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Peregrine

Issue 1502

Zero Illegal Immigration?
Main Essay
Main Essay

Immigration Enforcement: Is Zero Illegal Immigration Possible?

by Theresa Cardinal Brownvia Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

As the 2016 presidential campaign kicks into high gear, voters are hearing calls from many candidates to step up immigration enforcement and secure the border. Such calls are not new, and the suggested methods for doing so–border walls, employment verification, and even increased deportations–have been part of the debate over immigration for decades.

New Ideas
American Flags
New Ideas

Immigration Will Make America More Unequal, And That’s A Good Thing

by Scott Sumnervia Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

There is substantial evidence that the immigrants from Asia tend to include a disproportionate number of highly skilled scientists, doctors and engineers.  

New Ideas

Zero Illegal Immigration: A Thought Experiment (With Time Travel)

by Michael A. Clemensvia Peregrine
Friday, October 23, 2015

No one wants more illegal immigration. So isn’t zero illegal immigration a good idea? We could think through problems like this in at least three ways: a moral argument, a national interest argument, and an economic argument.

Survey Results
Syrian Refugees
Survey Results

Immigration Policy: The Survey On The Treatment Of Refugees And Reducing Illegal Immigration

via Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

Albert Einstein immigrated to the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany. This year, millions of Syrians are seeking refuge in neighboring countries in the Middle East and Europe... but do experts support maintaining and perhaps expanding the traditional American openness to nearly one hundred thousand refugees per year?

Survey Results

Tweets On US Responsibility To The Syrian Refugee Crisis

via Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

The Hoover Institution’s Conte Initiative on Immigration Reform conducts a quarterly survey of leading thinkers. Survey Respondents were asked what they would tweet if asked what the responsibility and proper policy response of the United States should be to the Syrian refugee crisis?  

Survey Results

Letter from the Editor: The Ideal Level of Immigration

by Timothy Kanevia Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

What is the goal of immigration policy? The state of public debate and media coverage would lead you to believe that the United States has a broken immigration system and that the remedy should focus on securing the southern border to achieve zero illegal immigration.

Basic Facts
Basic Facts

Basic Facts: Zero Illegal Immigration

by Tom Churchvia Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

The Pew Research Center estimates that there were about 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States in 2014, down from a high of 12.2 million in 2007. After falling by about one million after the Great Recession, the number of unauthorized immigrants has stabilized, as net inflows have been close to zero for several years.

Facts on Immigration

E.g., 12 / 11 / 2015
E.g., 12 / 11 / 2015

Issue 1501

Immigration & Security

Main Essay

by Marc R. Rosenblum Tuesday, July 14, 2015
article

New Ideas

by John H. Cochrane Tuesday, July 14, 2015
article
by Sylvia Longmire Tuesday, July 14, 2015
article

Survey Results

by Timothy Kane Tuesday, July 14, 2015
article
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
article
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
article

Basic Facts

by Tom Church Tuesday, July 14, 2015
article

Issue 1403

Executive Action & Immigration Reform

Main Essay

by Michael McConnell Tuesday, February 17, 2015
article

New Ideas

by Edward Paul Lazear Thursday, December 4, 2014
article
by Richard A. Epstein Monday, November 24, 2014
article
by Timothy Kane Tuesday, February 17, 2015
article
by Victor Davis Hanson Wednesday, February 18, 2015
article
by William Suter Tuesday, February 17, 2015
article

Survey Results

by Timothy Kane Thursday, February 5, 2015
article
Friday, December 19, 2014
article
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
article
Thursday, December 18, 2014
article
by Timothy Kane Wednesday, December 17, 2014
article

Basic Facts

by Tom Church Tuesday, February 17, 2015
article

Issue 1402

The Question of Work Visas

Main Essay

by Alex Nowrasteh Monday, October 6, 2014
article

New Ideas

by Madeline Zavodny Monday, October 6, 2014
article
by Giovanni Peri Monday, October 6, 2014
article
by Diana Furchtgott-Roth Monday, October 6, 2014
article
by Douglas Holtz-Eakin Monday, October 6, 2014
article

Survey Results

by Timothy Kane Monday, October 6, 2014
article

Basic Facts

by Tom Church Monday, October 6, 2014
article

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Survey Results

Tweets On US Responsibility To The Syrian Refugee Crisis

via Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

The Hoover Institution’s Conte Initiative on Immigration Reform conducts a quarterly survey of leading thinkers. Survey Respondents were asked what they would tweet if asked what the responsibility and proper policy response of the United States should be to the Syrian refugee crisis?  

Syrian Refugees
Survey Results

Immigration Policy: The Survey On The Treatment Of Refugees And Reducing Illegal Immigration

via Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

Albert Einstein immigrated to the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany. This year, millions of Syrians are seeking refuge in neighboring countries in the Middle East and Europe... but do experts support maintaining and perhaps expanding the traditional American openness to nearly one hundred thousand refugees per year?

American Flags
New Ideas

Immigration Will Make America More Unequal, And That’s A Good Thing

by Scott Sumnervia Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

There is substantial evidence that the immigrants from Asia tend to include a disproportionate number of highly skilled scientists, doctors and engineers.  

Main Essay

Immigration Enforcement: Is Zero Illegal Immigration Possible?

by Theresa Cardinal Brownvia Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

As the 2016 presidential campaign kicks into high gear, voters are hearing calls from many candidates to step up immigration enforcement and secure the border. Such calls are not new, and the suggested methods for doing so–border walls, employment verification, and even increased deportations–have been part of the debate over immigration for decades.

Basic Facts

Basic Facts: Zero Illegal Immigration

by Tom Churchvia Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

The Pew Research Center estimates that there were about 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States in 2014, down from a high of 12.2 million in 2007. After falling by about one million after the Great Recession, the number of unauthorized immigrants has stabilized, as net inflows have been close to zero for several years.

Survey Results

Letter from the Editor: The Ideal Level of Immigration

by Timothy Kanevia Peregrine
Monday, October 26, 2015

What is the goal of immigration policy? The state of public debate and media coverage would lead you to believe that the United States has a broken immigration system and that the remedy should focus on securing the southern border to achieve zero illegal immigration.

New Ideas

Zero Illegal Immigration: A Thought Experiment (With Time Travel)

by Michael A. Clemensvia Peregrine
Friday, October 23, 2015

No one wants more illegal immigration. So isn’t zero illegal immigration a good idea? We could think through problems like this in at least three ways: a moral argument, a national interest argument, and an economic argument.

Main Essay

Shifts In The US Immigration Enforcement System

by Marc R. Rosenblumvia Peregrine
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

The US immigration debate often feels like the movie Groundhog Day because the same arguments and legislative proposals are replayed in an endless loop. Yet even though the national conversation about immigration policy remains almost unchanged during the past twenty-five years, the immigration enforcement system has been transformed.

New Ideas

A Comment On Security And The Peregrine Survey

by John H. Cochrane via Peregrine
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Of all the canards, straw-men, and flat-out silliness flung at immigration control, the idea that we must keep immigrants out in the name of national security is surely one of the worst.

Border Patrol
New Ideas

Securing The Southwest Border Requires Meaningful Immigration Reform

by Sylvia Longmirevia Peregrine
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Moving into an election year, immigration reform is on every politician’s mind yet not what they want to talk about. Border security isn’t far behind as a hot-button political topic.

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Peregrine is an online journal about US immigration policy that provides background facts, surveys, and opinion essays by scholars from a variety of perspectives. Each issue of Peregrine  addresses a different aspect of immigration, looking to educate as well as identify areas of agreement among experts and the public on incremental policy changes. This free publication will be published online and will also be available as a downloadable PDF.

The starting point for Peregrine is an awareness of America’s unique status as a nation of immigrants. From pilgrims to pioneers to huddled masses yearning to breathe free, Americans are a peregrine people. The country’s pathway to citizenship has been open for centuries and even now welcomes more than one million foreigners as permanent, legal residents every year. The United States is also a nation of laws, balancing natural rights with sovereign democracy. To maintain America’s strengths as a nation of immigrants and a democracy of laws, Peregrine provides an arena in which the best reform ideas will be published, discussed, and analyzed.

Peregrine is led by Tim Kane, editor, and Tom Church, managing editor, as part of the Hoover Institution Conte Initiative on Immigration Reform. The journal relies on contributions from the membership of Hoover's Working Group on Immigration Reform, co-chaired by Edward Lazear and Tim Kane.