Immigration
Immigration and border security go hand in hand. The border must be secure, and the Republican Party has to put forward a plan to deal with the millions of illegal immigrants in this country. President Obama’s executive action does not solve the problem but neither would any attempt at a mass deportation. The United States needs to identify the people who are here and ensure they are properly taxed. That way, no one gets a free ride on the taxpayer’s dime.
May 2nd, 2024
New research from the American Immigration Council highlights the key role that immigrants are playing in the City of Dallas’ workforce and as taxpayers, consumers, entrepreneurs, international students, and more.
April 18th, 2024
Making employers the scapegoat for lawmakers’ intransigence didn’t work before, and it won’t work now. At the very least, if we want employers to keep the undocumented off their payrolls, they need tools that actually work...
April 4th, 2024
Throughout this election year, Civil Dialogues will host town halls on a variety of topics across the country at various presidential libraries, policy institutes and other forums to engage and educate Americans as they...
March 21st, 2024
Business leaders, immigration experts, and elected officials gathered at a recent event hosted by Amegy Bank and the Texas Association of Business in Houston, Texas, to discuss data that proves the significant po
March 7th, 2024
HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, March 2, 2024 / EINPresswire.com / -- About two hundred people gathered in person and online for the launch of Civil Dialogues at the Baker Institute at Rice University o
February 29th, 2024
A newly updated white paper by Dennis E. Nixon, CEO, International Bank of Commerce Laredo, and Texas Chairman, International Bancshares Corporation, discusses the current state of the border and proposes effective and...
February 22nd, 2024
The net fiscal impact of refugees and asylees was positive over the 15-year period, at $123.8 billion. This means that refugees and asylees contributed more revenue than they cost in expenditures to the government.
February 8th, 2024
The Border security and Ukraine and Israel aid bill that was drafted by Sens. James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona), and Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) failed to advance in its current form on a vote of 49-50...
January 25th, 2024
Recent supplemental budget negotiations between the Biden Administration and US Senators have included bipartisan talks of reforming the asylum system to improve border security. Senators should update the asylum system in a...
January 11th, 2024
The detailed interview examined several topics related to the border including factors that push and pull migrants to the U.S., the recently passed border bill Texas Senate Bill 4 (TX SB4), and the need for bipartisan asylum...
April 25th, 2024
Here is some good news for US businesses seeking to hire workers at a time of unprecedented workforce shortages. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Biden Administration is currently considering administrative ac
April 11th, 2024
Political debate in the modern world is only possible after memorizing a list of euphemisms, and there is no shortage of public opprobrium for those who talk about certain topics without using them.
March 27th, 2024
Immigration strengthens the U.S. economy and contributes to greater prosperity for all Americans. Immigrants help create jobs, raise wages, reduce inflation, and increase productivity and innovation.
March 14th, 2024
Along with broadening support for immigration reform, evangelicals are increasingly viewing the Bible as the most important influence on their thinking on immigration, with 4 out of 5 indicating that they would like to hear...
March 6th, 2024
As long as this practice, and the lack of a required ID, prevails, we will find it almost impossible to stop the surge at the border. The magnetic pull of jobs is so strong, people will keep coming illegally until we change...
February 22nd, 2024
By refusing to comply with U.S. immigration laws, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has not only been derelict in his duty to defend our homeland, but he has also destroyed the fabric of this...
February 15th, 2024
The Dignity Act is the most viable legislation in Congress that secures our border and fixes our broken immigration system.
February 1st, 2024
The US Border Patrol had over 6.3 million encounters with illegal immigrant border crossers from the beginning of the Biden administration in January 2021 to December 2023.
January 18th, 2024
Evangelical pastors and leaders from Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina joined a virtual press call convened by the Evangelical Immigration Table and World Relief, urging presidential candidates – of all parties – to...
January 4th, 2024
The flow of illegal immigrants across the southern border has markedly increased over the last several years. In FY2021, Border Patrol had 1,659,206 encounters with illegal immigrants and other border crossers along the...