I Used to Support Open Borders. Then I Looked at the Data.

Hey there friends! Below are some resources I referenced in preparation for this week’s video commentary. Enjoy!

• How U.S. immigration laws and rules have changed through history - Pew Research Center

• Chart: How immigration levels in the U.S. have changed since 1900 - Axios

• Updated Estimates of Net International Migration - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

• What the Kennedy’s Immigration Story Tells Us About America - TIME Magazine

• Three Decades of Failed Reform: Immigration Politics and the Collapse of Worksite Enforcement - Center for Immigration Studies

• Welfare Use by Immigrants and the U.S.-Born - Center for Immigration Studies

• Immigrant and Native Consumption of Means-Tested Welfare and Entitlement Benefits in 2022 - Cato Institute

• Immigrant and Native Consumption of Means-Tested Welfare and Entitlement Benefits in 2020 - Cato Institute

• Assimilation and Language - Pew Research Center

• Immigrants Have More Faith in American Institutions Than the Native-Born - American Immigration Council

• When Political Affiliations Can Legally Disqualify You From U.S. Citizenship - Justia

• Ten Things to Know About the New U.S. Rule on Communist Party Membership and Affiliation - WR Immigration

• Voting patterns in the 2024 election - Pew Research Center

• The Debate Over Non-Citizen Voting: A Primer - Center for Immigration Studies

• DHS Reports Record Number of Overstays in 2022 - Center for Immigration Studies

• Entry/Exit Overstay Report - Department of Homeland Security

• ‘Recalcitrant’ and ‘Uncooperative’: Why Some Countries Refuse to Accept Return of Their Deportees - Migration Policy Institute

• Immigrants challenge government effort to deport them to third-party countries - SCOTUSblog

• Affirmative Asylum Backlog Exceeds One Million for the First Time - Center for Immigration Studies

• USCIS Faces Challenges Meeting Statutory Timelines and Reducing Its Backlog of Affirmative Asylum Claims - Department of Homeland Security