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Panelists talked about their perspectives on the November 2016 elections, and what they could mean for the future of immigration policy. They spoke at the Migration Policy Institute’s ann…

Immigration policy experts talked about the Obama administration’s immigration and border enforcement record, focusing on the potential for congressional action on immigration reform. All pa…

Economists, authors, and immigration advocates talked about the economic effects of naturalization. Topics included the difficulties of the naturalization process and why millions of eligibl…

Panelists talked about the bipartisan effort to pass immigration legislation, focusing on the Senate’s “gang-of-eight” bill. They spoke about several challenges facing the legislation in Con…

Witnesses testified at the second in a series of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on immigration reform. Topics included visa waiver programs, family reunification, and immigration policy…

State attorneys general and former U.S. immigration officials participated in a discussion on state immigration laws. This program was part of the eighth annual Immigration Law and Policy Co…

Officials and representatives of advocacy groups spoke about Arizona’s immigration law, potential challenges to the law, and enforcement measures contemplated by state officials. They also a…

Tamar Jacoby spoke about the Obama administration and immigration reform. She advocated a “legalization only” approach to reform. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communicatio…

Governor Janet Napolitano talked about the problems of undocumented immigration and the importance of Congress enacting meaningful reform. Immigration legislation is being debated in the Sen…

Panelists spoke on the topic “What Makes an American? Historical Perspectives on Immigration.” They addressed issues such as repeating patterns of immigration to the U.S., perceptions of im…

Mark Krikorian and Tamar Jacoby debated the question “Resolved: President Bush has, as the White House puts it, found a 'rational middle ground between a program of mass deportation and a pr…

The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research held a forum on the conservative case for immigration reform. Among the issues addressed were public attitudes toward immigration policy, enforcin…

Participants talked about border security and U.S. immigration policy. Among the topics they addressed were border patrol issues, issuing guest visas and identification cards to workers, and…

Panelists talked about Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means to Be American, published by Basic Books. The book, edited by Ms. Jacoby, is a collection of twenty-t…

Tamar Jacoby, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, talked about what may lie ahead in the 109th Congress in regard to immigration. She summarized the pros and cons of immigration, sayin…