme Court Immigration Decisions
Jul 02, 2026
How Immigration Enforcement Became a National Security Tool
Jun 25, 2026
Immigration, Labor, and African Americans
Jun 18, 2026
Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott
Jun 11, 2026
USCIS Shift on Green Card Processing
Jun 05, 2026
“Briefcase Immigration Enforcement” and Policies That Encourage Self-Deportation
May 28, 2026
Birthright Citizenship Analysis Ahead of Supreme Court Decision
May 21, 2026
Work Permits and Executive Authority in the Immigration System
May 14, 2026
Travel Restrictions Under the Trump Administration
May 07, 2026
Immigration Newsmaker Podcast: A Conversation with Andrew Veprek
Apr 30, 2026
Panel: Can Democracies Deport Millions?
Apr 23, 2026
The DIGNIDAD Act: Sweeping Amnesty and Expanded Legal Immigration
Apr 16, 2026
Inside the Making of U.S. Immigration Law
Apr 09, 2026
Maritime Frontlines: Border Tour Highlights
Apr 02, 2026
Supreme Court to Hear Major Birthright Citizenship Case
Mar 26, 2026
Virginia Sheriff Warns: Sanctuary Policies ‘Endanger Our Citizens’
Mar 19, 2026
Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with Rep. Brandon Gill
Mar 12, 2026
National Security Threats Linked to the Biden-Era Border Crisis
Mar 05, 2026
Trump's SOTU Though an Immigration Policy Lens
Feb 26, 2026
What You Should Know about the DHS Shutdown
Feb 19, 2026
Capitol Hill Briefing Highlights Security Risks in Biden-Era Afghan Evacuation Program
Feb 12, 2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Florida’s “Gold Standard” Immigration Enforcement Model
Feb 05, 2026
How a Visa for Crime Victims Became a De Facto Amnesty
Jan 29, 2026
Gaming the System: H-1B Program Abuses
Jan 22, 2026
Immigration and Trucking: The Search for Cheap Labor
Jan 15, 2026
Immigration After Maduro: Time to Go Home?
Jan 08, 2026
The Year in Immigration and Predictions for 2026
Jan 01, 2026
Immigration Policy Failures Seen Through a Father’s Loss
Dec 18, 2025
Influence Campaigns Inside Evangelical Institutions
Dec 11, 2025
Judicial Obstruction of Efforts to Control Immigration
Dec 04, 2025
‘Industrialized’ Fraud in the H-1B Visa Program
Nov 20, 2025
Asylum Reform: Withdraw from the UN Treaty, or Not?
Nov 13, 2025
Illegal-Immigrant Truck Drivers on America’s Roads
Nov 06, 2025
The Future of Borders and Nationhood
Oct 30, 2025
A Deep Dive into Chicago’s Immigration Enforcement Crisis
Oct 23, 2025
The Gold Card and $100K H-1B Fee: What Do They Mean?
Oct 16, 2025
Military Lawyers as Temporary Immigration Judges?
Oct 09, 2025
Katie Lam, UK Shadow Minister, on Immigration
Oct 02, 2025
Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks
Sep 25, 2025
Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with USCIS Director Joseph Edlow
Sep 18, 2025
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier
Sep 11, 2025
Stricter Vetting: USCIS Raises Bar for Immigration Benefits
Sep 04, 2025
Forcing Environmental Analysis of Policies That Increase Immigration
Aug 28, 2025
Former Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens on Border Security Challenges, Past and Future
Aug 21, 2025
From INS to ICE: How Immigration Enforcement Has Changed
Aug 14, 2025
From Georgia to Utah: Immigration Is Reshaping States
Aug 07, 2025
CIS 2025 Congressional Testimony Highlights
Jul 31, 2025
The Role of Immigration Detention
Jul 24, 2025
A Civil Exchange on a Polarizing Issue
Jul 17, 2025
Visa Integrity: The Next Frontier in Immigration Enforcement
Jul 10, 2025
Marriage Fraud: The Hidden Gateway to U.S. Entry
Jul 03, 2025
Can the Military Enforce Immigration Law?
Jun 26, 2025
A Conversation with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach
Jun 19, 2025
The 287(g) Program: A Force Multiplier for Immigration Enforcement
Jun 12, 2025
Foreign Student Admissions: How Does It Work and What Are the Challenges?
Jun 05, 2025
The Social Security Number: Key to Verifying Eligibility for Voting, Employment
May 29, 2025
Todd Bensman: The Exit Interview
May 22, 2025
Restoring VOICE: Supporting Victims of Illegal-Alien Crime
May 15, 2025
Are Sanctuary Jurisdictions a Credit Risk?
May 08, 2025
The Fertility of Immigrants and Natives in the United States
May 01, 2025
Panel: The Weaponization of Immigration
Apr 24, 2025
President Václav Klaus: The Importance of Limiting Migration and Maintaining Nation-States
Apr 17, 2025
Andy McCarthy on Executive Overreach, Courts, and the Constitution
Apr 10, 2025
The Courts Role in the Use of the Alien Enemies Act
Apr 03, 2025
The Mahmoud Khalil Deportation Case
Mar 27, 2025
U.S.-Mexico Border Transformed Under Trump’s Policies
Mar 20, 2025
Foreign-Born Number and Share of U.S. Population at All-Time Highs
Mar 13, 2025
Enhancing National Security: CIS Vetting Failure Database
Mar 06, 2025
Implications of Labeling Cartels as Terrorist Groups
Feb 27, 2025
Immigration Under Trump: A Conversation with Victor Davis Hanson
Feb 20, 2025
Diplomatic Efforts to Strengthen Border Security
Feb 13, 2025
The Truth About ‘Skilled’ Immigration
Feb 06, 2025
Trump’s Immigration Executive Orders Explained
Jan 30, 2025
The Role of Immigration Detention and Why It is Needed
Jan 23, 2025
Panel Podcast: Beyond the Border - Why Legal Immigration Numbers Matter
Jan 16, 2025
The First U.S. Terror Attack by Border-Crossing Islamist Extremist
Jan 09, 2025
Year-End Roundup Podcast: Immigration in 2024
Jan 02, 2025
Bonus Episode: H-1B Kerfuffle
Dec 30, 2024
Regulations, Litigation, and the Post-Chevron Era: Trump’s Likely Immigration Priorities
Dec 19, 2024
Hispanic Voting Trends: A prioritization of the American identity over background identities
Dec 12, 2024
Mass Deportation: What Would It Take?
Dec 05, 2024
Inside the Administrative State: Who Has Been Driving the Immigration Agenda
Nov 22, 2024
Panel: State Department Can Lead on Fighting Illegal Immigration and Promoting Border Security
Nov 14, 2024
Optional Practical Training: A Shadow Workforce with Minimal Oversight
Nov 07, 2024
Immigration Shifts Political Power
Oct 31, 2024
Field Investigation Reveals Migrant Crisis in Southern Mexico
Oct 24, 2024
FEMA Funding for Illegal Immigrants: A Slush Fund for NGOs and Blue States?
Oct 17, 2024
Landmark NEPA Case Sets Precedent for Environmental Review of Immigration Policies
Oct 10, 2024
Open Borders and the Rise of Transnational Crime
Oct 03, 2024
How to Scale-up Interior Immigration Enforcement
Sep 26, 2024
Investigating Panama’s Efforts to Cut Off Migration
Sep 20, 2024
Sen. Kamala Harris’s Immigration Track Record
Sep 13, 2024
New Wage Data Shows No Skilled Worker Shortage
Sep 05, 2024
VP Harris’s Role as ‘Root Causes’ Czar
Aug 29, 2024
Sanctuary Map Update: 170+ New Locations Added
Aug 22, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration’s Refugee Resettlement Overhaul
Aug 15, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Pauses ‘Humanitarian’ Program Rife with Fraud
Aug 08, 2024
A ‘Fiscal Time Bomb’: Mass Immigration, Parole, and Welfare
Aug 01, 2024
A New Kind of Birth Tourism
Jul 25, 2024
Border Security Lessons from Central Europe
Jul 18, 2024
The Reality of Skilled-Worker Programs
Jul 11, 2024
CIS Litigation Forces Transparency of ‘Humanitarian’ Parole Program
Jun 27, 2024
De Facto Amnesty for Half a Million Illegal Immigrants
Jun 20, 2024
Reflecting on 100 Years of the Border Patrol
Jun 13, 2024
Political Change in Mexico: Implications for the U.S. Border Crisis
Jun 06, 2024
The ‘Bipartisan’ Border Bill: Codifying Biden’s Abuses
May 30, 2024
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Immigration Act of 1924
May 23, 2024
National Security Concerns Amid Rising Illegal Immigration
May 16, 2024
New State Immigration Laws
May 09, 2024
Panel: The How and Why of the Mayorkas Impeachment
May 02, 2024
Panel Podcast: Illegal Immigration by Sea
Apr 25, 2024
Chinese Organized Crime Takes Root in Vacationland
Apr 18, 2024
The State of Border Security: A Look from the Mexico Side
Apr 12, 2024
The Size and Growth of the Immigrant Population in the U.S.
Apr 04, 2024
Is the New USCIS Fee Schedule Fair?
Mar 28, 2024
Kaus on Immigration Politics
Mar 21, 2024
Straight Talk on Biden’s Parole Flights
Mar 14, 2024
Combatting Illegal Immigration on the State and Local Level
Mar 07, 2024
Trump and Biden Head to Border Amid Speculation of ‘Bold’ Executive Action on Immigration
Feb 29, 2024
Report: Can U.S. Farm Workers Be Replaced by Machines?
Feb 22, 2024
The Democrats’ Immigration Evolution
Feb 15, 2024
Senate Border Bill Update
Feb 07, 2024
European Lessons for America’s Mass Migration Crisis
Feb 01, 2024
Panel Podcast: Asylum in the U.S. and Europe
Jan 25, 2024
How States Can Fight Human Trafficking
Jan 18, 2024
Florida Grand Jury: Biden Putting Alien Children in Harm’s Way
Jan 11, 2024
2023 Immigration Roundup and 2024 Predictions
Jan 04, 2024
The Flores Settlement and the Border Crisis
Dec 21, 2023
Panel Podcast: The Size and Implications of the Immigrant Population
Dec 14, 2023
Founders of Immigration Think Tank in France Discuss French Policies and Trends
Dec 07, 2023
Marriage Fraud: In Search of a Green Card
Nov 30, 2023
The Power of the Freedom of Information Act
Nov 16, 2023
Biden Administration’s Illegal Immigration System
Nov 09, 2023
Immigration Law and National Security: A Tool Against Cartels and Terrorists
Nov 02, 2023
Biden’s Secretive CBP One Scheme
Oct 26, 2023
Is the U.S. Legal Immigration System Outdated?
Oct 19, 2023
Unaccompanied and Unsafe: Biden Policies Facilitate Exploitation and Abuse of Child Migrants
Oct 12, 2023
Legal and Illegal Immigration: Understanding U.S. High-Skilled Immigration
Oct 05, 2023
Work Authorization Expansion: Attracts and Embeds Illegal Immigration Population in U.S. Society
Sep 28, 2023
Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border
Sep 21, 2023
The Humanitarian Impact of Biden’s Border Policies
Sep 14, 2023
Policing in Rural Texas: San Jacinto County Sheriff Addresses the Open Border’s Strain on Enforcement
Sep 08, 2023
Panel Podcast: Parole and the CBP One App
Aug 31, 2023
Guestworker Programs: Can They Ever Work as Advertised?
Aug 24, 2023
Biden’s Illegal Immigration Schemes Hurt the Legal Immigration System
Aug 17, 2023
Do Immigrants Transplant Certain Cultural Traits?
Aug 10, 2023
Does the U.S. Labor Market Really “Need” Immigrants?
Aug 03, 2023
Potential Crimes of the Biden Administration
Jul 27, 2023
Texas DPS Defends the Border; CBP Helps Migrants Enter
Jul 20, 2023
Washington Subsidizes Sanctuary Cities
Jul 13, 2023
Dissecting the SCOTUS Immigration Decisions
Jul 06, 2023
The Impact of Immigration on Education
Jun 29, 2023
Immigration Roundup: “Temporary” Protected Status and Kamala Harris Facilitated Child Labor
Jun 22, 2023
From ESL Teacher to Immigration Enforcement Activist
Jun 15, 2023
What is the CBP One App?
Jun 08, 2023
How U.S. Border Policies Led to Child Labor and Home-Country Financial Instability
Jun 01, 2023
H-1B Visa Program: Myths and Needed Reforms
May 25, 2023
Panel Podcast: Gatekeeper Countries
May 18, 2023
5/11: The End of Title 42
May 11, 2023
What’s In Store for NumbersUSA?
May 04, 2023
Congress Responds to Biden’s Broken Border
Apr 28, 2023
How to Take Back Control of the Border
Apr 20, 2023
Obstacles to Meaningful Immigration Policy Change
Apr 13, 2023
The Unseen Surge of Illegal Immigration at the Canadian Border
Apr 06, 2023
Vignettes from a Former Border Patrol Agent
Mar 30, 2023
Illegal Immigration’s Impact on South Texas Property Owners
Mar 24, 2023
Panel: A New Database of Vetting Failures
Mar 16, 2023
Alternatives to Detention or Alternatives to Enforcement?
Mar 09, 2023
Biden's New Asylum Rule Is Not What You Think
Mar 03, 2023
Panel: OVERRUN – The Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History
Feb 23, 2023
U Visas for Illegal-Alien Crime Victims: Yet Another Amnesty Ploy
Feb 16, 2023
The Welcome Corps: A ‘Private’ Refugee Program Funded by Taxpayers
Feb 09, 2023
Immigration Parole Explained
Feb 02, 2023
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Jan 26, 2023
E-Verify: The Key to Deterring Illegal Immigration
Jan 19, 2023
The Coming End of Title 42
Jan 12, 2023
CIS Field Work Breaks Two Stories South of the Border
Jan 05, 2023
2022 Recap: The Impact of Biden’s Policies Two Years In
Dec 29, 2022
Hispanics’ Voting Preferences on Immigration
Dec 22, 2022
A Conversation with Senator Tom Cotton
Dec 15, 2022
Immigration in the Lame Duck: Per-Country Cap, Dreamers and Farmworkers
Dec 08, 2022
Rep. Tiffany on Withholding Visas from Countries
Dec 01, 2022
Reflecting on Half a Century of Mass Immigration
Nov 17, 2022
Immigration: The Numbers Matter
Nov 10, 2022
Has an Imposter Stolen Your Identity?
Nov 03, 2022
Panel Podcast: The Ukraine War and Its Impacts on Migration
Oct 27, 2022
Flawed Studies Misuse Texas Crime Data Resulting in False Claims about Illegal Alien Crime
Oct 20, 2022
What to Expect on Immigration from the Next Congress
Oct 13, 2022
Enriched by Loose US Immigration Policies, Mexican Cartels Are Now Global Enterprises
Oct 06, 2022
Jeff Sessions Speaks Out on Our Immigration Challenges
Sep 29, 2022
How Biden Sold Out Democracy in Haiti
Sep 22, 2022
Challenging the Biden Administration’s Immigration Policy
Sep 15, 2022
Illegal Immigration in Israel: Echoes of America's Challenges
Sep 08, 2022
Identity Fraud by Illegal Aliens Ignored by the Federal Government
Sep 01, 2022
Former ICE Director Tom Homan Discusses the State of Immigration Enforcement
Aug 25, 2022
States Can Push Back on Biden Open Border Policies
Aug 19, 2022
Solutions for Ending the Border Crisis and Creating an Effective Process for Removals from the Interior
Aug 11, 2022
STEM: Science, Technology, Espionage, and Math
Aug 04, 2022
Why Have Immigration Laws?
Jul 28, 2022
Is There a Scholarly Consensus that Immigration Benefits All Americans?
Jul 21, 2022
Panel: Fighting Biden in Court
Jul 14, 2022
Biden v. Texas: Remain in Mexico and the Bigger Questions
Jul 02, 2022
Not Just Border-Jumpers
Jun 30, 2022
Ukrainian Refugees: Report from the Front Lines
Jun 23, 2022
Understanding Immigration Detention
Jun 16, 2022
Fraud in the U.S. Student Visa Program?
Jun 09, 2022
Is America a ‘Nation of Immigrants’?
Jun 02, 2022
Doctors Without Jobs
May 26, 2022
How U.S. Immigration Policy Prolongs the Regime in Cuba
May 19, 2022
Would Cutting Less-Skilled Wages Through Immigration Reduce Inflation?
May 12, 2022
DHS Secretary on the Spot: Has Mayorkas Failed to Secure the Border and Enforce U.S. Laws?
May 05, 2022
Buying a Green Card Just Got More Expensive
Apr 28, 2022
Mexican Border States Cry ‘Uncle', Cut Immigration Deals with Texas
Apr 21, 2022
Ukrainian Refugees in Europe and the U.S.
Apr 14, 2022
The Need for a More Merit-Based H-1B Selection Process
Apr 07, 2022
Illegal Immigrant Population Increases More Than 1 Million in Last Year
Mar 31, 2022
Biden Administration Hides Immigration Enforcement Report
Mar 24, 2022
A Firsthand Look at the Arizona-Mexico Border
Mar 17, 2022
The Hijacking of Asylum – Responses in the U.S. and Europe
Mar 10, 2022
Who Makes U.S. Immigration Policy?
Mar 03, 2022
Taxpayer Money Facilitating Mass Migration
Feb 24, 2022
Europe and the U.S. Experience Similar Migration Challenges
Feb 17, 2022
Young People and the Immigration Issue
Feb 10, 2022
How to Stop the Migrant Surge through Panama’s Darien Gap
Feb 03, 2022
The UN’s Role in Aiding and Abetting Illegal Immigration
Jan 27, 2022
Texas Think Tank Focuses on Chaos at the Border
Jan 27, 2022
What's Happening Along the New Mexico–Mexico Border?
Jan 13, 2022
Why Does Immigration Reform Legislation Fail?
Jan 06, 2022
Immigration Roundup for 2021
Dec 30, 2021
Immigration Policies Are Driving the Crisis at the Border
Dec 16, 2021
Panama's Darien Gap
Dec 09, 2021
Immigration’s Impact on Black Americans: A 200-Year Chronology
Dec 02, 2021
Border Crisis: A European Perspective
Nov 18, 2021
Life on the U.S. – Mexico Border: The Abandoned Americans
Nov 11, 2021
Immigration and the U.S. Relationship with Mexico
Nov 04, 2021
OPT: Guestworkers Masquerading as Students
Oct 28, 2021
Are Immigrants Less Willing to Report Crime?
Oct 21, 2021
National Border Patrol Museum Displays the Continued Sophistication of Those Entering the U.S. Illegally
Oct 14, 2021
The U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security
Oct 07, 2021
Tracking the Polls on Immigration
Sep 30, 2021
Del Rio: A Case Study of the U.S. Illegal Immigration Crisis
Sep 23, 2021
The Public Charge Doctrine: From Colonial Times to Today
Sep 16, 2021
20 Years After 9/11: Lessons Learned, Improvements Needed
Sep 09, 2021
Chain Migration and Why It Matters
Sep 02, 2021
Afghan Refugees: How Many? How to Vet?
Aug 26, 2021
Reflections of a Veteran of Past Immigration Battles
Aug 19, 2021
Immigration Policy as an Environmental Issue
Aug 12, 2021
Who Was Barbara Jordan and Why Does Her Work Still Matter Today?
Aug 05, 2021
Don’t Come to the U.S. Illegally – We’ll Come Get You!
Jul 29, 2021
Roundtable on the Week's Top Immigration News
Jul 22, 2021
Evidence That Immigrants Reduce Wages and Job Opportunities for Low-Skill Americans
Jul 15, 2021
Employers Prefer Foreign Workers over Americans
Jul 08, 2021
Six Decades of Researching Immigration
Jul 01, 2021
Cash-Assistance Programs Benefiting Illegal Immigrants
Jun 24, 2021
We Are All Less Safe: Biden Targets ICE Law Enforcement Program
Jun 17, 2021
Texas AG Paxton: The States’ Role in Fighting Illegal Immigration
Jun 10, 2021
D-Day on the Rio Grande? The Biden Administration Facilitates Mass Illegal Immigration
Jun 03, 2021
Temporary Protected Status: Amnesty-Lite
May 27, 2021
The Loopholes That Drive the Border Crisis
May 20, 2021
"All You Americans Are Fired": The Controversial H-2B Guestworker Program
May 13, 2021
What I Saw at the U.S.–Mexico Border
May 06, 2021
President Biden’s First 100 Days
Apr 29, 2021
Pro-Immigrant, low-immigration
Apr 23, 2021