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Fix the Border Crisis by Making Legal Immigration Easier

Trying to block immigration by law just means that we’ll get it flowing around the law enforcers.

Reason

Immigrating legally means navigating a system both political parties say is broken. Here’s why it’s so difficult.

After her brother was gunned down in 2012, Jessica Mejía and her mother wanted to legally migrate to the U.S. But like millions of migrants who want to move to the U.S., they discovered how difficult it is.

The Texas Tribune

An Infuriating New Online Game Asks: Would You Be Able To Immigrate to the U.S.?

Players can experience for themselves how difficult, expensive, and exhausting it is to come to the country legally.

Reason

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Tim Scott Debuts Border Platform Including 'Human Wall' and 'Bye-Bye Ambassador' Tucker Carlson

Though the 2024 Republican candidate's proposals vary in seriousness, they feature plenty of prohibition and brute government force.

Reason

The Vast Majority of People Who Want To Immigrate to the U.S. Have No Legal Option

A new Cato Institute report highlights just how hard it is to come to the U.S. legally.

Reason

Is Biden Replacing Bad Border Policy With Worse Border Policy?

Plus: Schools suing social media companies, a bitcoin mining tax is a bad idea, and more...

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Why it’s so hard to come to the U.S. legally

An outdated immigration system has given rise to undocumented migrants amid a decades-long political stalemate on reforms.

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Editorial: The GOP’s Mayorkas impeachment sideshow

When Republicans won control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections, we expected they would use their power to push politically motivated investigations. And indeed they have done just that, starting with the wasteful and pointless exercise of gathering evidence to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his…

Los Angeles Times

Calls To 'Close the Border' in Response to Fentanyl Deaths Are Misguided

As Biden mentioned fentanyl deaths in his State of the Union address, Republicans called on him to close the border. But "open borders" aren't to blame for overdoses.

Reason

This Texas Bill Could Bar Certain Immigrants From Buying Property in the State

Gov. Greg Abbott has already announced that he’d sign the bill if passed.

Reason

If Kamala Harris Is the Future of the Democratic Party, It's Doomed

The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.

Reason

Kamala Harris Is a Flop

The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.

Reason

Biden's Immigration Plan Lays Out a Tougher Border, New Legal Pathway for Some Migrants

There's still much more to be done to establish fair and efficient processes at the border.

Reason

What Biden's Weed Plan Really Means

Plus: lawsuit targets Roblox and Discord, 24 million immigration cases in backlog, and more...

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Why Do Travelers to the U.S. Have To Wait an Average of 247 Days for Their Visa Interviews?

The State Department's network of consulates are keeping tourists and business travelers in limbo.

The Times of India

Wait time for green cards backed by employers rises

BENGALURU: Employer sponsored green card processing delays have crossed the three-year wait time in 2022. David J Bier, associate director of immigration studies at Cato Institute, wrote on the US think tank’s blog, “Paying a $2,500 fee could cut this wait to “only” 2 years and 5 months. The government…

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America's Harsh Immigration Restrictions Mean Haitians Drown Trying To Get Here

Their deaths are the tragic, predictable consequence of shutting down safer migration paths.

Salon

Texas GOP wants to take over deportation

Experts say the plan is a "completely unserious" political stunt that will be struck down in court

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The Feds Wasted 66,000 Green Cards in the Middle of a Worker Shortage

The immigration bureaucracy is worsening one of the tightest labor markets in recent American history.

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