Immigration

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution provides that “representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed.” This text is unambiguous. With a narrow exception for some Native Americans, all persons within the United States must be counted…

A federal judge on Friday ordered the government to revive the DACA program as it existed before President Trump tried to phase it out in 2017, which means opening it up to brand new applications. That’s a key issue that had remained in limbo after last month’s Supreme Court ruling, which found the Trump phaseout…

The number of illegal immigrants nabbed traversing the southern border surged 40% in June, rebounding from a coronavirus lull that had pushed traffic to its lowest level in years. The resurgence was chiefly powered by adult illegal immigrants from Mexico, who made up nearly 80% of the flow. The number of children and parents —…

Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday formally embraced citizenship rights for 11 million illegal immigrants and a full erasure of all of President Trump’s get-tough border policies, as part of the party’s new unity platform. He would expand sanctuary locations, limit ICE’s ability to deport criminals in local jails, and reverse deportations for…

As the coronavirus-stricken economy picks up, native-born workers are outstripping immigrants in returning to the workplace, according to a new study being released Wednesday that suggests the country’s appetite for foreign labor is low. The Center for Immigration Studies crunched Labor Department data and found that native-born Americans across the education spectrum made gains, with…