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The traditional path to a US passport looks less certain than it did a decade ago

The US immigration pathway for skilled professionals, once a clear ladder, is now fraught with uncertainty. Lottery-based H-1B visas and massive green card backlogs, particularly for Indian professionals facing decades-long waits, are forcing a rethink. This unpredictability impacts career choices, entrepreneurship, and even children's futures, prompting a global talent exodus.

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Immigration restrictions don't boost native workers. They cut economic mobility for generations, study finds

A Cato Institute report found that immigration quotas in the 1920s actually harmed the economic prospects of native-born citizens.

Fortune

Video of Cato Institute Online Event on the Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case

I participated, along with prominent legal scholars Gabriel Chin and Paul Finkelman.

Reason

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Upcoming Cato Institute Event on "Trump v. Barbara: Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court"

I will participate, along Prof. Paul Finkelman, and Gabriel Chin.

Reason

A $20B battleship the U.S. abandoned after WWII is back in Trump's $1.5T defense budget. Experts say modern missiles will easily destroy it

President Trump's record defense budget includes a new class of battleships not seen since WWII.

Fortune

The national debt fix would cost $827 billion—roughly what America spends on its entire military, economists warn

A Cato Institute report lays out the scale of America's fiscal reckoning as the tools that once tamed the debt are no longer available.

Fortune

Immigrants Paid 14.5 Trillion Dollars More in Taxes Than They Received in Benefits for 30 Straight Years - REPORT

The libertarian think tank the Cato Institute found that immigrants paid more in taxes than they received in government benefits every year from 1994 through 2023, generating nearly $10.6 trillion more in federal, state, and local tax revenue than they received in government spending.

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Green Cards for Cubans Plunge 99.8% as ICE Arrests From the Island Surge, Libertarian Cato Group Finds

Green card approvals for Cubans have nearly stopped under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, while ICE arrests of people from the island have surged, according to a new Cato Institute analysis.

Latin Times

Trump Administration Reportedly Charged Migrants £1.05bn for Visa Applications, Knowing They Are Banned From Entry

The Trump administration is under scrutiny for allegedly collecting £1.05 billion in visa fees from immigrants barred from entering the US, as reported by the Cato Institute.

International Business Times UK

Immigration Massively Reduces Budget Deficits

A new Cato Institute study provides the most comprehensive analysis of this issue to date.

Reason

'Immigrants are subsidizing the U.S. government': how the undocumented actually shrank the deficit by $14.5 trillion over 3 decades

Cato Institute ran the math and found that without immigrants' contributions, the national debt would be a third higher than today's $38 trillion.

Fortune

Cato Institute Looking to Hire an Executive Power Scholar

An opportunity to work at the nation's leading libertarian think tank.

Reason

Our Amicus Brief in the Pung v. Isabella County Home Equity Theft Takings Case

I wrote it (with help from others) on behalf of the Cato Institute and a group of takings and property scholars.

Reason

Assessing the Extent of Political Violence in America

Cato Institute scholar has a great overview of the data on how much political violence there is, and who perpetrates it. It is less prevalent than many think, and right-wing political violence is more common than the left-wing kind.

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Why the Supreme Court is Highly Unlikely to Overturn Obergefell in the Kim Davis Case

My Cato Institute colleague Walter Olson explains.

Reason

A Compelling Defense of Immigration Parole Programs

My Cato Institute colleague David Bier presented it in testimony before a congressional committee.

Reason

"The Nationalist Threat to Liberty" - My Final Contribution to the Liberty Fund Symposium on "The Legacy of David Boaz"

The symposium has now concluded.

Reason

Liberty Fund Symposium on "The Legacy of David Boaz" Continues

There are now initial contributions by Andy Craig, Tarnell Brown, Aaron Ross Powell, Jonathan Blanks, and myself, plus response essays.

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Our Fifth Circuit Alien Enemies Act Amicus Brief

The brief was filed on behalf of the Brennan Center, the Cato Institute, law-of-war scholar Prof. John Dehn, and myself.

Reason

Liberty Fund Symposium on the Legacy of David Boaz

Contributors include Andy Craig, Tarnell Brown, Aaron Ross Powell, Jonathan Blanks, and myself.

Reason

Video of Cato Institute Virtual Event on "Tariffs, Emergencies, and Presidential Power"

I spoke along with my Cato colleague Walter Olson.

Reason

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements.

Reason

Upcoming Cato Institute Virtual Event on "Tariffs, Emergencies, and Presidential Power"

I will be speaking, along with Cato Institute scholar Walter Olson.

Reason

Most Migrants Deported to Imprisonment in El Salvador Under the Alien Enemies Act Had no Criminal Record and Many had Entered the US Legally

A new Cato Institute study by David Bier presents the most extensive available evidence on these points.

Reason

More Evidence that Immigrants - Including Illegal Ones - Have Much Lower Crime Rates than Natives

A new Cato Institute study further refutes claims that illegal migration is somehow causing a crime wave.

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