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Rewrite immigration laws to favor educated, skilled newcomers who won't burden taxpayers

More than half of immigrant households in the U.S. use welfare, costing taxpayers billions and making the programs less sustainable for Americans in need. Blame birthright citizenship for a big part ...

Immigration crackdown souring Orange County's view of Trump, poll finds

Six in 10 residents disapprove of President Trump's hard-line immigration actions, according to the survey, a stark contrast ...
PBS

Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say ICE has gone too far in immigration crackdown

Americans largely disapprove of the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as recent enhanced enforcement operations spread to new cities across the country, a new PBS ...
The Economist

How 250 years of immigration shaped America

AMERICANS HAVE been arguing about immigration since the country’s founding. In his first message to Congress as president in 1801, Thomas Jefferson insisted it was too difficult for newcomers to ...
News Tribune

COMMENTARY: Rewrite immigration laws to favor educated, skilled newcomers who won’t burden taxpayers

Today, 53 percent of immigrant households consume welfare benefits paid for by taxpayers, compared with 37 percent of households headed by an American-born adult. Immigrants here 10 years or more ...