Category: History & Economics
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This six-minute video on PBS interviews David Bier of the CATO Institute about both the legal and illegal immigrant reductions into the country under this administration. The recent CATO study shows that legal immigration has dropped to 1/3 of it’s previous level from 186,000 to 54,000 per month and illegal entries have reduced from 62,000…
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This TRAC report shows the mothly % of asylum cases granted and denied – showing that the current denial rate is 80%. TRAC is the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse which references government data (from Department of Homeland Security) for it’s reports and data summaries.
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The Migration Policy Institute has issued a short article about the various ways that this administration has reduced legal immigration and how that reduction will affect the total U.S. population and our economic growth and competitiveness.
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A Brookings article describes the positive benefits of immigrants in the economy and suggests that fewer immigrants does not necessarily mean more jobs for US citizens. Because fewer immigrants will cause the economy to shrink so there will be fewer jobs for American citizens.
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This report, published by the Migration Policy Institute, provides a basic overview of U.S. immigration statistics.
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This article is a history lesson about the rise of sanctuary cities and the sanctuary movement from The Guardian.
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This article, “Overtime Pay and Night Vision Binoculars – UC San Diego is among Agencies helping patrol border” explains how University of California at San Diego is using Stonegarden money to patrol the border.
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This article explains why Senator Roger Wicker, R- Mississippi, has opposed the use of a warehouse for an ICE detention center – comparing the economics of two options.
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Here’s a 15-minute video about immigration by Jeff Ballmer, ex-Microsoft executive. It keys off 2022 data – so a bit dated – but conceptually accurate.
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The Washington Post’s Lauren Kaori Gurley reported that “the Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.” Concerns: Immigration crackdowns are creating instability in the agricultural workforce which threatens (1) the stability of domestic food production and (2) prices for US…
Immigration Insight 