Center for Immigration Studies

The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization. Since our founding in 1985, we have pursued a single mission – providing immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.

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A new Center for Immigration Studies video report highlights Texas Governor Abbott’s “Operation Hold the Line”, which has state police and National Guard block immigrants at the Rio Grande River’s edge, and President Biden’s undermining of the state’s efforts to enforce the laws.

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Cuccinelli: The Removal of Title 42 Would Cause Border Surge

Watch more: https://cis.org/Press-Release/Panel-Fighting-Biden-Court

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How does immigration effect our population growth? 

Steven Camarota explains below. 

 View entire panel video: https://cis.org/Video/Panel-Projecting-Impact-Immigration-US-Population

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Projecting the Impact of Immigration on the U.S. Population

This analysis uses 2017 as a starting point and then replicates the Census Bureau's latest population projections. We then vary the immigration component, something the Bureau does not do, and report its impact on the future size and age composition of the U.S. population.

The Census Bureau projects that future net immigration (the difference between the number coming and number leaving) will total 46 million by 2060 and the total U.S. population will reach 404 million — 79 million larger than in 2017.

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Center for Immigration Studies Files a Civil RICO Lawsuit Against the President of Southern Poverty Law Center

The Center for Immigration Studies has filed a civil lawsuit under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against Richard Cohen, President of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) of Montgomery, Ala.

The Center has filed a civil lawsuit under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against Richard Cohen, President of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) of Montgomery, Ala. The case is filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and seeks damages and an injunction prohibiting Cohen and his colleague, Heidi Beirich, who heads the group's "hate group" project, from repeating the false claim that the Center is a hate group.

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Under a policy known as "controlled flow", the governments of Panama and Costa Rica grease the skids to get them smoothly and safely to Nicaragua, Honduras, and Mexico, where organized smugglers can take over again, CIS is told.

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Topic Page: Migrant Caravans

A group of foreign nationals, primarily from Honduras, left in a caravan from the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, headed north, with some intending to come to the United States.

Live map of the migrant caravan.

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The fallout continues from President Donald Trump's Monday morning tweet that some "Middle Easterners" were likely among the thousands of Central Americans in the U.S.-bound migrant caravan. The president was obviously referencing a homeland security problem about which I often write here, "special interest aliens".

The fallout continues from President Donald Trump's Monday morning tweet that some "Middle Easterners" were likely among the thousands of Central Americans in the U.S.-bound migrant caravan.

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The president has now threatened to cut off aid to not just Honduras, but also Guatemala and El Salvador, "if they allow their citizens, or others, to journey through their borders and up to the United States, with the intention of entering our country illegally." Those threats seem to be having an effect.

After Trump threatened to cut off aid if the caravan reaches the US, countries such as Guatemala do seem to be reacting. 

However, these problems will not go away until America closes its multiple loopholes related to asylum law and credible fear claims.

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An H-1B employer, worried about new USCIS strictness in the program, has decided not to seek a three-year extension of the worker's H-1B visa, according to an Insidehighered.com article.

The employer is an esteemed American non-profit, Johns Hopkins University (a substantial user of H-1B workers), the worker is a woman, a citizen of the UK, and has a doctorate in medieval studies from the University of Exeter.

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The nation's immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record 44.5 million in July 2017, an increase of nearly 800,000 since 2016, 4.6 million since 2010, and 13.4 million since 2000.

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Rather than face court proceedings that would further disclose why an FBI counterterrorism investigation has targeted him, San Antonio DACA recipient Sergio "Mapache" Salazar chose to take deportation to Mexico instead.

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett sent a letter to ICE Field Office Director Daniel Bible asking that Salazar be released.

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The nation's immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record 44.5 million in July 2017, an increase of nearly 800,000 since 2016, 4.6 million since 2010, and 13.4 million since 2000.

The nation's immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record 44.5 million in July 2017, an increase of nearly 800,000 since 2016, 4.6 million since 2010, and 13.4 million since 2000.

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Yesterday Twitter rejected four Center for Immigration Studies tweets for use in the Center's Twitter Ads campaign, alleging hateful content.

All four tweets use the statutory phrases "illegal alien" or "criminal alien", and all of the tweets referenced law enforcement, either at the border or in the interior.

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A recent smuggling case shows not only how accused Somali ISIS attacker like Abdulahi Hasan Sharif might have gotten to California, but also how many dozens of others from the Horn of Africa — motivations unknown — actually did.

The Center for Immigration Studies has developed an interactive map illustrating an East African smuggling route.

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Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas) will be featured in an Immigration Newsmaker conversation hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies on Wednesday, September 5, at 9:30 a.m. at the National Press Club. The event will be streamed on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/CenterforImmigrationStudies/videos/37469674640…

Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas) will be featured in an Immigration Newsmaker conversation hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies on Wednesday, September 5, at 9:30 a.m.

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2018 Shaping Up to Be Another Bad Summer for Teen Employment

The share of U.S.-born teenagers (16 to 19) in the labor force — working or looking for work — in the summer has been declining for more than two decades, long before the downturn that began in 2007.

In the summer of 2017, 41 percent of U.S.-born teenagers were in the labor force and just 35 percent held a job. In 2018, we project only a slight improvement to 42 percent in the labor force and 36 percent actually working — both levels well below what they used to be.