With the Supreme Court taking up Arizona’s “show me your papers” immigration law, we’re once again thrust into a useful debate over the role of the government and the obligations of the citizen — and non-citizen. Rather than come at it from the usual angle, I thought I’d try something...

The illegal immigration problem is going away.That's the conclusion I draw from the latest report of the Pew Hispanic Center on Mexican immigration to the United States.Pew's demographers have carefully combed through statistics compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Department of Homeland Security and the...

A presentation on immigration delivered to the National Chamber Foundation.

When any economy faces challenges, the first thing it should do is determine if it has any self-inflicted wounds, as those are the easiest to correct. The evidence is clear that the benefits of skilled immigration are high. The costs of bad immigration are also high. It is past time for the nation to stop shooting itself in the foot.

In light of the academic challenge to the notion of competitiveness, AEI has gathered experts to research the value of the concept of competitiveness in high-skilled immigration.

A new report by Madeline Zavodny, economics professor at Agnes Scott College, demonstrates that immigration policy can and should be a significant component of America's economic recovery.

Immigration reform is a jobs solution that does not require cutting government programs or raising taxes.

What we need to do now is to create more openings for high-skill immigrants while reducing the number of slots for extended family reunification for low-skill immigrants, and Congress (though no the Obama administration) seems to be taking some steps in that direction. The Economist, while not addressing low-skill immigration, seems to be taking a similar view.

Both the U.S. and the UK should extend that period of time as much as possible to remove the specter of immigrant welfare use.

Up on Capitol Hill, there appears to be progress--bipartisan progress, even--toward changing our immigration laws to reflect current and emerging realities.