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Adios, California A fifth-generation Californian laments his state’s ongoing economic collapse. By Steve Baldwin American Spectator, October 19, 2017 What’s clear is that the producers are leaving the state and the takers are coming in. Many of the takers are illegal aliens, now estimated to number over 2.6 million. The Federation for American Immigration Reform estimates that California spends $22 billion on government services for illegal aliens, including welfare, education, Medicaid, and criminal justice system costs. Liberals claim they more than make that up with taxes paid, but that’s simply not true. It’s not even close. FAIR estimates illegal aliens in California contribute only $1.21 billion in tax revenue, which means they cost California $20.6 billion, or at least $1,800 per household. Nonetheless, open border advocates, such as Facebook Chairman Mark Zuckerberg, claim illegal aliens are a net benefit to California with little evidence to support such an assertion. As the Center for Immigration Studies has documented, the vast majority of illegals are poor, uneducated, and with few skills. How does accepting millions of illegal aliens and then granting them access to dozens of welfare programs benefit California’s economy? If illegal aliens were contributing to the economy in any meaningful way, California, with its 2.6 million illegal aliens, would be booming. Furthermore, the complexion of illegal aliens has changed with far more on welfare and committing crimes than those who entered the country in the 1980s. Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute has testified before a Congressional committee that in 2004, 95% of all outstanding warrants for murder in Los Angeles were for illegal aliens; in 2000, 23% of all Los Angeles County jail inmates were illegal aliens and that in 1995, 60% of Los Angeles’s largest street gang, the 18th Street gang, were illegal aliens. Granted, those statistics are old, but if you talk to any California law enforcement officer, they will tell you it’s much worse today. The problem is that the Brown administration will not release any statewide data on illegal alien crimes. That would be insensitive. And now that California has declared itself a “sanctuary state,” there is little doubt this sends a message south of the border that will further escalate illegal immigration into the state. Indeed, California goes out of its way to attract illegal aliens. The state has even created government programs that cater exclusively to illegal aliens. For example, the State Department of Motor Vehicles has offices that only process driver licenses for illegal aliens. With over a million illegal aliens now driving in California, the state felt compelled to help them avoid the long lines the rest of us must endure at the DMV. And just recently, the state-funded University of California system announced it will spend $27 million on financial aid for illegal aliens. They’ve even taken out radio spots on stations all along the border, just to make sure other potential illegal border crossers hear about this program. I can’t afford college education for all my four sons, but my taxes will pay for illegals to get a college education. . . . https://spectator.org/adios-california/?utm_source=American+Spectator+Emails&utm_campaign=6e1b467cf4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_797a38d487-6e1b467cf4-104520165 Illegal Immigration Costs U.S. Taxpayers a Stunning $134.9 Billion a Year http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2017/09/illegal-immigration-costs-u-s-taxpayers-stunning-134-9-billion-year/ New from the Center for Immigration Studies, 10/23/17

What's Happening at the Center In his latest analysis of Census Bureau data, Director of Research Steven Camarota finds that the immigration population hit a record of 43.7 million in 2016, an increase of half a million since 2015, 3.8 million since 2010, and 12.6 million since 2000. As a share of the U.S. population, immigrants, both legal and illegal, comprised 13.5 percent, or one out of every eight residents. In addition, there were slightly more than 16.6 million U.S.-born minor children with an immigrant parent in 2016, for a total of 60.4 million immigrants and their children in the country, or one in every five residents. The number of immigrants from the Middle East, Latin American countries other than Mexico, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa grew significantly. Dr. Camarota made appearances on Fox News to discuss the record numbers. Publication 1. U.S. Immigrant Population Hit Record 43.7 Million in 2016 Blogs 2. Trump Travel Proclamation Enjoined 3. Should DACA Recipients Become 'Cultural Ambassadors' to Their Home Countries? 4. Let's Use Aliens' Future Income Tax Refunds Instead of Waiving DHS Fees 5. Takeaways from 2017 H-2B Data 6. AG Sessions Takes on the 'Credible Fear Loophole' 7. A Sad Note About the EB-5 Program 8. DACA and REAL ID, a Contradiction in Terms? 9. The End of the Beginning of Trump Travel Order Litigation? 10. Government Data Shows Enormous Pool of Potential Workers in Texas and Florida for Rebuilding 11. One For-Profit ESL School Sues Another over Recruiting Issues 12. Zadvydas Claims More Victims 13. 287(g) and Gangs: A Tale of Two Counties 14. EB-5 Statistics and the Fee-dom of Information Act 15. An Idea for Modifying the Visa Lottery: 50,000 Offers, Not 50,000 Visas Guaranteed 16. Somali Charged in Canada Attack Likely Claimed 'Credible Fear' in the U.S. 17. Chuck and Nancy Won't Be Pleased Video 18. Steven Camarota Discusses Immigrant Population Record 19. Jessica Vaughan Reacts to Admin Immigration Plan 1. U.S. Immigrant Population Hit Record 43.7 Million in 2016 Overall growth slowed, but Middle Eastern, non-Mexico Latin American, Asian, and sub-Saharan African populations grew substantially By Steven Camarota and Karen Zeigler CIS Backgrounder, October 16, 2017 https://cis.org/Report/US-Immigrant-Population-Hit-Record-437-Million-2016 Excerpt: On September 14, 2017, the Census Bureau released some data from the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) that shows uneven growth in the immigrant population in the last year. The number of immigrants (legal and illegal) from the Middle East, Latin American countries other than Mexico, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa grew significantly, while the number from some places, such as Mexico, Europe, and Canada, grew not at all or even declined. The Census Bureau refers to immigrants as the foreign-born, which includes all those who were not U.S. citizens at birth. The Department of Homeland Security has previously estimated that 1.9 million immigrants are missed by the ACS, so the total immigrant population in 2016 was likely 45.6 million.1 Return to Top ******** ******** 2. Trump Travel Proclamation Enjoined: Judge Watson strikes again By Andrew Arthur CIS Blog, OCtober 19, 2017 https://cis.org/Arthur/Trump-Travel-Proclamation-Enjoined Excerpt: In essence, the information required under that baseline relates to both the front and back ends of the immigration process: that is whether the United States could rely on documents and information provided by an alien's home country in identifying aliens seeking entry into the United States and in determining whether those aliens posed a danger to this country; whether those countries are safe havens for terrorists; and whether the United States could remove those aliens back home if they were ordered removed. Judge Watson concluded that the president lacks the authority to perform these essential tasks in the manner set forth in EO-3, finding instead that "the categorical restrictions on entire populations of men, women, and children, based upon nationality, are a poor fit for the issues regarding the sharing of 'public-safety and terrorism-related information' that the president identifies." Such public safety issues are exactly the sort of national security concerns to which the judicial branch usually defers to the executive. But not Judge Watson. Return to Top ******** ******** 3. Should DACA Recipients Become 'Cultural Ambassadors' to Their Home Countries? By Andrew Arthur CIS Blog, October 17, 2017 https://cis.org/Arthur/Should-DACA-Recipients-Become-Cultural-Ambassadors-Their-Home-Countries Excerpt:Supporters of the J-1 SWT program make a strong, but somewhat unquantifiable, point when it comes to the diplomatic benefits of that program. Applying the same standard to recipients of DACA, the diplomatic benefits that would accrue to the United States and the home countries of those aliens would be even more impressive than they are for the home countries of the Poles and Romanians who are able to participate in the American culture and economy for a much briefer period of time under the SWT. Return to Top ******** ******** 4. Let's Use Aliens' Future Income Tax Refunds Instead of Waiving DHS Fees By David North CIS Blog, October 18, 2017 https://cis.org/North/Lets-Use-Aliens-Future-Income-Tax-Refunds-Instead-Waiving-DHS-Fees Excerpt: Here is a proposal to close the $131 million gap and more, without imposing a needless burden on genuinely poor people seeking USCIS benefits. My notion is based on the premise that the financial strength of the alien seeking the benefit — usually a change of status of some kind, or an effort to bring more migrants to this country as relatives — should not be solely judged on his or her finances at the moment, as it is now, but also on the level of his or her prosperity in the near future. The fee waiver program currently is based on present facts only; a waiver can be obtained if the alien is in a means-tested benefits program (such as food stamps), has an income of less than 150 percent of the poverty level, or has some other kind of financial problem. If the alien can document his or her claim to one of these three situations, the fee is waived and the matter is closed. Return to Top ******** ******** 5. Takeaways from 2017 H-2B Data By Preston Huennekens CIS Blog, October 18, 2017 https://cis.org/Huennekens/Takeaways-2017-H2B-Data Excerpt: Despite a small drop in overall certifications, the H-2B guestworker program is as popular as it has ever been. In 2016, companies across the country requested a total of 121,192 workers, up from the 2016 number of 145,302 — an increase of 17 percent. This may indicate that USCIS was more selective in approving petitions than in the past. While it is encouraging to see more stringent acceptance rates for initial requests, it is clear from the rising application rates that the program remains very popular with employers. This means that there will continue to be considerable pressure on lawmakers to raise the cap on the program to accommodate more and more H-2B workers. Return to Top ******** ******** 6. AG Sessions Takes on the 'Credible Fear Loophole':Vindication from the top By Andrew Arthur CIS Blog, October 16, 2017 https://cis.org/Arthur/AG-Sessions-Takes-Credible-Fear-Loophole Excerpt: Because the weaknesses in the system are under-reported, they are largely ignored, even within the immigration community. Most of the attention has been directed toward the legal immigration system, and the potential that terrorists and criminals can exploit that system, as we have seen happen in Europe and elsewhere. At least aliens who enter under the legal immigration system are subject to vetting, of one sort or another, and however cursory. Border Patrol agents and asylum officers on our Southwest border who must deal with aliens who arrive illegally and claim credible fear often have little to rely on besides whenever documents those aliens possess and their self-serving assertions. Return to Top ******** ******** 7. A Sad Note About the EB-5 Program By David North CIS Blog, October 16, 2017 https://cis.org/North/Sad-Note-About-EB5-Program Excerpt: The Australian program for immigrants as business investors seeks moneyed people who will start their own companies in that country — a plausible reason, the Aussies feel, to issue a visa. A sad note on the Immigration Daily website reflects how far our passive immigrant investor program differs from Australia's vibrant one. In the United States, an EB-5 investor is routinely not expected to contribute to the management of the project; he or she is, however, assumed to be capable of making the decision to invest or not. I don't think we should give visas to passive investors, but we have been doing it for more than a quarter of a century. Return to Top ******** ******** 8. DACA and REAL ID, a Contradiction in Terms? By Andrew Arthur CIS Blog, October 16, 2017 https://cis.org/Arthur/DACA-and-REAL-ID-Contradiction-Terms Excerpt: Why the confusion? The simplest explanation is the fact that, in 2005 when the REAL ID Act was passed, Congress did not envision that any future administration would use the "deferred action" authority to legalize hundreds of thousands of aliens who are unlawfully present and who do not have any expectation of receiving "lawful status." "Lawful status" was, therefore, just harmless shorthand for the status of anyone "lawfully present in the United States" under the immigration laws; it did not, in any way, affect those aliens' status. If that act were to be drafted today, Congress would plainly not use the same language. This may, however, be a point for the legislature to clean up in any future immigration legislation. Return to Top ******** ******** 9. The End of the Beginning of Trump Travel Order Litigation?: SCOTUS gets it right, Judge Watson gets it wrong By Art Arthur CIS Blog, October 13, 2017 https://cis.org/Arthur/End-Beginning-Trump-Travel-Order-Litigation Excerpt: On a summary disposition issued by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the Court vacated the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Trump vs. International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), and remanded the case to the Four Circuit "with instructions to dismiss as moot the challenge to Executive Order 13,780 [EO-2]." Although the Court stated, "We express no view on the merits," it spoke volumes on the Fourth Circuit's decision, as explained below. That same day, however, U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson demanded a classified report from the acting Homeland Security secretary to the president "detailing country-by-country efforts to step up the vetting of foreigners who apply for visas" in a case involving the latest iteration of the travel order. On the same day the Supreme Court got it right, Judge Watson got it wrong. Return to Top ******** ******** 10. Government Data Shows Enormous Pool of Potential Workers in Texas and Florida for Rebuilding By Steven Camarota CIS Blog, October 12, 2017 https://cis.org/Camarota/Government-Data-Shows-Enormous-Pool-Potential-Workers-Texas-and-Florida-Rebuilding Excerpt: Open borders advocacy groups like the American Immigration Council (funded by the American Immigration Lawyers Association) have used the tragedy of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma to argue for more immigration on the grounds that there are not enough workers in Texas and Florida to rebuild businesses and homes damaged by the storms. Bringing in foreign workers is one of the main ways immigration lawyers make their money, of course, so it is not surprising that they would disregard the enormous number of Americans who could be put to work in these states doing hurricane cleanup and rebuilding. In fact, government data from this year show an enormous number of potential workers available in both states and in the nation as a whole. Construction work is typically done by less-educated young men and the labor force participation rate of such workers shows a long-term decline, even before the Great Recession. The large amount of federal funding that is likely to flow to these states for rebuilding efforts offers a real opportunity to retrain and draw some of these young men (and women) into the labor force. Return to Top ******** ******** 11. One For-Profit ESL School Sues Another over Recruiting Issues By David North CIS Blog, October 12, 2017 https://cis.org/North/One-ForProfit-ESL-School-Sues-Another-over-Recruiting-Issues Excerpt: Given the importance of recruiting, and hence recruiters, it was inevitable that a set of Recruiters paid to bring students to School A would decide to get paid again by switching them to School B. The switch of some students from one ESL school to another, both in downtown Manhattan, led OPMI Business School to sue another, similar institution, AMLOTUS, LLC, in the state courts earlier this year. Both institutions have ESL accreditation, and both are licensed by the Department of Homeland Security to accept foreign students. Return to Top ******** ******** 12. Zadvydas Claims More Victims:Edmonton attacker released under 2001 SCOTUS ruling By Art Arthur CIS Blog, October 12, 2017 https://cis.org/Arthur/Zadvydas-Claims-More-Victims Excerpt: Earlier this week I detailed the likely effect of the Obama administration's lax "credible fear" policies on the release of Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, a Somali national who's been charged in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in connection with an attack on a police officer and four others on Saturday, September 30, 2017. It has subsequently come to light that credible fear was not the only immigration policy that failed in that case. The Daily Caller reported on October 10, 2017, that Sharif was at large in the United States, and therefore was able to enter and claim refugee status in Canada, because he was released under the Supreme Court's decision in Zadvydas v. Davis. The five Edmonton victims were not the first to be affected by that decision, and they likely won't be the last. Return to Top ******** ******** 13. 287(g) and Gangs: A Tale of Two Counties By Andrew Arthur CIS Blog, October 11, 2017 https://cis.org/Report/287g-and-Gangs-Tale-Two-Counties Excerpt: Maryland largely consists of two large cities (Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the latter geographically attached, but politically separate), surrounded by a series of bedroom communities, suburbs, and exurbs. Two of Baltimore's suburban counties, Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County, each faced a decision on section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which facilitates cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. Each took a different path, and that will likely make a big difference as each faces, or is soon to face, the prospect of alien gang incursion. The two counties have many similarities. Baltimore County has a larger population, 831,000 residents, while Anne Arundel County is slightly smaller, with 564,000 residents, but also richer. The median household income in Anne Arundel County (which is home to the Naval Academy and the City of Annapolis) is $91,230, compared to Baltimore County's median household income of $68,775. Each sits on the Chesapeake Bay, and they share a small border. Baltimore County largely surrounds the city of Baltimore, although Anne Arundel County also borders part of Baltimore City. Return to Top ******** ******** 14. EB-5 Statistics and the Fee-dom of Information Act By David North CIS Blog, October 11, 2017 Excerpt:One can pry information out of the government under FOIA and then re-sell that data to other parties that are not quite as adept at FOIA. Here's an example in the EB-5 immigrant investor program. There is a trade organization called IIUS (for Immigrant Investor United States) that secured some detailed information from the Department of Homeland Security via FOIA on the initial EB-5 applications (Forms I-526) filed from 1991 through 2016, a period of 25 years, including total forms received, approved, and "pending, denied, or withdrawn". All of this by the country of origin of the alien involved, and the year that the forms were filed. Return to Top ******** ******** 15. An Idea for Modifying the Visa Lottery: 50,000 Offers, Not 50,000 Visas Guaranteed By David North CIS Blog, October 10, 2017 https://cis.org/North/Idea-Modifying-Visa-Lottery-50000-Offers-Not-50000-Visas-Guaranteed Excerpt: The fact about the "Diversity Visa Lottery" that dare not speak its name is that about half of the aliens who win the lottery either reject the prospect of actually coming to America, won't pay the $330 fee, or are found to be unqualified (despite the lottery's loose standards). That half of the winners won't or cannot use their apparent good luck is rarely discussed; it might suggest that the pool of potential migrants is not that interested in our country, or entered the lottery despite the fact that they were not eligible. Discussing this would cast aspersions on the potential migrant pool, and that would be politically incorrect. So it is not discussed. (It is also a little obscure.) Every year many millions of aliens apply for the visa lottery, which was established by the Immigration Act of 1990. As result, about 50,000 new visas are given each year to people with no ties to the States, no particular skills, no refugee status, and no moral claim for the visa. (The statute sets the number at 55,000, but that's been reduced to 50,000 for reasons that aren't important here.) Return to Top ******** ******** 16. Somali Charged in Canada Attack Likely Claimed 'Credible Fear' in the U.S. By Andrew Arthur CIS Blog, october 9, 2017 https://cis.org/North/Idea-Modifying-Visa-Lottery-50000-Offers-Not-50000-Visas-Guaranteed Excerpt: The danger that I warned of appears to have cropped up in an unlikely place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. But, the alien charged in a rampage there almost definitely abused the credible fear process in the United States to make his way north. Press reports state that in downtown Edmonton on Saturday, September 30, 2017, Somali national Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, who had been granted refugee status in Canada, "attacked an officer and ran down [four] pedestrians with a truck." It was also reported that Sharif had been "investigated two years earlier for espousing extremist views and was found to have an Islamic State flag in his car." Return to Top ******** ******** 17. Chuck and Nancy Won't Be Pleased By Mark Krikorian CIS Blog, October 9, 2017 https://cis.org/Krikorian/Chuck-and-Nancy-Wont-Be-Pleased Excerpt: The Democrats have, of course, denounced the White House "anti-immigrant wishlist" as dead on arrival. They'd say that even if they were serious about compromise, because that's the way the game is played. But they're not serious. Return to Top ******** ******** 18. Steven Camarota Discusses Immigrant Population Record FOX News, October 17, 2017 Video: https://cis.org/Steven-Camarota-Discusses-Immigrant-Population-Record ******** ******** 19. Jessica Vaughan Reacts to Admin Immigration Plan FOX Business, October 9, 2017 Video: https://cis.org/Jessica-Vaughan-Reacts-Admin-Immigration-Plan