Immigration Reform
Our immigration system in this country is broken. Executive action does not solve the problem but neither would any attempt at a mass deportation. The United States needs to identify the people who are here and ensure they are properly taxed.
February 13th, 2025
While most new jobs in the US economy have gone to foreign-born workers, this isn’t because they are taking them from Americans.
February 6th, 2025
With immigration dominating headlines, a new poll suggests that evangelical Christians hold nuanced views on immigration issues that many will find surprising.
January 23rd, 2025
Here is a summary of the Trump border security and immigration executive orders.
December 27th, 2024
Will “the largest deportation in U.S. history” be limited to those with serious criminal convictions and final orders of deportation, or will it also include undocumented individuals who have been quietly living and working...
December 12th, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump recently expressed desires to work in a bipartisan manner with lawmakers to pass legislation that will allow Dreamers to stay in the U.S. legally.
November 26th, 2024
We hope the President-elect uses this as an opportunity to work with Congress to pass sensible immigration reform that reflects the wishes of the majority of Americans. Find the things we agree on and start there.
November 7th, 2024
My colleagues and I have spent much time addressing the arguments raised by those who favor further restricting legal immigration to the United States.
October 24th, 2024
Immigration has become a defining issue of the presidential election, but as has been the case for more than a decade, politicians prefer that voters don’t think too hard about it.
October 10th, 2024
Stan Marek, CEO of MAREK, and Linda Lorelle, award winning journalist, discuss the essential role that immigrants play in the Texas economy and the current state of affairs of immigration politics in an interview with Jim...
September 26th, 2024
Just months before Election Day, voters remain stalwart in their support for Republicans and Democrats working together on border and immigration solutions.
February 13th, 2025
Congressman Michael Cloud (R-TX) introduced the 287(g) Program Protection Act, a bill to help state and local law enforcement work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain and deport...
January 30th, 2025
The following article was authored by Massey Villarreal and Sam Sanchez and originally published in USA Today.
January 15th, 2025
The following article was originally published on the Evangelical Immigration Table:
December 19th, 2024
There is a simpler solution than deploying the military to round up or block the entry of immigrants: Just limit welfare. If immigrants were ineligible for welfare benefits, almost every immigrant would be fiscally positive...
December 5th, 2024
In a high-stakes phone call that could shape U.S.-Mexico relations for years to come, President-elect Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed the thorny issue of migration and border security.
November 14th, 2024
Authored by David Bier and originally published on cato.org
October 31st, 2024
California politics began to shift in the 1990s to such a degree that the state turned into a Democratic stronghold by the early 2000s and has remained so until today. Immigration restrictionists often blame that political...
October 17th, 2024
None of the current visa paths are going to solve the construction industry’s labor shortages, and the country’s demographic shifts further complicate the outlook.
October 3rd, 2024
Authored by David Bier and originally published on cato.org
September 20th, 2024
Business, civic, and faith leaders gathered recently at Amegy Bank in Houston to discuss the crucial role that immigrants play to decrease workforce shortages and increase economic growth in Texas and to emphasize the need...