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3 Keys to Understanding the AG's Move to Limit 'Catch and Release'

Attorney General William Barr decides to enforce the text of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Today, around 1 in 10 illegal aliens arriving at the southern border claims credible fear, up from around 1 in 100 prior to 2013, according to the White House.

Fewer than 10% of those whose credible fear claim was deemed sufficient in 2018 ultimately were approved for asylum.

However, the Barr decision doesn’t affect the family units coming to the United States through Mexico, only individuals. A federal court decision prevents minors from being held by the government for more than 20 days.

“[Barr’s decision] will deter some abuse of the asylum process,” Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, told The Daily Signal, adding:

It won’t affect the prevention of holding children more than 20 days. The largest amount of asylum abuse comes from family units, about 60%. But, I don’t want to make the perfect the enemy of the good. We support anything to discourage asylum abuse.

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A bill that would target jurisdictions that enact sanctuary policies is moving through Pennsylvania’s state Senate. The bill is similar to Sen. Vitter’s Stop Sanctuary Cities Act that was blocked in the Senate in July.

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An investigative report on H-2 visa programs shows that the displacement of U.S. workers isn't limited to the tech industry but is a feature of guest worker programs for both high and low-wage workers.

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Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) released a letter signed by 73 other House members calling for House leadership to include language that would halt the Obama administration's refugee resettlement program in the upcoming omnibus spending bill.

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In his effort to become the next Speaker of the House, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) made two immigration promises to Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. Rep. Ryan agreed not to move immigration legislation while Pres. Obama is still in office and to abide by the Hastert Rule on all immigration bills.

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A Sarasota, Fla. news station, WWSB, interviewed two former Disney employees who had been laid off after training their foreign-worker H-1B visa replacements.

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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has signed HB 318, which expands on the state's existing mandatory E-Verify law and forbids local jurisdictions from passing sanctuary policies. The state legislature took action on the bill after several high-profile crimes occurred in sanctuary cities over the summer.