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  • Video – Ballmer on Immigration

    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.

  • Unauthorized by the numbers

    Here are two good resources from Migration Policy Institute about unauthorized residents in the U.S.: Fact Sheet: Changing Origins, Rising Numbers Data Profiles of Unauthorized Residents by State

  • US Latino Population hits 68 million

    A recent report from UCLA and California Luthern University shows that 1 in 4 Americans is now of Latino heritage. Read this article about these findings. See more details from the study here.

  • Immigrants and The Economy

    Heather Cox Richardson provides this historic perspective on Immigrants and The Economy

  • Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Speech to the Nation, January 11, 1989

    Here is Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Speech to the Nation from the Oval Office of The Whilte House on January 11, 1989. “Since this is the last speech that I will give as President, I think it’s fitting to leave one final thought, an observation about a country which I love. It was stated best in…

  • Unauthorized Record 14 million in 2023

    A new Pew Center Research Report (August 2025) describes unauthorized populations and shows that, after a peak of 14 million in 2023, the US has seen a 1.5 million person decrease in the immigration population (both authorized and unauthorized) during the first half of 2025.  This is the result of fewer incoming immigrants and some deportations (forced and self-determined.)…