Asylum & Refugees

Nearly 300 Refugees in Minnesota Diagnosed with Active TB

Records from the Minnesota Department of Health show that 296 refugees have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) between 2010 and…

Legislation Introduced to Give States Approval Over Refugee Resettlement

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) recently introduced legislation to give state governments approval over the resettlement of refugees. H.R. 6110, the…

Fact Checking Tim Kaine: There is No Constitutional Right for Any Foreign National to Enter the U.S.

In Tuesday’s vice presidential debate the issue of resettling Syrian refugees was discussed by the two leading candidates, Democratic nominee…

Texas Withdraws from Federal Refugee Resettlement Program

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently announced that the state of Texas formally withdrew from the federal Refugee Resettlement Program. The…

Flint’s Next Crisis?

The city of Flint, Michigan, which garnered national attention this year for its lead-contaminated water, may once again find itself…

Incoherence at Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced September 22 that it had decided to resume normal deportations of Haitians. Haitian…

The Accurate Statistics Behind Trump Jr’s “Skittles” Tweet

Monday afternoon, Donald Trump Jr. did something all campaigners do: he used an analogy to make a point. The son…

What Is American Sovereignty?

Freedom manifests itself in self-determination; the ability to establish the rules by which we live, free from outside interference. This…

What “Vetting” Actually Means

“Vetting” is a term rarely used in everyday English. Nevertheless, it has appeared regularly in recent coverage of the Syrian…

FAIR Statement on Expansion of CAM Program

The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in response to…