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December 17, 2026 New Ban Bars 1 in 5 Legal Immigrants, Even Citizens' Spouses & Kids David J. Bier, CATO Institute Read More December 7, 2025 How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans' Faith in Immigration Christopher Flavelle, The New York Times Read More   December 2, 2025 U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List Hamed Aleaziz & Jazmine Alloa, The New York Times Read More November 28, 2025 Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause' migration to the U.S. from poorer countries Josh Boak, PBS Read More   November 24, 2025 Immigrant Physicians: What if US can no longer attract them? Yuki Noguchi, LAist Read More   November 23, 2025 We're Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like Wendy Edelberg, The New York Times Read More   November 12, 2025 Immigrants with obesity, diabetes and other health problems may be denied visas Amanda Seitz, NPR Read More   November 12, 2025 The recent decline in immigration could adversely affect the economy Charles Collyns, Econofact Read More November 10, 2025 'We Have a Border for a Reason' Cecilia Munoz, The New York Times Read More November 6, 2025 Bishops With Ties to Trump Commission Criticize Treatment of Immigrants Ruth Graham & John Ismay, The New York Times Read More   September 30, 2025 The Surprising New Consensus on Asylum Reform Charles Lane, American Enterprise Institute Read More August 12, 2025 Trump's immigration policy is built on a massive political miscalculation Linda Chavez, The Bulwark Read More August 11, 2025 Loss of work authorization for immigrants creating serious problems for factories Andrea Hsu, NPR Read More August 10, 2025 New Data shows the scope of ICE's suspicion-free profiling of Latinos for deportation David J. Bier, CATO Institute Read More August 9, 2025 IRS officials and the White House clash over a request to access confidential immigrant tax records Peter Aitken, Newsweek Read More August 5, 2025 The Impact of diverting 6,700 federal workers to immigration Owen Tritt, The Niskanen Center Read More August 4, 2025 US appeals court keeps bar on Los Angeles federal immigration arrests Reuters Read More July 31, 2025 Federal judge delays expiration of TPS for Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Nepalese Sergio Martinez-Beltran, NPR Read More July 29, 2025 Thousands of legal immigrants in NJ could be thrown off Medicaid Lilo H. Stainton, NJ Spotlight News Read More

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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." Muzaffar Chishti et al, "Rethinking the U.S. Legal Immigration System: A Policy Road Map," Migration Policy Institute, 14. Read More

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