STATE OF PLAY

Ideaspace sets out to find and encourage bipartisan consensus on U.S. immigration policy. We look for such consensus, current or potential, within the general public, the immigration policy community and all levels of government, especially Congress.

To serve this purpose we are bringing together in this State of Play section three complementary features:

  • Opportunities as described in our actively evolving document entitled Opportunities for Bipartisan Action. We invite you to send comments and proposed changes to
    editorial@ideaspace.com.
  • Strategic Inquiries by our staff into consequential facets of the U.S. immigration policy debate.
  • Capitol Hill Briefings & Interviews with influential leaders in this debate. 

This space will also provide a curated home for emails submitted by our users to: editorial@ideaspace.com.

OPPORTUNITIES:

OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIPARTISAN ACTION

June 11, 2021 – By Rick Taft 

STRATEGIC INQUIRIES:

Strategic Inquiry No. 7

CAN PROCESSING MIGRANTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA BE A CRITICAL STEP FORWARD IN RESPONDING TO MIGRATORY FORCES?

March 30, 2022 – By DW Gibson

Strategic Inquiry No. 6

WHAT IS SMART BORDER TECHNOLOGY AND HOW SHOULD IT BE IMPLEMENTED?

December 9, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Strategic Inquiry No. 5

CAN ORGANIZED LABOR BROKER IMMIGRATION REFORM?

July 20, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Strategic Inquiry No. 4

CAN STATE-BASED VISA PROGRAMS GIVE BOTH PARTIES A WIN ON IMMIGRATION?

April 6, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Strategic Inquiry No. 3

A POINT SYSTEM HAS HELPED CANADA AND AUSTRALIA EVALUATE POTENTIAL IMMIGRANTS. CAN IT WORK IN THE U.S.?

February 15, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Strategic Inquiry No. 2

HOW DO WE RECONCEPTUALIZE AND REMAKE OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?

November 11, 2020 – By DW Gibson and Jordan Heller 

Strategic Inquiry No. 1

IN 2021 CAN CONGRESS EXORCISE THE GHOSTS OF A 1986 BARGAIN?

August 26, 2020 – By DW Gibson

CAPITOL HILL BRIEFINGS & INTERVIEWS:

Ideaspace Interview No. 7

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

April 13, 2022 – By Jordan Heller

Capitol Hill Briefing No. 5

VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT: DAVID AGUILAR ON DATA-DRIVEN BORDER SECURITY

February 24, 2022 – By DW Gibson

Capitol Hill Briefing No. 4

VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT: ALAN BERSIN ON MIGRATION MANAGEMENT AS BORDER SECURITY

December 7, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Capitol Hill Briefing No. 3

VIDEO: REP. MARIA SALAZAR ON HER DIGNITY PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD ENHANCE BORDER SECURITY AND PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO LEGALIZATION

August 19, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Capitol Hill Briefing No. 2

VIDEO: SERGE DEDINA, MAYOR OF THE BUSIEST BORDER CROSSING IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, ON APPROACHING THE BORDER AS A ‘MULTIVERSE’

August 3, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Capitol Hill Briefing No. 1

VIDEO: REP. JOHN CURTIS ON THE MERITS OF A STATE-BASED VISA PROGRAM WITH COMMENTARY BY DEMETRIOS PAPADEMETRIOU

May 12, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Ideaspace Interview No. 6

INTERVIEW WITH GARY HERBERT, FORMER GOVERNOR OF UTAH

April 27, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Ideaspace Interview No. 5

ABUL RIZVI, FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR AUSTRALIA’S DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION

February 15, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Ideaspace Interview No. 4

DR. RICHARD VEDDER, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ECONOMICS AT OHIO UNIVERSITY

February 15, 2021 – By DW Gibson

Ideaspace Interview No. 3

ALEX NOWRASTEH, DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION STUDIES AT CATO INSTITUTE’S CENTER FOR GLOBAL LIBERTY AND PROSPERITY

December 3, 2020 – By Jordan Heller

Ideaspace Interview No. 2

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

November 11, 2020 – By DW Gibson

Ideaspace Interview No. 1

MARK KRIKORIAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES, A LEADING THINK TANK IN THE COUNTRY’S IMMIGRATION REDUCTION MOVEMENT

September 28, 2020 – By Jordan Heller