Reports
Immigration and Social Security Numbers: A Primer
By George Fishman, November 19, 2025
Excerpt: There are several steps the Trump administration can take on its own to ensure that SSNs contribute fully to ensuring the integrity of our immigration system.
Working-Age, but Not Working, 1960 to 2025
By Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler, November 17, 2025
Excerpt: The share of U.S.-born men not in the labor force — neither working nor looking for work — has roughly returned to pre-pandemic levels, but the current rate remains near a record high relative to prior economic expansions.
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Parsing Immigration Policy Podcast
‘Industrialized’ Fraud in the H-1B Visa Program
Host: Jessica M. Vaughan
Guest: Mahvash Siddiqui, U.S. Foreign Service Officer
Episode 231
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Commentary
Published in National Review:
Can the Dems Outflank Trump on Immigration?
By Mark Krikorian, November 18, 2025
Excerpt: To avoid being outflanked on this issue, the administration is going to have to step up its game. Abolishing the H-1B program altogether would be the ideal solution, but Congress isn’t going to do that, and the president’s tech supporters wouldn’t be pleased. But there’s much that can be done short of abolition . . .
Published in the Washington Examiner:
How Immigration Distorts the Redistricting Process
By Jason Richwine, November 19, 2025
Excerpt: What is sometimes forgotten in the restricting debate is the role that immigration plays in distorting representation, effectively worsening the effects of gerrymandering. Mass immigration distorts both apportionment, which is the distribution of House seats among states, and redistricting, which is the drawing of legislative boundaries within states.
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Featured Posts
Foreign-Born Population Continues to Decline
By Steven A. Camarota
Excerpt: The September CPS data show an additional 101,000 falloff in the 16 and older foreign-born population since July. This follows a 1.9 million decline from January to July.
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Alien on Mexican Side of Border Is ‘Arriving in the United States’
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The Supreme Court this week granted DOJ’s petition for a writ of certiorari in Noem v. Al Otro Lado. At issue is whether a migrant CBP stops on the Mexican side of the Southwest border is “arriving in the United States” such that the alien must be allowed in to seek asylum. This is more than a simply statutory interpretation issue, as the answer will likely govern DHS’s ability to use force to keep aliens out of the United States.
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The Pope, the Bishops, and Immigration Enforcement
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The ecclesiastical hierarchy of the U.S. Roman Catholic Church — both the pope and American bishops — have entered the debate over immigration enforcement in the United States under the Trump II administration.
ICE Launches 287(g) Initiative to Find Missing Migrant Kids
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: You’d expect the government to keep children safe, but under the last administration, tens of thousands of migrant kids went missing. ICE and its state and local partners are now trying to find them and save those being exploited.
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