It has been reprinted (with permission) by the Cato Institute.
This can easily be accomplished by Congess enacting an adjustment act.
It's an impressive achievement. But we can do much more. Canada's much greater openness to immigration is an indication of what's possible.
More immigration from China would both hobble a geopolitical rival and make America richer and better.
What we did for Ukrainians, we could do for other migrants too.
It's less bad than Trump-era efforts along the same lines. But saying that is damning with faint praise.
A compilation of my work on this topic, on the one-year anniversary of the start of Vladimir Putin's attempt to conquer Ukraine.
Giving recent Ukrainian refugees the right to permanent residency in the US will avert potential tragedy for them, and benefit the US economy.
Hungary's inflation hits 24.5 percent—the highest in the European Union—and Orbán's price controls aren't helping.
Providing legal ways to work or seek protection in America is the only viable way to reduce illegal immigration.
The flaws in the states' position are revealed by their own governors' statements about the evils of socialism and the crisis at the border.
Western nations should adopt a general policy of granting refuge to Russians seeking to avoid conscription, and otherwise fleeing Vladimir Putin's increasingly repressive regime.
The program differs in several ways from Uniting for Ukraine and other previous private migrant sponsorship policies.
A new State Department initiative will let American citizens sponsor refugees fleeing danger.
The interview covers the Uniting for Ukraine program, the expansion of private refugee sponsorship to cover migrants from elsewhere, and various potential objections to these policies.
Responses to some of the most common queries I have gotten.
Analysts differ on whether their net impact is more pro-immigration or more restrictionist. On balance, I think the former is closer to the truth. But there is some uncertainty here.
The move is a step in the right direction. But it has limitations and is combined with harmful "border enforcement" measures.
The article explains why the progam is a major improvement over previous policies, and how it can be further improved and made a model for refugee policy generally.
The Administration claims to want to end the policy. But, as Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell points out, it is actually expanding its use.
The U.S. and the Holocaust condemns anti-refugee policies of the World War II era.
There is much to criticize in Biden's record on immigration issues. But the administration has also made some major improvements.
In sharp contrast to the sclerotic traditional refugee admissions program, the new private refugee sponsorship program enables Ukrainians fleeing war and repression to enter the US quickly and relatively easily. As a participating sponsor myself, I have firsthand knowledge of its effectiveness.
Uniting for Ukraine, a program providing private support to displaced Ukrainians, has proved more effective than the government's own resettlement efforts.
Green Beret Scott Mann suffered severe trauma following his three tours in Afghanistan. He never wanted to have anything to do with country again. Then his friend Nezam called to say that his life was in danger.
A easy-to-remedy snafu in the government's Uniting for Ukraine program is exposing some Ukrainian migrants to deportation and preventing others from working legally in the United States.
One year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of Afghans who assisted American forces are still stuck under Taliban rule.
But thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. forces are still stuck in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
The Uniting for Ukraine program and other new initiatives may open the door to a broader role for private citizens in sponsoring refugees.
Assistant Editor Fiona Harrigan explores why the Beehive State might be uniquely suited to welcome Afghan refugees.
While staffing up may alleviate the bottleneck, no amount of employees can keep the country's bad immigration system from working as designed.
We can adapt the and improve the Canadian program, which is far better than current sclerotic US system. Coauthored with Sabine El-Chidiac.
The federal government set the tone on the beginning of the resettlement process. It continues to keep legal status for certain evacuees out of reach.
While Temporary Protected Status will last through 2024, only Venezuelans who arrived before March 2021 will be eligible.
The narrow definition allows governments to expel numerous migrants fleeing violence, terrorism, forced labor, and other severe oppression.
Nicaraguan government operatives threatened Mario Rajib Flores Molina with torture and imprisonment. A new court ruling has revived his pursuit of asylum in the United States.
Their deaths are the tragic, predictable consequence of shutting down safer migration paths.
In just over a month, the Uniting for Ukraine private sponsorship program has attracted huge support.
Critics allege, with some justice, that the Biden Administration is treating the former more favorably than the latter. If so, the right solution is to increase openness to Afghans and others fleeing war and repression, not bar more Ukrainians.
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Human smugglers at Mexican border won’t be sought after if migrants can come to the U.S. legally.
Nearly 4 million people fled Ukraine in the first month after the February 24 invasion, and thousands have left each day since.
The new policies include private refugee sponsorship for Ukrainians, and a possible plan to facilitate visas for Russians with high-tech skills. But much more remains to be done.
Though the program has flaws, it’s an innovative way for private citizens to get directly involved in resettlement efforts for fleeing Ukrainians.
Critics are right to point out that some Western nations are treating Ukrainian refugees better than those fleeing similar horrific situations elsewhere. But the right way to address the problem is to increase openness to other refugees, not exclude Ukrainians.
I coauthored it with Canadian immigration policy expert Sabine El-Chidiac.
The U.S. has taken in more Ukrainians through other migration pathways, but the low refugee tally shows how ill-prepared the U.S. refugee resettlement program was to help Ukrainians.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is leading his nation a just cause. But we should not allow him to impose censorship and emigration bans in the process. A nation fighting for freedom must not undermine it.
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