New from the Center for Immigration Studies, 11/19/18

What's Happening at the Center A new report using data that tracks people across several generations shows that even the grandchildren of low-skilled immigrants lag behind other native-born Americans with regard to earnings, test scores, educational attainment, and hours worked -- indicating the multi-generational difficulty of assimilation.   Grandchildren of Low-Skill Immigrants Have Lagging Education and Earnings Featured Blog Posts Jeff Sessions's Impact on Immigration as Attorney General By Art Arthur The president made the immigration system, and in particular fixing the immigration system, a key point in his election campaign. Attorney General Jeff Sessions helped President Trump to carry out many of the promises he made to fix that system. Asia Bibi Is the Perfect Candidate for Asylum By Matt Sussis Asia Bibi is a Pakistani Christian woman who was sentenced to hanging for allegedly blaspheming Islam, despite minimal evidence. The U.K. has refused to offer her asylum, but the U.S. ought to. This kind of religious discrimination is exactly what asylum is for.   The First Step Act — the Zombie Bill that Refuses to Die By Dan Cadman A weak-on-crime bill is being pushed through Congress by Jared Kushner. The bill, which has faced widespread criticism from law enforcement, inexplicably does not exclude aliens and would make it even harder to deport removable criminal aliens.   New Report Hides Subsidies Paid to Employers to Hire Foreign Grads By David North The OPT program subsidizes employers who hire foreign graduates rather than Americans. A new report hides the number of foreign grads masquerading as Americans to take these jobs, even though they rose approximately 16 percent vs. last year. More Blog Posts Tackling Immigration Court Backlogs Is More Important than Ever More Immigration-Related Aspects of the Election More Wasted Lives Thanks to New Jersey Sanctuary Policies Tata Case Shows that Ethnic Discrimination Can Hurt the Bottom Line Another Report on the Border Patrol's Adventures with Modern Technology Disturbing Statistics from EOIR on UACs Illegal Alien 'Journalist' Protests Impending Removal Despite Existence of a Final Order of Removal Videos Andrew Arthur explains the new rules which prevent many of the aliens who cross the border illegally from applying for asylum. Jessica Vaughan discusses what troops at the border can actually do to stop the caravans of Central American migrants, and the record number of families arriving. Visit Website