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    Every Immigrant Without High School Degree Will Cost Taxpayers $640,000
    On Thursday, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will release its report on “The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration.” According to the report, first generation immigrants as a group increase the nation’s fiscal deficit. In other words, the government benefits they receive exceed the taxes paid. The National Academies’ report provides 75-year…
    Robert Rector
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    Under Obama’s New Enforcement Program, Fewer Illegal Immigrants Being Captured for Deportation
    Under a revamped Obama administration program intended to encourage greater cooperation from local law enforcement agencies in helping deport illegal immigrants who the government considers “a danger” to public safety, fewer people are being taken into custody for eventual removal from the country. In November 2014, the administration introduced the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP), a…
    Josh Siegel
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    How Congress Is Looking to Fix Immigration Enforcement Problem
    The United States Senate is scheduled to hold a procedural vote on Wednesday on two bills related to immigration enforcement. The sanctuary cities and “Kate’s Law” bills were combined last year, but failed to overcome the 60-vote threshold needed to proceed to the bill. Senate Democrats blocked the combined bill in October 2015. The two bills…
    Cully Stimson
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    How Immigration Fueled the Brexit Result
    The vote by Britons on Thursday to leave the European Union doubled as a referendum on how the country views the issue of immigration. With immigration at an all-time high in Britain, voters concerned about related issues such as economic uncertainty and sovereignty decided to shed their national identity by voting to upend 43 years…
    Josh Siegel
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    San Francisco Charter Amendment Would Grant Illegal Immigrants a Vote in Local Schools
    A potential San Francisco ballot proposal could give illegal immigrants a voice in Bay Area schools. A charter amendment by San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar is intended to grant illegal immigrants with children in school the right to vote in San Francisco Unified School District school board elections. Two similar measures were presented in the…
    Faith Vander Voort
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    Obama’s Real Legacy on Immigration Enforcement
    Some liberals call President Barack Obama the “deporter-in-chief.” But many conservatives believe the president has not been tough enough on illegal immigration. To check the record, The Daily Signal investigated deportation statistics during Obama’s time in the White House. Learn more about Obama’s immigration enforcement legacy in this short animated video.
    Josh Siegel
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    1 Year After Steinle Death, San Francisco Unveils Immigration Policy Keeping ‘Sanctuary’ Protections
    Nearly one year after Kate Steinle was killed in San Francisco allegedly by a man living in the U.S. illegally, the city has approved a new policy restricting the circumstances under which it will cooperate with immigration requests from the federal government. San Francisco’s new sheriff, Vicki Hennessy, and the city’s board of supervisors reached…
    Josh Siegel
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    DOJ Wants to Hide the Names of Illegal Aliens Granted Amnesty
    The Justice Department is resisting a judge’s order to provide ethics training for its lawyers and is objecting to turning over to the court the names of illegal aliens who were granted what amounts to administrative amnesty (“deferrals”) in stark violation of an injunction issued by the court. On May 19, Judge Andrew Hanen of…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Slow Progress of Obama Administration Program to Stem Illegal Immigration From Central America
    A key component of the Obama administration’s response to a crisis of Central Americans fleeing violence before illegally crossing the U.S. southern border is not operational more than four months after it was announced. On Jan. 13, Secretary of State John Kerry introduced a program to allow Central American children and families to apply for…
    Josh Siegel
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    Protesters, Politicians Spar at Supreme Court Over Obama’s Immigration Program
    Mercedes Garcia would be eligible to benefit from President Barack Obama’s 2014 immigration executive actions, with the opportunity to earn quasi-legal status that would allow her three U.S. citizen daughters to not worry about their mother being arrested. Rep. Ken Buck, a Republican congressman from Garcia’s home state of Colorado, doesn’t believe Garcia—who is living…
    Josh Siegel
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    Senate Amendment Seeks to Plug Holes in Cuba Immigration Policy
    Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. has introduced an amendment aimed at curtailing the widespread abuse of welfare benefits by Cuban migrants. The measure, introduced as an amendment to a bill funding the Federal Aviation Administration, is aimed at reforming the core of the current Cuba immigration policy: the outdated notion that all Cuban migrants are political…
    Ana Quintana
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    US Immigration Agency Returns ‘Freedom of Religion’ to Naturalization Exam
    Sen. James Lankford has made a small vocabulary victory that he believes will have a significant impact on religious liberty. The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it plans to replace the term “freedom of worship” on all naturalization materials with “freedom of religion.” The Oklahoma Republican began pushing DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to make…
    Philip Wegmann
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    The Challenge of Tracking Money Sent to Other Countries From Illegal Immigrants
    Two recent reports by the federal government’s watchdog shed light on one of the more overlooked elements of immigration to the United States: the money migrants send to the country from which they came. The U.S. is the largest source of these money transfers sent overseas by foreign-born residents, known as remittances, with an estimated…
    Josh Siegel
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    The Sneaky Way Obama Administration Is Making It Look Like Fewer Illegal Immigrants Are Skipping Court Dates
    Four out of 10 illegal immigrants never show up for their court hearings. That’s according to Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council (which represents border patrol agents). Judd testified that illegal immigrants show up to their required court hearings only 60 percent of the time after being issued a “notice to appear” at…
    David Inserra | Evan McDermott
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    The Immigration Crisis of Unaccompanied Minors Never Really Ended
    The crisis of unaccompanied Central American children illegally crossing the United States’ southern border does not end when they enter this country. As the children arrive and settle in the U.S. and wait to hear their fate in immigration court, some are placed into homes where they are sexually assaulted or forced to work. Meanwhile,…
    Josh Siegel
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    Obama’s Response to Surge of Illegal Immigrants Is Inadequate
    Record numbers of unaccompanied alien minors and adults traveling with minors are again surging across our southern border, overwhelming federal and state resources, creating a border security nightmare, and ensuring record profits for the criminal organizations that control the drug and human smuggling and trafficking business along the border. More than 152,000 unaccompanied minors and…
    Rep. Bob Goodlatte
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    Senator Sinks Obama Court Nominee Over ‘Uncomfortable’ Views on Illegal Immigration
    A U.S. senator has scuttled President Barack Obama’s nomination of a pro-amnesty judge from his home state of Georgia in the latest skirmish over judicial nominees. Citing Judge Dax Lopez’s work with an organization supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., last week torpedoed Obama’s nominee to the U.S. District Court for Georgia….
    Philip Wegmann
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    The Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Administration’s Immigration Actions
    The Supreme Court will hear a case brought by Texas and 25 other states challenging President Barack Obama’s attempt to give legal status and work authorizations to more than four million illegal immigrants. In a brief order today, the Supreme Court directed the government and the states to address whether the Obama administration’s program “violates…
    Elizabeth Slattery
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    New Obama Executive Action to Shred Immigration Caps
    President Barack Obama has announced another brazen, illegal executive action. As Americans gathered with loved ones to wish each other a more prosperous new year, the president issued an edict to put that longed-for prosperity farther out of reach. President Barack Obama has announced another brazen, illegal executive action. In a proposed federal rule published…
    Jeff Sessions
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    What’s Driving the Latest Surge of Illegal Immigration From Central America
    In a reprise of the humanitarian crisis of summer 2014, rising numbers of Central American children and families are crossing the Rio Grande Valley into Texas, causing a reckoning over whether the U.S. is facing a “new normal” of illegal migration from countries facing violence and poverty. Though the U.S. is better prepared to handle…
    Josh Siegel
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