New from the Center for Immigration Studies, 1/30/24

Report Immigration-Related Regulatory Proposals Expected in 2024 By Elizabeth Jacobs, January 24, 2024 Excerpt: As we enter the fourth year of the Biden administration, CIS expects immigration policy-makers to continue their aggressive regulatory agenda. This report discusses the regulatory changes that the Biden administration has indicated it intends to make in 2024 related to the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, and Department of Health and Human Services.  Commentary Biden's Border Chutzpah By Mark Krikorian Compact, January 29, 2024 Excerpt: But before addressing the shortcomings of a possible deal, we need to step back and ask a more basic question: Why does Congress need to act at all? The border crisis is entirely President Biden's doing. It is an executive problem, not a legislative one, and requires a change in the administration's policies, not new laws. More Biden Recklessness: Bombing Houthi Jihadists While Keeping Our Borders Wide Open By Philip Linderman The American Conservative, January 23, 2024 Excerpt: More than two decades after 9/11, the Washington national-security establishment is again focused on our overseas posture rather than the homeland. The Road from Damascus By Todd Bensman The American Mind, January 22, 2024 Excerpt: Syrians pose an overlooked security threat for Europe, one worth American attention too: 538 of them were counted at the U.S.-Mexico border, which is facing its own historically unprecedented mass migration crisis. Will Mass Migration Breach Poland's Famous Border Fence? By Todd Bensman The National Interest, January 19, 2024 Excerpt: A recent shift from the political Right to Left in Poland's national government now threatens those two-plus years of tranquility in Kuznica and all along Poland's now-famed steel fence—widely credited as emblematic of how walls stop illegal immigration.   Podcast Panel Podcast: Asylum in the U.S. and Europe Host: Mark Krikorian Guests: Viktor Marsai, Director of the Budapest-based Migration Research Institute Nicolas Pouvreau-Monti, Co-founder of the Immigration and Demography Observatory in France Eric Ruark, Director of Research at NumbersUSA Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 139 Featured Posts Immigration Tops Voters' Concerns in Latest Poll, as Approval of President's Handling Plummets By Andrew R. Arthur Excerpt: For the first time in my recollection, "immigration" now tops the list of the most important issues facing the country today in the opinion of voters, jumping seven points in a month and overtaking "inflation", according to the latest Harvard/Harris poll. Don't Believe the Hype — Securing the Border's Not That Hard By Andrew R. Arthur Excerpt: The price tag for detention would be high at first, but those costs would diminish quickly once would-be migrants find out illegal entry is no longer a "free ticket" into the United States. UN Budgets Millions for U.S.-Bound Migrants in 2024 By Todd Bensman Excerpt: A December update to the UN's "Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan" outlines plans to distribute hundreds of millions of dollars to migrants in Latin America making their way north to illegally cross the U.S. border. During Human Trafficking Prevention Month, CIS Sues HHS for UAC Records By Colin Farnsworth Excerpt: Many aspects of Unaccompanied Children program have been shrouded in secrecy, leaving state and local officials unaware of potential problems within their jurisdictions, and shielding HHS and its contractors from accountability. More Blog Posts Bizarre Conspiracy: Aliens Claim Green Cards Because They'd Been Abused by Their Citizen Children Senate Border Proposals Would Do Nothing to Secure the Border Texas Gov. Sends Border Warning to White House Recent Immigration Could Not Have Reduced Inflation Significantly CBP Border Numbers Released: December Was Officially the Worst Month in History The Latest Development in the Long-Running Mayorkas/Edwards Feud Andrew R. Arthur, resident fellow in law and policy for the Center, speaks with LiveNOW from FOX about SCOTUS' decision to allow Border Patrol agents to cut concertina wire that Texas had installed along the border near Eagle Pass.