Forty years ago this month, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), a law intended as a grand bargain.

Visa overstays are a significant and often overlooked contributor to illegal immigration. The Biden administration was heavily criticized for delaying the release of overstay data, and when DHS ...

When the definitive history of Joe Biden’s presidency is written, it will likely conclude that his most important legacy was unprecedented immigration levels. The U.S. foreign-born population (legal ...

Based on Census Bureau data, we estimate that 13.5 million illegal immigrants live in the U.S. as of July 2026, down from 15.8 million when President Trump began his second term in January 2025. The ...

As the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks approaches, some may wonder if increased vetting or possible distrust of Muslims in the United States caused fewer people from the Islamic ...

Since January 2025 when President Trump took office the government’s monthly household survey, officially called the Current Population Survey (CPS), shows an unprecedented 2.9 million decline in the ...

In the 2024/25 academic year, students from India (363,019) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) (265,919) made up 53 percent (India, 31 percent; PRC, 23 percent) of all foreign students ...

This report examines welfare use (means-tested anti-poverty programs) for households headed by non-citizens by state using the 2021 to 2025 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic ...

In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) complained about Fairfax County policies that, he contended, treat criminal aliens more leniently than native-born criminals, ...

The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization founded in 1985. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy ...

This report uses the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) to examine welfare use (means-tested anti-poverty programs) for households headed by non-citizens in the ...