Immigration law is second in complexity only to the income tax. In a new CEI paper, Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh proposes scrapping the whole thing and replacing it with a tariff. This is a much more humane approach to immigration, and…

 

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A widely cited study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform claims that undocumented immigrants cost taxpayers $113 billion per year. Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh, author of the new CEI Web Memo “A FAIR Criticism: A Critique of the Federation for American…

 

 October 27, 2011: How Much Do Undocumented Immigrants Cost? [5:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (316)

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E-Verify is a program that checks the immigration status of new hires. The House is expected to vote on legislation that would make E-Verify mandatory nationwide. Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh thinks E-Verify should be scrapped altogether. Not only does it make…

 

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President Obama made a speech on immigration reform this week. He is looking for a dance partner in Congress to ease restrictions on the immigrant-dependent high-tech sector. Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh points out that there are several bills already in Congress that…

 

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CEI Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh goes over the good and the bad of the DREAM Act, which recently stalled in the Senate. The bill would have offered permanent residency to undocumented immigrants under age 16 if they meet several requirements over…

 

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Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome special guest John Vaught LaBeaume to episode 104. We tackle Arizona’s immigration prospects, school reform efforts in D.C., the future of offshore drilling, why you have the right to remain French and the stormy waters of congressional ethics investigations.

 
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Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott team up with Marc Scribner, Iain Murray, Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Radia to bring you a special, multi-guest episode 91. We respond to the President’s anti-anti-government speech, handicap the British elections, examine anger over immigration and chew over the threats…

 

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Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott, and Jerry Brito bring you episode 90. We take a look at immigration in Arizona, expanding finance regulations, myths about green energy, porn at the SEC and Jerry’s Mercatus Center technology project, Surprisingly Free.

 
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Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott, Greg Conko and Michelle Minton bring you episode 85. We put the big health care vote front and center, while also touching on protests over immigration and legal challenges to the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules. We wrap up with a…

 

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Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and the American Spectator’s Jim Antle collaborate on episode 78. We cover the reverberations from Scott Brown’s Senate election, Obama’s 77% disapproval rating among investors, the 1st Amendment verdict in the Citizens United case, the shame of UN climate science and a new…

 

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