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The @CatoInstitute 's @David_J_Bier explains that Biden's VP pick does not signal smooth sailing for the future of immigrants and immigration reform.

Agreed. It is a time to seriously consider a revamp of our immigration law as it relates to employment based immigration. Certain industries deemed essential should be exempt from time and numerical limitations where there is a recognized labor shortage (ex. nurses).

Important 1st Amendment case that directly impacts immigration lawyers and advocates. https://cato.org/publications/legal-briefs/united-states-v-sineneng-smith @ishapiro @CatoInstitute

Guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system by eliminating the need for most illegal immigration. The problem: Democrats don't want immigrants to be able to come to the country legally with a guest worker visa. https://cato.org/publications/speeches/ted-talk-creating-order-border?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany @CatoInstitute @David_J_Bier

Immigrants consume 21% less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis. Moreover, immigrants create businesses, and expand economic production benefiting Americans. https://cato.org/publications/immigration-research-policy-brief/immigrant-native-consumption-means-tested-welfare?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany via @CatoInstitute @AlexNowrasteh @David_J_Bier

"New immigrants are more culturally different, but not by much, which could have had an outsized impact on Trump voters in 2016, but immigration overall is more popular with Americans than it used to be." https://www.cato.org/blog/new-immigrants-are-more-culturally-different-they-used-be via @AlexNowrasteh @CatoInstitute

ICE arrested 2,304 people at worksites in the fiscal year 2018, a more than 7-fold increase from the previous fiscal year and about 6.7-fold more than the last full year of the Obama administration. https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-administration-increases-immigration-enforcement-businesses via @CatoInstitute @AlexNowrasteh @David_J_Bier

@AlexNowrasteh "How Trump Could Get Mexico to Pay for a Border Wall-Maybe" http://www.cato.org/blog/how-trump-could-get-mexico-pay-border-wall-maybe via @CatoInstitute