Hello, I Love You, Won’t You Tell Me Your Name: Inside the Green Card Marriage Phenomenon
By David Seminara

Each year, tens of thousands of United States citizens and Legal Permanent Residents, at both home and abroad, meet and marry foreign nationals. Spouses of American citizens have priority over most other immigration categories, making marriage the quickest way to receive a Green Card. Read More...


Taking Back the Streets: ICE and Local Law Enforcement Target Immigrant Gangs
By Jessica Vaughan and Jon Feere

A new Backgrounder finds that immigration law enforcement has been highly effective in fighting gang activity around the country. Local law enforcement agencies that shun involvement with immigration law enforcement are missing an opportunity to protect their communities. Read More...

“Surge Two”: Northward Flood of Mexicans Likely to Increase after U.S. Election
By George W. Grayson

The growing weakness of the Mexican state -- marked by increased drug violence and loss of confidence in national institutions -- suggests that the next U.S. president and Congress will face increased immigration pressure on America’s southern border. Read More...

Homeward Bound: Recent Immigration
Enforcement and the Decline in the Illegal Alien Population
By Steven A. Camarota and Karen Jensenius

A new analysis of monthly Census Bureau data shows a significant decline in the number of less-educated Hispanic immigrants. Read More...

The New Case Against Immigration,
Both Legal and Illegal
By Mark Krikorian
Sentinel (part of the Penguin Group), 2008

As Mark Krikorian argues in this provocative book, what's different today is not the immigrants, but us. Today's immigrants are very similar to those of a century ago, but they are coming to a very different America -- one where changes in the economy, society, and government create fundamentally different incentives for newcomers. Read More...