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- [Who Killed the Farm Workforce Bill? Who Can Resurrect It?](https://ideaspace.com/congressional-notes/who-killed-the-farm-workforce-bill-who-can-resurrect-it/) - Congressional Note No 6: Who Killed the Farm Workforce Bill? Who Can Resurrect It?
- [E-Verify has been the cornerstone of immigration reform negotiations for a quarter-century. But does it work?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/e-verify-has-been-cornerstone-of-immigration-reform-negotiations-does-it-work/) - Strategic Inquiry No. 9: E-Verify has been the cornerstone of immigration reform negotiations for a quarter-century. But does it work?
- [Is Immigration Reform Dead on Arrival in a Divided 118th Congress?](https://ideaspace.com/congressional-notes/118th-congress/) - Congressional Note No. 5: Is Immigration Reform Dead on Arrival in a Divided 118th Congress?
- [A Farmer's Perspective on the Affordable and Secure Food Act](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/a-farmers-perspective-on-the-affordable-and-secure-food-act/) - A Farmer's Perspective on the Affordable and Secure Food Act
- [Can the Biden-Harris "Root Causes Strategy" Convince Would-Be Migrants to Stay in Central America?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/can-the-biden-harris-root-causes-strategy-convince-would-be-migrants-to-stay-in-central-america/) - Strategic Inquiry No. 10: “Can the Biden-Harris ‘Root Causes Strategy’ Convince Would-Be Migrants to Stay in Central America?”
- [Will States and Cities, Backed by a Conservative Court, Succeed in Colonizing the Federal Domain of Immigration Regulation?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/will-states-and-cities-backed-by-a-conservative-court-succeed-in-colonizing-the-federal-domain-of-immigration-regulation/) - Strategic Inquiry No. 11: “Will States and Cities, Backed by a Conservative Court, Succeed in Colonizing the Federal Domain of Immigration Regulation?”
- [Video and Transcript: Rep. Lloyd Smucker with Randel Johnson and Theresa Cardinal Brown Weigh in on Worker Visas](https://ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-briefings/video-and-transcript-rep-lloyd-smucker-with-randel-johnson-and-theresa-cardinal-brown-weigh-in-on-worker-visas/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. The following is a transcript of the video briefing above, lightly edited for clarity and presented here to enable users to search the participants’ comments. DW Gibson:My name is DW Gibson and I’m part of the
- [In order to make it back to the House of Representatives, this immigration bill had to overcome an unlikely obstacle: The State Department](https://ideaspace.com/congressional-notes/tfva-state-department/) - Congressional Note No. 7: In order to make it back to the House of Representatives, this immigration bill had to overcome an unlikely obstacle: The State Department
- [An immigration bill that would bring foreign doctors to medically underserved areas has a strong chance of passage in Congress](https://ideaspace.com/congressional-notes/immigration-bill-that-would-bring-foreign-doctors-to-medically-underserved-areas-has-strong-chance-of-passage-in-congress/) - Congressional Note No. 3: An Immigration Bill That Would Bring Foreign Doctors to Medically Underserved Areas has a Strong Chance of Passage in Congress
- [Video: Rep. John Curtis on the Merits of a State-Based Visa Program with Commentary by Demetrios Papademetriou](https://ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-briefings/video-rep-john-curtis-on-the-merits-of-a-state-based-visa-program/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. The following is a transcript of the video briefing above, lightly edited for clarity and presented here to enable users to search the participants’ comments. DW Gibson: I’m going to spend just two or three minutes
- [An immigration bill that would protect ‘Documented Dreamers’ is quickly moving toward bipartisan consensus in Congress](https://ideaspace.com/congressional-notes/documented-dreamers/) - Congressional Note No. 4: An immigration bill that would protect ‘Documented Dreamers’ is quickly moving toward bipartisan consensus in Congress
- [Can State-Based Visa Programs Give Both Parties a Win on Immigration?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/can-state-based-visa-programs-give-both-parties-a-win-on-immigration/) - In April of 2015, Gary Herbert found himself riding to a downtown Salt Lake City hotel in a limousine with President Barack Obama, who, late in his second term, was fulfilling a pledge to visit all 50 states before leaving office. Herbert, then the governor of Utah, had been waiting a long time for the
- [Can Organized Labor Broker Immigration Reform?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/can-organized-labor-broker-immigration-reform/) - Last year, a group of past, present, and would-be elected officials co-signed a statement in support of stronger American labor unions. “Well-functioning private-sector worker organizations are vital mediating institutions for establishing stronger bonds among workers, facilitating mutual aid, and affording meaningful participation in the public square,” read the statement. “Giving workers a seat at the table
- [Immigration lawyer Geoffrey Heeren on the legal considerations of Governor Ron DeSantis’s move to transport migrants from Texas to Massachusetts](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/immigration-lawyer-geoffrey-heeren-on-legal-considerations-of-governor-ron-desantis-move-to-transport-migrants/) - Interview No. 9: Immigration Lawyer Geoffrey Heeren on the legal considerations of Governor Ron DeSantis's move to transport migrants from Texas to Massachusetts
- [Can processing migrants in Central America be a critical step forward in responding to migratory forces?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/can-processing-migrants-in-central-america-be-a-critical-step-forward-in-responding-to-migratory-forces/) - Strategic Inquiry No. 7: Can Processing Migrants in Central America be a Critical Step Forward in Responding to Migratory Forces?
- [Video and Transcript: Alan Bersin on Migration Management as Border Security](https://ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-briefings/video-and-transcript-alan-bersin-on-migration-management-as-border-security/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. The following is a transcript of the video briefing above, lightly edited for clarity and presented here to enable users to search the participants’ comments. DW Gibson: A Rhodes Scholar and a graduate of Yale Law
- [Can Universal Counsel Supplant Detention as a Way to Assure Asylum Seekers Appear in Court?](https://ideaspace.com/congressional-notes/can-universal-counsel-supplant-detention-as-a-way-to-assure-asylum-seekers-appear-in-court/) - Congressional Note No. 2: Can Universal Counsel Supplant Detention as a Way to Assure Asylum Seekers Appear in Court?
- [An immigration bill that would allow foreign nationals to visit family in the U.S. is showing strong bipartisan support in an otherwise polarized Congress](https://ideaspace.com/congressional-notes/an-immigration-bill-that-would-allow-foreign-nationals-to-visit-family-in-the-u-s-is-showing-strong-bipartisan-support-in-an-otherwise-polarized-congress/) - Congressional Notes No. 1: A bill that would allow foreign nationals to visit family in the U.S. is showing strong bipartisan support
- [VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT: REDUCING THE ASYLUM BACKLOG WITH AARON REICHLIN-MELNICK](https://ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-briefings/video-and-transcript-reducing-the-asylum-backlog-with-aaron-reichlin-melnick/) - Video and Transcript: Reducing the Asylum Backlog with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
- [Interview with Gary Herbert, Former Governor of Utah](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/interview-with-gary-herbert-former-governor-of-utah/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. As a Republican in a deep red state, Gary Herbert caught many in his own party by surprise when he penned a 2019 letter to the Trump administration requesting permission for Utah to receive more
- [Video and Transcript: The Temporary Family Visitation Act — A model for bipartisan reform?](https://ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-briefings/video-and-transcript-the-temporary-family-visitation-act-a-model-for-bipartisan-reform/) - Video and Transcript: The Temporary Family Visitation Act — A model for bipartisan reform?
- [Asylum Adjudication Backlog: What’s Been Driving It Up and What Can Drive It Down?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/asylum-adjudication-backlog-whats-been-driving-it-up-and-what-can-drive-it-down/) - Strategic Inquiry No. 8: Asylum Adjudication Backlog: What’s Been Driving It Up and What Can Drive It Down?
- [Former Customs & Border Commissioner David Aguilar Speaks to Ideaspace About the Flow of Refugees Out of Ukraine and What it means for the Rest of the World](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/former-cbp-commissioner-david-aguilar-on-the-flow-of-refugees-out-of-ukraine/) - Interview No. 8: Former CBP Commissioner David Aguilar on the Flow of Refugees Out of Ukraine
- [What is Smart Border Technology and How Should it be Implemented?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/what-is-smart-border-technology-how-should-it-be-implemented/) - In the late winter of 2016, Scott Newbern found himself hanging out with U.S. Border Patrol agents in Blaine, Washington, which sits on the Canadian border. The agents were showing him a system of “game cameras” — basic, consumer-market, camouflaged units usually used for hunting. Newbern was one of 50 surveillance company executives who were
- [A Point System Has Helped Canada and Australia Evaluate Potential Immigrants. Can it Work in the U.S.?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/a-point-system-has-helped-canada-and-australia-evaluate-potential-immigrants-can-it-work-in-the-u-s/) - The 2020 election upended the power dynamics in Washington D.C., putting the Democrats in charge of the Executive Branch as well as both chambers of Congress. But with narrow majorities in the House and Senate and several Democrats with conservative constituencies who have made clear they may not always follow the party line, addressing immigration
- [Video and Transcript: Ben Rohrbaugh on Moving from Post-9/11 Border Security to a Migration Management System](https://ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-briefings/video-and-transcript-ben-rohrbaugh-on-moving-from-post-9-11-border-security-to-a-migration-management-system/) - Video and Transcript: Ben Rohrbaugh on Moving from Post-9/11 Border Security to a Migration Management System
- [Video and Transcript: David Aguilar on Data-Driven Border Security](https://ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-briefings/video-and-transcript-david-aguilar-on-data-driven-border-security/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. The following is a transcript of the video briefing above, lightly edited for clarity and presented here to enable users to search the participants’ comments. DW Gibson: Today, we return to the topic of border security–
- [Mark Krikorian, a leader in the immigration reduction movement, speaks to Ideaspace on a conservative approach to labor shortages, the realignment of the GOP as a pro-worker party, and a look ahead at the next two election cycles](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/mark-krikorian-a-leader-in-the-immigration-reduction-movement-speaks-to-ideaspace-on-a-conservative-approach-to-labor-shortages-the-realignment-of-the-gop-as-a-pro-worker-party-and-a-look-ahead-at/) - Interview No. 7: Immigration-Reduction Leader Mark Krikorian on Labor Shortages, a Pro-Worker GOP, and the Post-Trump Era
- [How do we Reconceptualize and Remake our Immigration System for the 21st Century?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/how-do-we-reconceptualize-and-remake-our-immigration-system-for-the-21st-century/) - Most of the oxygen in the national debate on U.S. immigration policy is taken up by illegal immigration. Our preoccupation with the undocumented population, experts say — from apprehensions and deportations to the border wall — distracts us from the most central question for reimagining our federal immigration policy: How many people do we want
- [Video: Rep. Maria Salazar, on her Dignity Proposal, Which would Enhance Border Security and Provide a Pathway to Legalization](https://ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-briefings/video-rep-maria-salazar-on-her-dignity-proposal-which-would-enhance-border-security-and-provide-a-pathway-to-legalization/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. The following is a transcript of the video interview above with Rep. María Elvira Salazar, lightly edited for clarity and presented here to enable users to search her comments. DW Gibson: Hi everyone. My name is
- [Abul Rizvi, Former Deputy Secretary for Australia's Department of Immigration](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/abul-rizvi-former-deputy-secretary-for-australias-department-of-immigration/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. As Deputy Secretary of the Australia Department of Immigration, Abul Rizvi was responsible for development and implementation of that country’s point system for over 10 years and was involved in its earlier development for another
- [Charles Kamasaki, an Advocate Who Shaped the 1986 IRCA Bill and its Follow-on Immigration Act of 1990, the Last Comprehensive Immigration Reforms Passed by Congress](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/charles-kamasaki-an-advocate-who-shaped-the-1986-irca-bill-and-its-follow-on-immigration-act-of-1990-the-last-comprehensive-immigration-reforms-passed-by-congress/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. Earlier in the year, Ideaspace talked to Charles Kamasaki about a range of immigration issues. For decades now, Kamasaki has been on the front lines of policy reform. As a longtime senior member of the
- [Alex Nowrasteh, Director of Immigration Studies at Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/alex-nowrasteh-director-of-immigration-studies-at-cato-institutes-center-for-global-liberty-and-prosperity/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. For Ideaspace’s Strategic Inquiry No. 2, we asked a number of leading thinkers on immigration policy two simple questions: How many immigrants should the U.S. government allow to enter the country every year? And how
- [Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a Leading Think Tank in the Country's Immigration Reduction Movement](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/mark-krikorian-executive-director-of-the-center-for-immigration-studies-a-leading-think-tank-in-the-countrys-immigration-reduction-movement/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. For Ideaspace’s first Strategic Inquiry, we examined the last time Congress passed major immigration reform, as well as failed attempts to do so in 2007 and 2013. Our aim was to explore how the next
- [In 2021 Can Congress Exorcise the Ghosts of a 1986 Bargain?](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiry/in-2021-can-congress-exorcise-the-ghosts-of-a-1986-bargain/) - President Ronald Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), the last piece of comprehensive federal legislation addressing our immigration system. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
- [Dr. Richard Vedder, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University](https://ideaspace.com/interviews/dr-richard-vedder-professor-emeritus-of-economics-at-ohio-university/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. For our third Strategic Inquiry, Ideaspace talked to a range of experts about their take on the possibility of implementing a point-based immigration system. One of the experts we talked to is Dr. Richard Vedder,
- [Video: Serge Dedina, Mayor of the Busiest Border Crossing in the Western Hemisphere, on Approaching the border as a 'Multiverse'](https://ideaspace.com/capitol-hill-briefings/video-serge-dedina-mayor-of-the-busiest-border-crossing-in-the-western-hemisphere-on-approaching-the-border-as-a-multiverse/) - Views expressed by any party interviewed by Ideaspace are those of the interviewee and are not necessarily shared by Ideaspace. The following is a transcript of the video interview above with Mayor Serge Dedina, lightly edited for clarity and presented here to enable users to search his comments. DW Gibson: My name is DW Gibson, and

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- [Home](https://ideaspace.com/) - Generating bipartisan consensus on immigration legislation. IDEASPACE seeks to enrich the national conversation on important U.S. policy topics and encourage bipartisan action. From our original research to our “inductive map,” our resources are designed for anyone with an active interest in exploring U.S. immigration policy and the possibility of consensus as a basis for future
- [Glossary](https://ideaspace.com/glossary/) - GLOSSARY By D.W. Gibson – January 20, 2021Essential terms for navigating and understanding the debate on U.S. immigration policy.All | A C D E F I L M N O R S T U Z There are currently 31 terms in this directory.Asylum MeteringThe term used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to describe
- [Capsule History](https://ideaspace.com/capsule-history/) - A capsule history By D.W. Gibson – May 13, 2020For the first 100 years of U.S. history, there were no federal laws regulating immigration. While the Naturalization Act of 1790 established that only white individuals were eligible for citizenship (a law later revised by the 14th Amendment), there were no limitations or rules placed on
- [Analysis](https://ideaspace.com/analysis/) - Analysis The content of the Themes and Analysis sections of this site were developed over several years prior to the pivotal November, 2024 election. To our pleasant surprise, the core content of those sections did not need to be changed after the election (except for an updating of the Key Players listed as supporters of
- [Themes](https://ideaspace.com/themes/) - THEMES The content of the Themes and Analysis sections of this site were developed over several years prior to the pivotal November, 2024 election. To our pleasant surprise, the core content of those sections did not need to be changed after the election (except for an updating of the Key Players listed as supporters of
- [Key Players](https://ideaspace.com/players/) - KEY PLAYERS The list of Key Players and their Profiles were updated as of March 1, 2025. Ideaspace feels the contextual, thematic and individual data presented here will remain valuable even when the prospects for bipartisan congressional action on immigration are slender. Here are the opinion leaders chosen by Ideaspace as Key Players in the
- [Interviews & Briefings](https://ideaspace.com/interviews-and-briefings/) - Interviews & Briefings Ideaspace/Cornell Capitol Hill Briefing No. 1 Video and Transcript: Rep. Lloyd Smucker with Randel Johnson and Theresa Cardinal Brown Weigh in on Worker Visas July 31, 2024 Ideaspace Interview No. 10 A Farmer’s Perspective on the Affordable and Secure Food Act June 14, 2023 Ideaspace Interview No. 9 Immigration lawyer Geoffrey Heeren
- [Inquiries & Briefings](https://ideaspace.com/inquiries-briefings/) - INQUIRIES & BRIEFINGS As part of its collaboration with Cornell, Ideaspace explored the political prospects of white paper proposals and sought to interview key officials and influencers. Ideaspace/Cornell Capitol Hill Briefing No. 1 was conducted July 1, 2024 with Representative Lloyd Smucker. Ideaspace Research Director DW Gibson moderated and Cornell Distinguished Fellows Randel Johnson and
- [White Paper & Progeny](https://ideaspace.com/white-paper-progeny/) - WHITE PAPER AND ITS PROGENY Ideaspace-Cornell Collaboration No. 1 AN IDEASPACE SUMMARYOF A WHITE PAPER ON IMMIGRATIONBY A CORNELL LAW SCHOOL TEAM January 15, 2024By DW Gibson Cornell Law School’s Immigration Law and Policy Program released on October 5, 2023 a white paper entitled Immigration Reform: A Path Forward. The authors open the paper with
- [About Us](https://ideaspace.com/about-us/) - ABOUT US Ideaspace is designed for anyone with an active interest in exploring U.S. immigration policy and the possibility of bipartisan consensus as a basis for future legislation. Through Strategic Inquiries that delve deeply into complex issues, Interviews with thinkers and policymakers offering fresh solutions, and the “inductive map” we build to portray the Key
- [Op-eds & Opportunities](https://ideaspace.com/op-eds-and-opportunities/) - OP-EDS & COMMENTARY Ideaspace Commentary IDEASPACE FOUNDER RICK TAFT ON THE 2024 ELECTION October 31, 2024 WATCH THE VIDEO The Hill BIPARTISAN BORDER BILL WOULD HELP THE ECONOMY, BRING MIGRANTS INTO THE WORKFORCE September 26, 2024 – By DW Gibson READ THE HILL OP-ED The New Republic WHAT KAMALA HARRIS SHOULD BRAG ABOUT AT THE
- [To Tackle Immigration, Kamala Harris Needs Mark Kelly](https://ideaspace.com/op-eds-and-opportunities/to-tackle-immigration-kamala-harris-needs-mark-kelly/) - HOUSTON CHRONICLE TO TACKLE IMMIGRATION, KAMALA HARRIS NEEDS MARK KELLY July 30, 2024 – By Jordan Heller Donald Trump will make this election about the border. Kamala Harris can turn a vulnerability into a strength by selecting Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly as her vice president.Swapping a worse-for-wear 81-year-old white man for an energetic and (relatively)
- [Congressional Notes](https://ideaspace.com/congressional-notes/) - Congressional Notes Congressional Note No. 7 In order to make it back to the House of Representatives, this immigration bill had to overcome an unlikely obstacle: The State Department October 23, 2023 Congressional Note No. 6 Who Killed the Farm Workforce Bill? Who Can Resurrect It? May 18, 2023 Congressional Note No. 5 Is Immigration
- [Strategic Inquiries](https://ideaspace.com/strategic-inquiries/) - Strategic Inquiries Strategic Inquiry No. 11 Will States and Cities, Backed by a Conservative Court, Succeed in Colonizing the Federal Domain of Immigration Regulation? July 17, 2023 Strategic Inquiry No. 10 Can the Biden-Harris “Root Causes Strategy” Convince Would-Be Migrants to Stay in Central America? March 27, 2023 Strategic Inquiry No. 9 E-Verify has been
- [Immigration News by the Numbers - August & September 2023](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-august-september-2023/) - NEWS IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2023 October 2, 2023 – By Ariel Miller 472,000: Number of Venezuelan nationals living in the United States who will be newly eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) after the Biden administration expanded the program. On September 20, the Biden administration announced a broad expansion of
- [Immigration News by the Numbers - June & July 2023](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-june-july-2023/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – JUNE & JULY 2023 July 27, 2023 – By Ariel Miller 58%: Reduction in the number of encounters between U.S. Border Patrol and migrants at the southwest border between May and June after the Biden administration implemented strict asylum restrictions.Since the end of Title 42 on May 11, the
- [Immigration News by the Numbers - May 2023](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-may-2023/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – MAY 2023 June 1, 2023 – By Ariel Miller 2.8 million: Number of expulsions of border crossers under the Title 42 policy before it expired on May 11.Title 42, the pandemic-initiated border expulsion policy, finally ended on May 11 after a three-year lifespan across two presidential administrations. Enacted in
- [Immigration News by the Numbers - April 2023](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-april-2023/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – April 2023 May 1, 2023 – By Ariel Miller 27%: Share of Americans who approve of President Biden’s handling of immigration, according to an April poll.President Biden formally announced his campaign for reelection on April 25. The president has particularly low ratings on immigration: According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll
- [Immigration News by the Numbers - March 2023](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-march-2023/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – March 2023 March 31, 2023 – By Ariel Miller 84,216: Number of migrant family units enrolled in Alternatives to Detention programs as of March 11. On March 6, Biden administration officials said that the administration was weighing whether to return to the practice of holding migrant families in detention facilities
- [Immigration News by the Numbers - February 2023](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-february-2023/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – February 2023 March 1, 2023 – By Ariel Miller 71: Days until the Title 42 expulsion policy expires, triggering the Biden administration’s new asylum restrictions.On February 21, the Biden administration unveiled a strict new policy proposal aimed at deterring asylum seekers from crossing the southwest border and surrendering to
- [Comprehensive immigration reform is maybe an elephant that has to be eaten one bite at a time.](https://ideaspace.com/op-eds-and-opportunities/comprehensive-immigration-reform-is-maybe-an-elephant-that-has-to-be-eaten-one-bite-at-a-time/) - IDEASPACE COMMENTARY ‘COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM IS MAYBE AN ELEPHANT THAT HAS TO BE EATEN ONE BITE AT A TIME’ February 27, 2023 – By Jordan Heller With a Republican Party in thrall to its extreme right wing now in control of the U.S. House of Representatives, most advocates for comprehensive immigration reform are wringing their
- [Immigration News by the Numbers - January 2023](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-january-2023/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – January 2023 February 2, 2023 – By Ariel Miller 77: Number of Democratic lawmakers who signed a letter condemning President Biden’s decision to expand Title 42 expulsions to cover Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Haitian migrants arriving at the border. In the past month, the Biden administration announced that it would extend
- [Immigration News by the Numbers - December 2022](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-december-2022/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – December 2022 January 3, 2023 – By Ariel Miller 5: Republican Senators who co-sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act, which failed to pass during the lame duck session. The lame duck session of the 117th Congress that ends today failed to pass any immigration reform measures, dashing hopes for several promising
- [Immigration News by the Numbers - November 2022](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-november-2022/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – November 2022 December 1, 2022 – By Ariel Miller $38.3 million: The amount the GOP spent on TV ads focusing on border security and immigration in the month leading up to the November midterms. Across the country, Republicans sought to ride the Biden administration’s low approval ratings on border security
- [Immigration News by the Numbers – October 2022](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-october-2022/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – October 2022 November 1, 2022 – By Ariel Miller 24,000: The number of Venezuelan migrants the Biden administration will accept for humanitarian parole through its new “sponsor circle” program. Last month alone, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered approximately 34,000 Venezuelan nationals at the southwest border. Fiscal year 2022, which
- [Immigration News by the Numbers – September 2022](https://ideaspace.com/immigration-news-by-the-numbers-september-2022/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – sEPTEMBER 2022 October 3, 2022 – By Ariel Miller 11,000+: The number of migrants Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has bused to northern “sanctuary cities.” On September 14, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis captured national attention when he used state funds to transport 50 recently arrived migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to
- [Immigration News by the Numbers – August 2022](https://ideaspace.com/news/) - IMMIGRATION NEWS BY THE NUMBERS – AUGUST 2022 August 31, 2022 – By Ariel Miller 8: Number of congressional Republicans who have co-sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would expedite a pathway to permanent status for Afghan evacuees. On August 9th, the Afghan Adjustment Act was introduced concurrently in both chambers of Congress. Five Republican representatives
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- [Narratives](https://ideaspace.com/narratives/) - Narratives Here are two imagined narratives, one from the left and one from the right. These are composite voices that speak forcefully, marshaling an array of mutually reinforcing points and presenting to the other side an internally consistent and well-defended castle. The Left When you bring a healthy mix of empathy and clear thinking to the
- [Consensus](https://ideaspace.com/consensus/) - FOUNDER’S LETTER:ON CONSENSUS By Rick Taft Thank you for caring enough about public policy to come this far into the Ideaspace adventure. Please join me for these ruminations on consensus.Consensus is the lifeblood of democracy. Circles of consensus of varying size are all essential to the differently scaled political actions they support in a democracy.
- [EVIDENCE](https://ideaspace.com/evidence/) - Evidence 1. Illegal crossings at our southern border have gotten out of hand. The only way to stop it is to physically seal up the border. And the only way to seal up the border is to build a wall. EVIDENCE: Proponents of border walls have pointed to the impact of border barriers in urban

## Players

- [Tom Cotton](https://ideaspace.com/player/tom-cotton/) - Immigration is a core issue for Republican Senator Ted Cruz. He represents a state that makes up over half the length of the U.S.-Mexico border, and has served on the Senate Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration since he first took office in 2013. He ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Although
- [Josh Hawley](https://ideaspace.com/player/josh-hawley/) - In 2018, Josh Hawley gained national attention when he beat incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill to become U.S. Senator from Missouri. He is a Trump-endorsed conservative populist who positions himself as a deeply religious Christian and an advocate for working-class and rural Midwesterners. Hawley is better known for his positions than his policy accomplishments. He has
- [Charles Grassley](https://ideaspace.com/player/charles-grassley/) - As the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate (since 1981) and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Charles Grassley is a powerful voice on matters of immigration policy. A former metal shearer and assembly-line worker from the agricultural state of Iowa, Grassley’s positions on immigration have long been shaped by the impact migrant workers have
- [Cory Booker](https://ideaspace.com/player/cory-booker/) - Despite his early departure from the 2020 presidential race, U.S. Senator Cory Booker remains a very popular figure in the Democratic Party. Add to that his position on the Senate Subcommittee for Border Security and Immigration and Booker emerges as an influential voice in the national conversation on immigration policy. Regarding immigration, Booker’s policy proposals
- [Mitch McConnell](https://ideaspace.com/player/mitch-mcconnell/) - Senator Mitch McConnell was one of the most powerful Republicans in office until he stepped away from his leadership position after Donald Trump’s second election to the presidency. Preferring to sidestep hot-button issues and filibuster legislation rather than lead open opposition, he is perceived as a shrewd tactician whose main goal is to preserve power
- [Lindsey Graham](https://ideaspace.com/player/lindsey-graham/) - During the first Trump presidency, Lindsey Graham was one of Trump’s strongest supporters, but the Republican U.S. senator from South Carolina has a mixed history on immigration reform, which includes a willingness to consider a pathway to citizenship for law-abiding undocumented immigrants and his belief that immigrants play an important role in the American workforce.
- [John Cornyn](https://ideaspace.com/player/john-cornyn/) - As a senator from a border state where the Hispanic population is above 40 percent, making them the largest demographic group in Texas, John Cornyn has often tried to employ a compassionate rhetoric when it comes to immigration policy. “We can’t forget that our border communities are critically important, and any solution we find must
- [Amy Klobuchar](https://ideaspace.com/player/amy-klobuchar/) - A U.S. senator from Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on a centrist platform that she said could win back Trump voters. On the eve of Super Tuesday in the 2020 Democratic primaries, Klobuchar dropped out of the race and endorsed Joe Biden, which observers say resulted in the former vice
- [Mike Lee](https://ideaspace.com/player/mike-lee/) - In 2015, five years after winning election to the U.S. Senate from Utah, Mike Lee was named the most conservative U.S. senator by a BYU study. But the Republican has shown signs of bipartisanship when it comes to immigration, having co-authored with Democratic Senator Charles Schumer in 2011 a proposal to include dairy workers in
- [Dr. George J. Borjas](https://ideaspace.com/player/dr-george-j-borjas/) - Dr. George J. Borjas is the rare academic who questions the positive effects of immigration on the economy. In 2017, when 1,470 leading economists signed off on a letter to President Trump and congressional leaders, entreating them to see the value that immigrants bring to the U.S. economy, Borjas — a professor of economics at
- [Ted Cruz](https://ideaspace.com/player/ted-cruz/) - Immigration is a core issue for Republican Senator Ted Cruz. He represents a state that makes up over half the length of the U.S.-Mexico border, and has served on the Senate Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration since he first took office in 2013. He ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016 and
- [Ron DeSantis](https://ideaspace.com/player/ron-desantis/) - Ron DeSantis, a former congressman for Florida’s 6th district, was elected governor of Florida by only a 0.4-percent margin when he first ran in 2018. But after establishing himself as a staunch opponent of COVID-19 shutdowns and mask mandates, as well as a savvy political showman on divisive cultural issues like LGBTQ education in elementary
- [Greg Abbott](https://ideaspace.com/player/greg-abbott/) - Since early 2021, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pursued increasingly aggressive border security and immigration restriction programs that have moved the state into the traditionally federal domain of border enforcement. The last few years have been harsh for Abbott. He received criticism from all sides for his governance early in the COVID-19 pandemic — too
- [Maria Elvira Salazar](https://ideaspace.com/player/maria-elvira-salazar/) - Maria Elvira Salazar represents a congressional district where 72 percent of her constituents are Hispanic and 23.6 percent are noncitizens. As the daughter of Cuban refugees, her close connection with Florida’s immigrant community shapes both her political and personal identities. In a 2021 interview with Ideaspace, she said, “I think that only a brown girl
- [Alex Padilla](https://ideaspace.com/player/alex-padilla/) - After California Gov. Gavin Newsom named Alex Padilla to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice Pres. Kamala Harris in 2020, he was reelected to a full term in the 2022 midterms. Padilla is the first Latino to serve in the U.S. Senate from California, a state where Latinos make up 40 percent of
- [Bernie Sanders](https://ideaspace.com/player/bernie-sanders/) - Though he ran for president as a Democrat, Bernie Sanders has had a 40-year political career as an independent and self-describes as a democratic socialist, making him arguably the most far-left figure ever to have made a serious run for the Democratic nomination. Indeed, Sanders was a top-tier candidate in 2020 and in 2016 came
- [Mark Kelly](https://ideaspace.com/player/mark-kelly/) - Democrat Mark Kelly, the former astronaut and Navy captain, is a United States senator from Arizona. He gained national recognition as a gun regulation advocate following the 2011 non-fatal shooting of his wife, then-Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. After beating Martha McSally for the Senate seat in a 2020 special election, he was elected to a full
- [Mark Krikorian](https://ideaspace.com/player/mark-krikorian/) - Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a think tank that seeks to provide “reliable information” regarding the “consequences of legal and illegal immigration.” The grandson of an Armenian genocide survivor, Krikorian, who as a young child spoke only Armenian, often argues that immigration was more helpful to the
- [Donald Trump](https://ideaspace.com/player/donald-trump/) - Donald J. Trump, the longtime New York City real estate mogul and television personality, has been in the public eye since the 1970s, and flirted with presidential campaigns as far back as 1988. But the political rise that ultimately landed him in the White House began in 2011, when, amid polls showing him leading a
- [Stephen Miller](https://ideaspace.com/player/stephen-miller/) - Outside of Donald Trump’s own family members, Stephen Miller has remained one of the more constant figures in the Trump universe, joining the Trump campaign before the 2016 Iowa caucuses, serving as White House senior policy adviser for the entirety of Trump’s first term in office, and returning for the second Trump administration as deputy
- [Roy Beck](https://ideaspace.com/player/roy-beck/) - Roy Beck is the president and founder of NumbersUSA, a think tank and grassroots organization that advocates for reduced immigration on the argument that recent numerical levels depress wages and job opportunities for American workers. Beck advocates through NumbersUSA for the reduction of legal immigration from the average that has prevailed since 1990 of roughly
- [Charles Kamasaki](https://ideaspace.com/player/charles-kamasaki/) - The last time the federal government passed major immigration legislation was 1986, with a follow-up bill in 1990, and Charles Kamasaki was at the center of the action. Now a senior cabinet advisor with UnidosUS, the country’s largest Hispanic civil rights advocacy organization (in the 1980s it was known as the National Council of La
- [Giovanni Peri](https://ideaspace.com/player/giovanni-peri/) - Giovanni Peri is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis, where he also founded and directs the Global Migration Center, “a critical hub for the translation of research into policy advice, action and support of immigrant communities.” He is, next to George Borjas, the most widely cited economist on immigration issues — and
- [Alex Nowrasteh](https://ideaspace.com/player/alex-nowrasteh/) - Aside from screening for “criminals, [national security] threats, [and] some diseases,” libertarian policy analyst Alex Nowrasteh believes the government should create as few barriers to immigration as possible. In a 2020 interview with Ideaspace, he summarized, “My base way of viewing immigration is that everything should be allowed, unless there’s a really good reason not
- [Stephen Manning](https://ideaspace.com/player/stephen-manning/) - Stephen Manning has been an influential figure in immigration policy since the early 2000s, when he founded Immigrant Law Group, PC, a firm specializing in “impact litigation” against the federal government with the aim of forcing policy changes to benefit immigrants. In the firm’s first four years, it filed 30 suits in federal district court
- [Raúl Grijalva](https://ideaspace.com/player/raul-grijalva/) - As one of the most progressive members of the U.S. House of Representatives and from a congressional district that includes a long stretch of border communities — including parts of major cities like Yuma, Phoenix, and Tucson — Raúl Grijalva is a powerful voice on immigration policy. As the Center for Immigration Studies (an immigration
- [Pramila Jayapal](https://ideaspace.com/player/pramila-jayapal/) - As a newly elected congresswoman in 2016, Jayapal boycotted the inauguration of Pres. Donald Trump to host a roundtable for immigrants, refugees, and DACA recipients in her home district instead. In the last few years, she’s become a powerful figure on the House’s left wing, chairing the Congressional Progressive Caucus with progressive immigration policies as
- [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](https://ideaspace.com/player/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/) - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became a national figure in 2018 when she upset Joe Crowley, a member of House leadership, in the June primary for the U.S. House seat representing New York’s 14th congressional district. The newly minted progressive leader won the general election five months later and, at 29, became the youngest woman to serve in
- [Kristi Noem](https://ideaspace.com/player/kristi-noem/) - Kristi Noem was raised on a family ranch and farm in rural South Dakota. She left college early to return home and run the family business less than a year after her father was killed in a farm machinery accident. As she grew the business, she also pursued an interest in politics, winning a 2006
- [Thomas Homan](https://ideaspace.com/player/thomas-homan/) - Thomas Homan has won high praise from both President Obama and President Trump for his work at the highest levels of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. A longtime Border Patrol agent, investigator, and supervisor, Homan was appointed executive associate director of ICE in 2013. Three years later, Obama gave him a Presidential Rank
- [JD Vance](https://ideaspace.com/player/jd-vance/) - JD Vance became a public figure in 2016 with the publication of his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. The story of his disaffected family living in Appalachia was fortuitously timed to match up well with Donald Trump’s political rise. Many commentators turned to the book to understand the perspective of white, working-class voters who surprised the political
- [Ruben Gallego](https://ideaspace.com/player/ruben-gallego/) - The son of immigrants, Ruben Gallego was born in Chicago, raised in its suburbs and went on to become a Harvard graduate. In 2002 he joined the Marines and was deployed in Iraq where he experienced heavy combat and the loss of a close friend. His military service has always been front and center in

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