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Immigration, Health Benefits, and the Government Shutdown

Migrant Flow Returns to Traditional Demographic Patterns under Trump II

Why Trump Critics’ Hyperbolic Rhetoric on Deportations Denigrates Real Tragedies

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: On Second Thought, H-1B Isn’t for the ‘Best and Brightest’ After All!

Despite Uptick in September, FY25 Border Arrests Were the Lowest in Generations

Ninth Circuit Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Portland National Guard Deployment

DHS Proposes to Reform the H-1B Selection Process to Favor Higher-Paid Workers

AG: No ‘Coercion or Duress’ Exception to the Bar to Humanitarian Protection for Alien Persecutors

Re: Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions, CIS No. 2820-25; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0040

Ninth Circuit Greenlights Trump’s National Guard Deployment to Portland

A Deep Dive into Chicago’s Immigration Enforcement Crisis

Enabled by a Federal Judge, Chicago-Area Mayors Seek to Shut Down Immigration Law Enforcement

DHS Flashback: More Illegal Alien Cops

Cartels Heeding Administration’s Fentanyl Message

Hanover Park, Ill., Responds to DHS Claims About Alleged Illegal Alien Cop

The Strange Case of the Illegal Alien Cop

Understanding Pritzker’s Dangerous Immigration Game

Map: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States

The Gold Card and $100K H-1B Fee: What Do They Mean?

Op-Ed: The Media’s Narrative-Serving Redefinition of ‘Illegal Immigrant’

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