Trump’s Reversals on Immigration Mount Over Economic Concerns

President Trump has walked back some significant immigration policies that collide with his economic agenda, angering his far-right allies. Read More

Immigration reform has always been tough, and rarely happens in election years - 4 things to know

Migrants cross the border from Mexico into Texas on Feb. 6, 2024. Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images Immigration is already a major polarizing issue in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Read More

The unintended consequences of immigration reform

The intent of immigration reform is valid, but when reforms fail to differentiate, they shift from protection to exclusion. Read More

Congress' fight over immigration reform could last a while

Let’s game out a potential agreement on border security. There was the Christmas rush to try securing a deal before the holiday. The plan was to link an immigration accord to a massive international ... Read More

Can a lawmaker be fully MAGA and still push for immigration reform?

For decades, immigration has been among the thorniest issues in American legislative politics, often falling victim to gridlock and partisan fighting. But Representative Maria Elvira Salazar says the ... Read More

Trump wants to make sweeping changes to immigration laws. What did past presidents do?

As early as 1874, a Republican newspaper in northern Virginia called the United States “a nation of immigrants.” The phrase appeared 90 years after the country’s first immigration law, and one year ... Read More

Immigration Reform, Past and Present

Even as the coronavirus pandemic has taken over the news cycle in this election year, debates about immigration in the United States remain hotly contested and near the forefront of our politics. “One ... Read More

'Pessimist patriots': hard-right Reform UK widens appeal

Joanne Woodhouse and Henry Godwin live at opposite ends of England and used to sit on opposite sides of the political fence -- until both decamped to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party.Woodhouse, a ... Read More

Immigration reform has always been tough, and rarely happens in election years - 4 things to know

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel Tichenor, University of Oregon (THE CONVERSATION) Immigration is already a ... Read More