It is famously difficult to amend the United States Constitution, requiring two-thirds of both houses of Congress to agree, or three-fourths of the states, through their legislatures or constitutional conventions. (See U.S. Constitution, Article V) If the process sounds unwieldy and complex, it is, and...
We often call our readers' attention to scholarly studies that document the many economic benefits of immigration - the creative energy and brainpower of foreign-born workers who help America to maintain its competitive edge in a knowledge-based economy. Beyond the hard economic numbers, though, immigration...
The day after the Senate folded its tent for the August recess, President Obama signed into law a new measure designed to mend fences - literally and politically - in the states along the border of the American southwest. The new law can be seen...
After Senator John McCain (R-AZ) quit the field, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) became the leading GOP voice to demand comprehensive immigration reform. That all came to an end last spring, when Senator Graham withdrew from long-running bipartisan negotiations with Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New...
In July, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a fascinating statistical portrait of immigrants in the U.S. labor market, entitled The Role of Immigrants In the U.S. Labor Market: An Update (See the report, PDF 676KB.) These latest CBO findings are sure to influence the...
This is by far not the first time you will have heard this, and it certainly won't be the last: the overheated rhetoric of the anti-immigrant movement has more to do with fear, fantasy, and unbridled anger than with demonstrable facts. No surprise there. A...
Several weeks ago, Senator Charles Grassley, and seven other GOP senators wrote to President Obama asking him whether his administration had plans "to unilaterally extend either deferred action or parole to millions of illegal aliens in the United States," in the absence of comprehensive immigration...
In April, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched what it describes as a "top-to-bottom examination of the agency's adjudication and customer-service policies," by issuing a survey to USCIS employees as well as public stakeholders, asking them to identify the first ten areas of...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that election-year politics add more heat than light to the issues of the day, and in that respect, this election year is little different from others - especially where immigration is concerned. Although there are many legitimate concerns about...
Canada appears to have weathered the worldwide economic storm better than most, including the United States, according to a recent article in the Portland Press Herald, of Maine. (See U.S. Might Learn from Canada's Rebound, by Don Lee, Portland Press Herald, 18.Jul.2010.) Along with careful...
