On Oct. 18, border czar Tom Homan told Fox News that worksite enforcement “needs to happen” and that a plan to restart it has cleared ICE’s investigations division. He summed it up this way: “If you can’t get a job, you’re not going to come.” The plan now sits on the Homeland Security secretary’s desk, … Continued

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On Oct. 22, the Associated Press reported on a Migration Policy Institute estimate of deportations under the second Trump administration. “The numbers fall short of previous highs in the early 2000s.” The comparison ran everywhere the story did. The administration’s 660,000 deportations in fiscal 2026 sat “well below the 1.86 million deportations recorded in 2000.” … Continued

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A migrant caravan hundreds strong is heading toward the U.S. border. Its members hope to enter the United States and find work—either illegally or by applying for asylum and obtaining work permits, as many migrants did during the 2021–2025 border surge. Want to know which Members of Congress are serious about discouraging future caravans?

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On Oct. 7, The Washington Post reported from the Rio Grande Valley on the impact immigration enforcement is having on the construction industry. “A sharp uptick in arrests by federal agents has taken undocumented immigrants out of local labor forces that depend on them, from construction sites in new subdivisions – building permits are down … Continued

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Congress has just 24 legislative days left to leave America with a better immigration policy. Politico published a list of lawmakers’ “must-do” legislation this week and immigration wasn’t on it. The counter on our homepage has been ticking down the days, hours, and seconds since this Congress started in January of last year. Most of … Continued

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2026 Roy Beck’s expanded history traces two centuries of immigration surges, employer bias, and the depression of Black wealth, and the four decades when tight labor markets built a middle-class nation ARLINGTON, Va. — Supporters of high levels of immigration increasingly claim the moral high ground in the immigration debate. … Continued

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America's rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers face growing demands as the population increases. With immigration accounting for much of recent U.S. population growth, federal immigration policy has important consequences for water supplies, drought resilience, and the ability of communities to absorb unexpected disruptions.

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The Pueblo sewage spill contaminated Colorado's Arkansas River with millions of gallons of untreated wastewater, highlighting the vulnerability of already-stressed water resources. As immigration-driven population growth increases demands on limited water supplies and wastewater infrastructure, communities face growing environmental risks and less capacity to absorb unexpected disruptions.

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For the first time in history, a sitting Vice President has acknowledged what millions of Americans have come to know: the H-1B visa program displaces Americans and exploits guest workers.  That happened this week when J.D. Vance led a press conference to announce that several companies, including Microsoft and Adobe, were suspended from PERM, the … Continued

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