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Third-Country Deportations in Legal Limbo Under Trump

OPINION — “Government has assured emaSwati [the Swazi people] that the arrival [in southern Africa Wednesday in Eswatini, formerly Swaziland] of five [...] More

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The Border Crisis and National Security: What Needs To Be Done?

The Border Crisis and National Security: What Needs To Be Done?

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE BRIEFING — It's difficult to clearly understand the real nature of the national security threat that exists at the U.S. southern [...] More

The Comeback of Hate in Europe

Bottom Line Up FrontGermany is experiencing a renewed wave of virulent anti-Semitism and intimidation and violence directed toward immigrants, [...] More

Correcting the Record: Probing ‘Links’ Between Terrorism & Immigration

Bottom Line Up FrontImmigration remains a major issue for the Trump administration, with stories emerging recently about White House infighting about [...] More

How Immigration Makes the CIA Better at its Job

In recent weeks, debate over much needed immigration reform has reached a partisan crescendo. Elected representatives have argued whether prospective [...] More

Trump's Deport Push Boosts MS-13

President Donald Trump invoked the deadly deeds of the violent street gang MS-13 in his State of the Union address, and again this week when [...] More

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Rosenblum: Report on Immigrant Terrorism Twists Data

Cipher Brief expert and former DHS official Todd Rosenblum says the Trump administration used incomplete and cherry-picked statistics in a new report [...] More

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DHS Social Media Scrutiny of U.S. Immigrants Inspires Confusion, Outrage

U.S. immigration authorities will soon start to catalog social media handles from permanent residents and naturalized citizens.The new information [...] More

New Border Controls Don’t Add Up To “Extreme Vetting”

The State Department circulated a cable last week, outlining new guidelines concerning passport, security measures, and biographical information for [...] More

Traveler Rules Could Trigger Backlash from Friendly Arab States

The U.S. State Department recently released a new set of guidelines for foreign nationals seeking to travel to the U.S., requiring their countries of [...] More

Trump Signs Revised Travel Ban, Excludes Iraq

Trump Signs Revised Travel Ban, Excludes Iraq

President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday, temporarily halting entry into the country for people without valid visas from six [...] More

The End of the American Dream?

I’ve been a Puerto Rican all my life. I’ve also been an American citizen all my life. My ethnicity tended to confuse representatives of foreign [...] More