New from the Center for Immigration Studies, 12/28/20

Share Tweet Forward What's Happening at the Center In his recent commentary, Mark Krikorian explains that while Joe Biden will use executive actions to undo President Trump's immigration policy, he will likely do so gradually in the hopes of averting a new border crisis and the political blowback for his party that would result. (Top Biden officials confirmed this after the publication of the commentary.) But it is unlikely that prospective illegal immigrants will cooperate, given the incentives Biden will put in place to jump the border or overstay a visa, forcing the new administration to choose between restoring Trump's immigration agenda or loss of Congress in 2022. Featured Blogs  DHS, DOJ Issue Final Regulations to Ensure Uniformity in Asylum: A sober response to more than 87,000 comments — but uniformity likely won't last By Andrew R. Arthur While the regulations in the final rule will likely not be washed away entirely, they could well be whittled away piecemeal. The uniformity those regulations are meant to ensure likely won't be "uniform" in the not-too-distant future. SCOTUS Dismisses Census Case — For Now:  'Judicial resolution ... is premature' By Andrew R. Arthur At some point the secretary of Commerce and president will act, which (probably) will return the case to the courts. It is questionable whether the DOJ under President Joe Biden will defend those suits, although there could be states that would have standing at that point to support the president's actions. Wave of 'Extra-Continental' Migrants Predicted in Biden's First Year: Migrants from terror-plagued countries and around the world are bottled up in Latin America, waiting for the green light By Todd Bensman It bears remembering that next year's now-broadly predicted surge of illegal immigration to the U.S. Southwest Border — largely the result of the Biden campaign's months of messaging that the incoming president will clear all obstacles and penalties for it — will include not only Spanish-speakers. Minimum EB-5 Investment Is $900,000, but $450,000 Can Be Borrowed By David North Allowing aliens to buy their way into the country is questionable enough; but to open our doors to those who have borrowed part of the admissions price is more so. More Blog Posts Disturbing Trends at the Border: And likely to get worse: Of Biden's immigration plans and 'Gen Z' with Jack Daniels Smugglers Are Equal-Opportunity Employers: The juvenile and the sexagenarian D.C. District Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Minor's Title 42 Expulsion Claim: But what exactly is Judge McFadden suggesting? The Tension Between Mail-Order and Retail Decision-Making at USCIS New York Bars ICE from Courthouses: The demonization of law enforcement, and 'the worst imaginable thing' a police chief ever has to do Restrictionists Need Allies in the Black Community Andrew Arthur, the Center's Resident Fellow in Law & Policy, discusses the effects of mass immigration on wages and education. Donate