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January 19, 2023 N.J. expands health care coverage to all children, regardless of immigration status Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor Read More January 19, 2023 Biden gets real on immigration Will Marshall, The Hill Read More January 17, 2023 Big Tech's Layoffs Highlight How the US Fails Immigrant Workers Anna Kramer, Wired Read More January 13, 2023 House GOP To Vote On Immigration Bill That Could End Asylum Stuart Anderson Forbes Read More January 12, 2023 Traditional immigration policy has failed. Biden is right to try to reform it. Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post Read More January 12, 2023 Only 45 Percent of Employment-Based Green Cards Went to Workers in 2021 Alex Nowrasteh, Cato Institute Read More January 12, 2023 How many immigrants can the US realistically accept? Tom Mockaitis, The Hill Read More January 11, 2023 'We need more people,' says Fed's Powell. What does that mean for immigration reform? Victor Reklaitis, MarketWatch Read More January 11, 2023 Democrats Need An Immigration Strategy Before They Turn On Each Other Bill Scher, Washington Monthly Read More January 10, 2023 New nation, new ideas: A study finds immigrants out-innovate native-born Americans Greg Rosalsky, NPR (Planet Money) Read More January 8, 2023 Assessing Biden's New Immigration Policies Ilya Somin, Reason Read More January 2, 2023 Discovering the 'honeypot': the surprising way restricting immigration can turn out to hurt the (American) working poor Dean Hol, The Conversation Read More December 30, 2022 Democratic Congress was disappointment for immigration activists Rafael Bernal, The Hill Read More December 27, 2022 US Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for now Rebecca Santana & Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Read More December 22, 2022 Biden expands immigration tool (Temporary Protected Status) that doesn't require Congress Caroline Coudriet, Roll Call Read More December 21, 2022 Does Immigration Undermine Social Trust? Ilya Somin, Reason Read More December 21, 2022 Sinema Says Immigration Talks 'Coming Back Strong' Next Year Ellen M. Gilmer, Bloomberg Law Read More December 20, 2022 Wealthy democracies have looser immigration policies, researchers find Danny Long, phys.org Read More December 19, 2022 Chief Justice Roberts pauses lifting of Title 42, keeping migrant policy in place for now John Fritze, USA Today Read More

Earlier Commentary

SPEAKING OF IMMIGRANT POLICY

"Current immigration policies are mismatched with market forces and demographic realities. These mismatches have led to serious dysfunctions in the immigration system -- from illegal migration to untenable backlogs and an overreliance on temporary visas for long-term employment situations. Sustaining the growth of the U.S. labor force and avoiding the accumulation of new unauthorized immigrant populations will require deep reforms to the U.S. immigration system, beyond those contemplated by the Biden administration's legislative proposal." Musaffar Chishti et al, "Rethinking the U.S. Legal Immigration System: A Policy Road Map," Migration Policy Institute, 14. Read More

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