The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended several actions March 27 to improve performance and expansion planning for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Visa Security Program (VSP). Established in 2003 and coordinated by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, VSP deploys law enforcement professionals to worldwide diplomatic locations as the frontline on visa security. VSP professionals investigate […]
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Tax Laws, Alien Employees Misaligned Says BPC
With most individual income tax returns due April 17, Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) contributor Hunter Hallman recently explored the issue of illegal employees and their U.S. income tax contributions. “Agencies are singularly focused on their own mandates: the IRS is interested in maintaining a broad tax base and collecting all taxes owed to the government, […]
WH: Liberia Protected Status to End in March 2019
President Donald Trump announced March 27 that Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberia would end after a “12-month wind-down period. “Liberia is no longer experiencing armed conflict and has made significant progress in restoring stability and democratic governance,” a statement from the White House read. “Liberia has also concluded reconstruction from prior conflicts, which has […]
Heritage Explores Gun-Control Debate, Misconceptions
In a prelude to the March for Our Lives gun-control protests, a Heritage Foundation analysis March 19, among other things, stated that stricter gun laws don’t stop school shootings. In Focusing on Safety After Parkland authors John G. Malcolm and Amy Swearer examined school shooting data and offered a number of recommendations on the path […]
Brookings Touts Regulatory Gun Control Strategy
A March 14 report from the Brookings Institution suggests creating a gun manufacturer cartel—immune from antitrust violations—that would allow them to limit supply and increase costs. A Gun Control Solution Manufacturers Can Get Behind came in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting in Parkland, Fla., on February 14. “Legalizing a gun cartel […]