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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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#270
Thursday · 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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#260
June 25 · 47 min
How Immigration Enforcement Became a National Security Tool
The latest episode of the Center for Immigration Studies’ Parsing Immigration Policy podcast features Dan Vara, a veteran of both the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), discussing how...
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#259
June 18 · 40 min
Immigration, Labor, and African Americans
The latest episode of the Center for Immigration Studies’ Parsing Immigration Policy podcast features a wide-ranging conversation with Frank Morris Sr., who recently retired from the Center's Board of Directors after 38 years of service. Morris – a...
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#258
June 11 · 33 min
Immigration Newsmaker: A Conversation with CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott
At a recent https://cis.org/Immigration-Newsmaker hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies, Rodney Scott, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, joined Center Executive Director Mark Krikorian for an in-depth conversation on the...
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#257
June 5 · 35 min
USCIS Shift on Green Card Processing
The latest episode of the Center for Immigration Studies podcast examines a recent U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
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#256
May 28 · 44 min
“Briefcase Immigration Enforcement” and Policies That Encourage Self-Deportation
The latest episode of the Center for Immigration Studies podcast examines how the federal government can reduce illegal immigration through administrative, financial, and workplace enforcement measures designed to encourage self-deportation rather...
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#255
May 21 · 51 min
Birthright Citizenship Analysis Ahead of Supreme Court Decision
As the nation awaits a potentially landmark Supreme Court decision on birthright citizenship, the latest episode of Parsing Immigration Policy features renowned legal scholar Richard Epstein for an in-depth discussion of the constitutional,...
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#254
May 14 · 43 min
Work Permits and Executive Authority in the Immigration System
A new episode of the Center for Immigration Studies’ podcast, Parsing Immigration Policy, examines the issuing of employment authorization documents (EADs), the use of executive discretion in granting work permits, and a proposed regulation affecting...
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#253
May 7 · 40 min
Travel Restrictions Under the Trump Administration
The Center for Immigration Studies has released a new episode of its weekly podcast analyzing the Trump administration’s use of travel restrictions and visa limitations affecting dozens of countries. In the episode, Jessica Vaughan, CIS’s Director of...
#252
April 30 · 34 min
Immigration Newsmaker Podcast: A Conversation with Andrew Veprek
At a recent https://cis.org/Immigration-Newsmaker/Immigration-Newsmaker-Video-Conversation-Andrew-Veprek hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies, Andrew Veprek, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration...
#251
April 23 · 32 min
Panel: Can Democracies Deport Millions?
Today's Parsing Immigration Policy episode is a rebroadcast of an International Network for Immigration Research (INIR) panel that asked a difficult question: Can democracies actually deport large numbers of people, and what happens if they try? ...

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