Immigration

The Inefficient Gatekeeper of the U.S. Immigration Process: The Role of Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Distinctions

December 16, 2025

The United States immigration system is a quandary of forms, bureaucratic pitfalls, and redundant functions; yet, every year it successfully admits over a million legal immigrants. To function properly and efficiently, the policies that motivate bureaucratic behaviors must be commonsensical and adjusted competently and carefully under the guise of wisdom and restraint, as the credibility of the U.S. immigration policy—and its ability to balance openness with order—depends on it. [...]

The potential demise of DACA

September 15, 2017

President Trump unexpectedly terminated an Obama-era program protecting young, undocumented immigrants from deportation. Now all eyes are on Congress to decide the fate of these “dreamers” in the next six months. [...]