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Peruvian Julia Paredes, center in white hat, listens to instructions from a Border Patrol agent with others seeking asylum as they wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico nearby, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Boulevard, Calif. Mexico has begun requiring visas for Peruvians in response to a major influx of migrants from the South American country. The move follows identical ones for Venezuelans, Ecuadorians and Brazilians, effectively eliminating the option of flying to a Mexican city near the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Just 46% of new immigrants are working, census data show

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tile subcontractor Horacio Gomez, originally from the Mexican state of Michoacan, left, confers with homebuilder Joshua Correa about plans for a floor at a custom home under construction in Plano, Texas, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Immigrant workers rebounded past U.S.-born workforce after pandemic, study shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, June 10, 2021, file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Arizona, to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

Broken system: Deportation backlog now nearly three years for average case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A border patrol officer fails to arrest a migrant running after jumping the United States border fence to San Diego, from Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves into border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Feds prosecute fake illegal immigrant ‘children’ at the border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An Honduran migrant and her daughter sit at a roadblock set by security forces in Poptun, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Guatemala vowed to detain and return members of a new caravan of hundreds of migrants that set out from neighboring Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States, saying they represent a health threat amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Joe Biden White House win likely to ease Illegal immigrants plight

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children detained at the border, in Karnes City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Immigrants’ birth rates tumble as effect on population growth debated

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama (Associated Press)

Obama administration issues 5.5M work permits to non-citizens; Jeff Sessions wants investigation

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

As many as 50,000 illegal immigrants a year could be allowed to remain in the U.S. if President Obama decides that traffic crimes no longer rise to the level of deportation. The Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for a crackdown in immigration laws, said many of those lesser offenses are just the tip of more serious crimes, so excusing the traffic crimes could mean letting killers remain in the U.S. (AP photo)

Obama could stop 50,000 deportations a year by carving out traffic crimes: report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Job gains equal to number of immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Men recently deported from Arizona wait in line to be registered with Mexican authorities at the border in Nogales, Mexico, on April 28, 2010. (Associated Press)

ICE agents catch and release most illegal immigrants, new report shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is deporting fewer illegal immigrants this fiscal year, but a larger percentage of them have no criminal records. The numbers suggest that the Obama administration is struggling to meet its stated goals. (ICE via Associated Press)**FILE**

Deportations plummet in 2013, lowest since 2007: Report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, arrives for a vote at the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

SIMMONS: Immigrant bill hinders Americans seeking jobs

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican (Associated Press)

Senate immigration bill could double guest workers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Fieldworkers pick onion bulbs on a Vidalia onion farm in Lyons, Ga., on May 10. Concerns abound that new legislation meant to bar illegal immigrants from the workforce and giving local police increased enforcement powers will scare away Mexican laborers. (Associated Press)

Immigration bill grants amnesty to employers of illegals; no prosecution for bogus IDs

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Christopher Crane, who represents Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, says illegal immigrants are given a bigger voice than enforcement agents during the immigration reform debate. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

99.5% of illegal immigrants get approval for legal status; high number raises concerns about fraud

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Milagros Rodriguez, from the Dominican Republic, works at her salon, Woodside Beauty Salon in Queens, N.Y. A study says two-thirds of job growth since 2009 has been among immigrants. (Associated Press)

Two-thirds of jobs go to immigrants during Obama’s four years

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Petra Falcon, executive director of Promise Arizona, wipes her forehead June 25, 2012, as Arizona politicians and immigration rights groups at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix react to the United States Supreme Court decision regarding Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB1070, after the decision came down. The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Arizona’s crackdown on immigrants but said a much-debated portion on checking suspects' status could go forward. (Associated Press)

Slow path to progress for U.S. immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Immigration activists call for reform

By Sean Lengell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illegals figure drops by 11%

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times