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On Friday, we'll be hosting a panel with @michellemalkin discussing a recent report (see below) highlighting the reality behind "high-skilled" immigration and the value of a foreign vs. American diploma.

A Facebook Live link will be available Friday.

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@michellemalkin Press release and Facebook Live link for our panel discussion with @michellemalkin on Friday.

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The Facebook Live stream of the panel with @michellemalkin, @MarkSKrikorian and Jason Richwine is available.

Edited video and clips will be posted next week.

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At 10 am, Andrew Arthur, our Resident Fellow in Law and Policy, will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee regarding Dreamers and TPS.

You can stream the testimony live on our website: cis.org/Testimony/Prot…
"I have yet to encounter even one idea from the other side that would give us a long-term solution to illegal entry, fraud, and visa abuse. When I ask my colleagues what their solutions are, they just tell us to pass the DREAM Act." -@RepDougCollins
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"The '86 amnesty was followed by another temporary amnesty in 1994, two more which failed in '97, another in '98, and two in 2000...Every amnesty brings more illegal immigration and demands for another amnesty." -@RepKenBuck

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A Democrat on today's committee said that the increasing number of children crossing our border has "nothing to do with the loopholes" in our law.

That is nonsensical. Any parent knows that if they bring their kid, they get a free ticket into the country:
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Democrats on the panel seem to believe that human smugglers are not closely following US immigration law.

In fact, smuggling significantly dropped off after Trump was elected, then went right back up after smugglers realized the laws weren't changing.
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"We can't even test to see if unaccompanied minors are actually related to their sponsors" -@RepAndyHarrisMD

"Yes. One of the most egregious things is that we don't fingerprint alien children under the age of 14, by policy. That allows smugglers to recycle children" -Art Arthur
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From Art Arthur's testimony today:

- So far in FY2019, 60% of border crossers were families/children (vs. <10% in 2011)
- Human smuggling into the US generates $6.6 billion for smugglers annually
- 1/3 of smuggled women are raped en route to the US
"Thanks to our loopholes--thanks to Flores, thanks to TVPRA, thanks to the credible fear standard, human smugglers don't even need to sneak these migrants into the US. They can simply let them off at the border, with no risk of them being prosecuted."

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"If you're a parent who came here, why wouldn't you pay a smuggler to bring your kid into the United States? They know because of our loopholes that their kid will get into the country and they'll be reunited. What parent wouldn't pay for that?"

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“Tim Apple” slip of the tongue overshadowing this fact: Many big companies (including IBM, Lockheed Martin) are hiring more Americans without college degrees as they search to find increasingly scarce applicants for open jobs. Trump said he wants more “high-skilled” immigration.
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