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According to the Cato Institute, 50.9% of migrants arrested at the southern border were expelled rather than released during Biden's first two years in office, compared with 47.4% during Trump's last two. [38] Republicans cited 64 actions by Biden, including revocations of existing policies, as having precipitated the crisis.
In Obama's first three years in office, around 1.18 million people were deported, while around 800,000 deportations took place under Trump in his three years of presidency. [103] In the final year of his presidency Trump deported an additional 186,000 immigrants, bringing his total to just under 1 million for his full presidency. [104]
The Cato Institute is classified as a 501(c)(3) organization under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. For revenue, the institute is largely dependent on private contributions and does not receive government funding. [150] The Cato Institute reported the fiscal year 2015 revenue of $37.3 million and expenses of $29.4 million. [151]
[33] [34] Donald Trump has been the most prominent promoter of the false link between immigration and crime, according to the Associated Press. [35] Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera argues it is a cornerstone of the MAGA platform. [36] [37] Americans dramatically overestimate the relationship between refugees and terrorism. [38]
The Niskanen Center was founded in early 2015 by Jerry Taylor. [8] At its launch, the center was composed primarily of former staffers of the Cato Institute who departed in the wake of a 2012 leadership struggle pitting Ed Crane against the Koch Brothers for control of the libertarian think tank.
On May 5, 2019, the Trump administration officially began a "zero tolerance" policy towards illegal immigration, declaring that it would detain and prosecute every illegal immigrant, in contrast to a common previous practice (catch and release) of releasing migrants into the country while their immigration cases were processed. On June 20, 2019 ...
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) is an American anti-immigration think tank.It favors far lower immigration numbers and produces analyses to further those views. The CIS was founded by historian Otis L. Graham alongside eugenicist and white nationalist John Tanton in 1985 as a spin-off of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAI
Video of President Trump's speech. On January 8, 2019, the 17th day of a partial shutdown of the United States federal government, President Donald Trump delivered an address on illegal immigration from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Major television networks broadcast the president's prime time speech as well as the Democratic response.