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:

  • Ideaspace® Crib Sheet, our tally, to be updated periodically, of anticipated executive actions and potential bipartisan congressional actions;
  • Strategic Inquiries by our staff into consequential facets of the U.S. immigration policy debate; and
  • Ideaspace 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.

POTENTIAL ACTIONS:

IDEASPACE® CRIB SHEET

December 3, 2020 – By Rick Taft, DW Gibson, Jordan Heller 

STRATEGIC INQUIRIES:

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

IDEASPACE INTERVIEWS:

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 1919, 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