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...

While there is no such wide-ranging immigration reform bill currently making the rounds in Congress, the "Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s from leaving the Economy" (S.T.A.P.L.E.) Act, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has bipartisan support and is a step in the right direction.

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

Whether the legislation is tough or tender, the phenomenon of illegal immigration is here to stay.

The surge of illegal immigrants into the United States, which seemed to be unrelenting for most of the last two decades, seems to be over, at least temporarily, and there's a chance it may never resume.

Immigration has become political poison for both parties, leaving the issue unresolved as both parties struggle to find a way to move forward.

If we cannot provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, we can at least treat them with the protection and decency they deserve as human rights.

Conditioning legalization on more effective enforcement procedures could give Democrats cover from attacks for supporting amnesty, while favoring high-skill immigrants could give Republicans cover from charges that they are anti-immigrant.