Ideaspace: U.S. Immigration Policy

Stasis on immigration policy at the federal level has spurred a rash of increasingly bold immigration legislation at the state and local level. To understand this surge, we spoke to experts about the historical precedent and legal challenges ahead: ideaspace.com/strategic-inqu…

Examining the role the State Department played in the failure of the 117th Congress to advance the Temporary Family Visitation Act (TFVA), a bill that would create a new nonimmigrant visa for foreign nationals who wish to visit family members in the U.S.: ideaspace.com/congressional-…

In the Aug/Sept edition of Immigration News by the Numbers, we explore three ways of looking at the Biden administration's expansion of TPS to cover 472,000 new Venezuelan nationals living in the U.S.: ideaspace.com/immigration-ne…

In the June/July edition of Immigration News by the Numbers, we focus on the new legal challenge to the Biden admin’s asylum restrictions; a Supreme Court decision on prosecutorial discretion; and rhetoric around the 2024 presidential race. ideaspace.com/immigration-ne…

"If things keep going the way they are, all we’ll have is corn, soybeans, and solar panels." Jim Bittner, owner of Bittner-Singer Orchards in Appleton, NY, on the challenges of running a farm that depends on the H-2A visa program for foreign labor: ideaspace.com/interviews/a-f…

The May installment of Immigration News by the Numbers focuses on the expiration of Title 42; two different visions of immigration reform emerging from the House GOP; and new refugee resettlement and nonimmigrant visa data. ideaspace.com/immigration-ne…

Why did the Affordable and Secure Food Act fail in the Senate after it passed in the House (as the Farm Workforce Modernization Act) with overwhelming bipartisan support? ideaspace.com/congressional-…

In the April edition of Immigration News by the Numbers, Ideaspace focuses on tension within the GOP as lawmakers attempt to unite over strict new bills; also, three executive actions on family parole, regional processing centers, and DACA: ideaspace.com/immigration-ne…

Our most recent article takes a close look at the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to address the root causes of migration from Central America, analyzing what has been promised, what has been delivered, and whether the strategy is effective: ideaspace.com/strategic-inqu…

Comprehensive immigration reform has stalled in the 118th Congress— but the deadlock may present an opportunity for Congress to focus on narrower pieces of legislation that aim to reform the immigration system piecemeal. Read Ideaspace's op-ed: ideaspace.com/op-eds-and-opp…

Read about the prospects for immigration reform in the new Congress in this article from @ideaspace_org, including insight from PAAIA’s Morad Ghorban! ideaspace.com/congressional-…

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act could reduce inflation, provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented agricultural workers, and revitalize rural America: latimes.com/opinion/story/…

"When a #DocumentedDreamer turns 21, it’s like stepping foot here for the first time ever." A new bill would establish a pathway to permanent residency for more than 200K people who immigrated to the U.S. legally as children but aged out of legal status: ideaspace.com/congressional-…

Ideaspace has a really well-written and compelling article on E-Verify and why it is so problematic. Still lots of mistakes and it's not achieving its mission of ending illegal immigration. Better to focus on creating a guest worker program. bit.ly/3hh6sE5

"E-Verify, E-Verify — that’s what it always came back to." When Congress came close to passing comprehensive immigration reform in 2007, E-Verify was a sticking point. Many Republicans, as well as some moderate Dems, have embraced it. But does it work? ideaspace.com/strategic-inqu…

For October's installment of Immigration News by the Numbers, we covered the Biden admin's expulsion of Venezuelans under Title 42, the city of El Paso's busing program, and DACA's uncertain future after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals's ruling. Read at ideaspace.com/immigration-ne…

Ideaspace founder Rick Taft and @paaia board chair Forough Hosseini on how the Temporary Family Visitation Act could serve as a model for a new Republican approach to immigration: thehill.com/opinion/immigr…

The U.S. healthcare system is projected to have a shortage of 124,000 doctors by 2034. Bolstering the Conrad 30 Waiver– a program that attracts foreign doctors to medically underserved areas– is one potential solution: ideaspace.com/congressional-…

Underfunded and out-of-date, the U.S. asylum system "does not respond to the modern world," argues @ReichlinMelnick. Watch our full Capitol Hill briefing with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick here: ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-b…

Some stats in the news last month: - TX Gov. Greg Abbott has bused over 11K immigrants interstate since April - The Biden admin fell 84% short of its refugee admissions goal in FY 22 - More than 800 people died crossing the U.S.-Mex border in FY 22 ideaspace.com/immigration-ne…