By Jeremy Beck
Bigger isn’t always better, not even in the great state of Texas, where a plurality of voters want to slow the pace of population growth and development to enjoy a better quality of life. Texas has been hit hard by the ongoing surge in illegal immigration. A strong majority of Texans – 57 percent – … Continued
By Andrew Good
Governor Polis Puts YIMBY-shaded Lipstick on Mass Immigration Pig As has become increasingly noticeable, politicians who support ending local control of zoning restrictions also tend to support mass immigration through unspecified or insincere limits. So those who go to bat for landlords, developers, and real estate speculators also tend to aggressively push demands for importing … Continued
By Andrew Good
Have you ever noticed that politicians who support ending local control of zoning restrictions (“YIMBYs”) also tend to support mass immigration through unspecified or insincere limits? So those who go to bat for landlords, developers, and real estate speculators instead of prioritizing neighborhoods and county planners also don’t say ‘no’ to business lobbyist demands for … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Illegal immigration numbers remain too high to accommodate or to claim we have anything close to a credible system. The entire system is in overshoot with real solutions still waiting for a hearing. Urge Congress To Act Mark Krikorian reports from the border: I saw an Angolan family who’d crossed in daylight waiting under a … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The 130,000 encounters at the border in February were 20,000 fewer than last February, but more than any other February dating back to Fiscal Year 2002. The real-world numbers are much worse, according to former immigration judge Andrew R. Arthur, but they “don’t show up in CBP’s apprehension stats because in lieu of entering illegally, … Continued
By Andrew Good
The growing case that immigration-fueled housing prices are driving inflation. As former Clinton staffer and writer William A. Galston wrote for the liberal Brookings Institute website last month, inflation is “President Biden’s biggest political problem.” Around that same time, I saw an interesting Tweet from Roosevelt Institute scholar Mike Konczal breaking down different aspects of … Continued
By Chris Pierce
This story was originally posted in the March 19th Newsletter. Total encounters of illegal aliens at the Southwest border remained steady at 154,998 in February, marking the 24th consecutive month that encounters exceeded 150,000. Of the nearly 155,000 encounters, Border Patrol agents made 128,877 apprehensions of illegal border crossers. The rest (26,211) were illegal aliens … Continued
Another Department of Homeland Security (DHS) catch and release policy bites the dust. Florida Judge T. Kent Wetherell II reviewed the DHS “Parole + Alternatives to Detention (ATD)” policy in a fiery opinion that must be read to be believed. This policy allowed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to release aliens without a Notice to … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
“The average American loses 408 days of their life commuting,” according to a new report, “and in many areas, the toll is even higher.” Under recent immigration levels, the U.S. has been adding 2-3 million people per year. Commutes aren’t getting any easier, making immigration policy a basic quality-of-life issue. Contact Congress How many days … Continued
