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Parsing Immigration Policy

Center for Immigration Studies

A weekly discussion of immigration policy matters, both immediate and long-term, with researchers from the Center for Immigration Studies and guests. The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization. Since our founding in 1985 by Otis Graham Jr., we have pursued a single mission – providing immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.

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#280
Today · 33 min
What Does the 2026 Election Mean for Immigration?
The 2026 midterm elections could have major consequences for immigration policy, even if immigration was not the issue that ultimately determined the outcome. With Democrats poised to take control of both chambers of Congress, questions are emerging...
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#279
November 5 · 39 min
What Can the Administration Do about H-1B Abuse?
The Trump administration has made a number of moves recently to try to curb widespread abuses in the “skilled” foreign-worker pipeline, including the H-1B and OPT programs. The Center for Immigration Studies is publishing several reports and a...
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#278
October 29 · 41 min
Finding Missing Children and Addressing Immigration Fraud
The Office of Refugee Resettlement is working to locate hundreds of thousands of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) who entered the United States during the Biden administration and were placed with sponsors without adequate vetting. John...
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#277
October 22 · 36 min
Kris Kobach on In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants and Noncitizen Voting
The Trump administration’s Department of Justice is challenging state laws that provide in-state college tuition rates to illegal aliens, arguing that they violate federal law. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach joins host Mark Krikorian, the...
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#276
October 15 · 42 min
Immigration’s Effects on Black American Economic Opportunity
How has immigration policy affected Black workers over the past 200 years? Roy Beck, founder of NumbersUSA, joins the Center for Immigration Studies’ Parsing Immigration Policy podcast to discuss the expanded second edition of his book,...
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#275
October 8 · 27 min
40 Years After IRCA, What Did We Learn?
Forty years ago this month, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), a law intended as a grand bargain: legalizing millions of illegal aliens while establishing workplace enforcement to end the economic magnet that...
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#274
October 1 · 33 min
‘Worst of the Worst’ or Mass Deportation?
“This is probably the most secure border we’ve had in the United States since the 19th century.” That’s the verdict of Andrew “Art” Arthur, a Center for Immigration Studies scholar and one of two guests on this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration...
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#273
September 24 · 36 min
How Many Illegal Aliens Are There?
The number of illegal aliens in the United States dropped by about 15 percent, to 13.5 million, during the first year and half of the Trump administration, according to a study by the Center for Immigration Studies. But why do we trust that number?...
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#272
September 17 · 35 min
Rebroadcast: Immigration Shifts Political Power
The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the residence criteria for the 2030 Census have brought new attention to a question examined by the Center for Immigration Studies two years ago: How does immigration affect political representation even...
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#271
September 10 · 50 min
Panel: 9/11 and Immigration - Twenty-Five Years of Lessons and Unfinished Business
Twenty-five years after 9/11, is the United States better prepared to prevent another terrorist attack? This week's podcast is an edited rebroadcast of the Center's panel held to examine that question, discussing the role immigration and border...
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#270
September 3 · 39 min
What Europe’s Migration Crisis Looks Like from Italy
Italy is increasingly pushing back against Europe’s approach to illegal immigration, including a growing dispute with Germany over who should take responsibility for migrants rescued in the Mediterranean. On this week’s episode of the Center for...
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#269
August 27 · 31 min
Does Immigration Drive Up Housing Costs?
The connection between immigration and housing costs is the subject of this week’s episode of the Center for Immigration Studies’ Parsing Immigration Policy podcast. Jason Richwine, a resident scholar at the Center, discusses his forthcoming study,...
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#268
August 20 · 31 min
J-1 Visa Program: A Cheap Labor Program
Americans visiting beaches, neighborhood pools, summer camps, and resorts this summer are likely to encounter foreign workers filling jobs as lifeguards, ice-cream scoopers, housekeepers, counselors, and restaurant workers. Many may not realize that...
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#267
August 13 · 42 min
Panel: Who Gets to Be a Citizen?
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision addressing birthright citizenship has renewed debate over one of the most consequential questions in immigration policy for any nation: Who should be entitled to citizenship? To examine the current state of...
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#266
August 6 · 35 min
Spain's Ceuta Migrant Surge Highlights How Migration Can Be Weaponized
The surge of more than 60,000 migrants into Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta has reignited debate over border security, immigration policy, and the growing use of migration as a geopolitical weapon. In the latest episode of the Parsing...
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#265
July 30 · 37 min
Why Immigration Has Become France’s Defining Political Issue
This week’s episode of the Center for Immigration Studies’ “Parsing Immigration Policy” podcast features Nicolas Pouvreau-Monti, co-founder and executive director of the French immigration think tank L'Observatoire de l'Immigration et de la...
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#264
July 23 · 36 min
Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with Border Czar Tom Homan
This week's episode of Parsing Immigration Policy is a rebroadcast of a recent installment of the Center's Immigration Newsmaker series featuring the White House Border Czar Tom Homan. In the interview hosted by Center Executive Director Mark...
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#263
July 16 · 40 min
Immigration Courts and Judges: Understanding the System Behind America's Immigration Crisis
Immigration courts are frequently in the headlines, with stories about massive backlogs, judicial turnover, and widely varying asylum approval rates. But how does the immigration court system actually work, and why has it become one of the biggest...
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#262
July 9 · 36 min
Australia’s Immigration Debate Is Reshaping Its Politics
In the latest episode of the Parsing Immigration Policy podcast, Executive Director Mark Krikorian speaks with Jordan Knight, founder of Migration Watch Australia, about how record immigration levels are reshaping Australia’s politics and public...
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#261
July 2 · 39 min
CIS Experts Break Down Three Major Supreme Court Immigration Decisions
In the latest episode of the Parsing Immigration Policy podcast, Fellow in Law and Policy Andrew Arthur and Senior Legal Fellow George Fishman examine three landmark Supreme Court immigration decisions issued over the past two weeks and discuss their...
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