@David_J_Bier (Twitter)

I make 4 recommendations to deal with these waits. 1) End the per-country limits. 2) Stop counting spouses & children against the quotas. 3) Link quotas to population & economic growth. 4) Establish a 5-year limit on wait times, granting a green card to anyone who waits that long

My latest #CatoImmigration policy analysis published today is the first to detail how the *average* wait time for legal immigrants applying for green cards under the quotas has changed, finding that they doubled since the last update came into effect

Kudos to @David_J_Bier @CatoInstitute for yet another essential analysis revealing the brokenness of the legal #immigration system. Does anybody believe that our green card queue should be longer than a person's life expectancy?

A review of @BetoORourke's #ImmigrationReform plan by @David_J_Bier. David is an #immigration policy analyst at the @CatoInstitute. #Beto2020 #BetoForAmerica #BetoForPresident

"Indians are taking the bullet for wait times for all other people,” says Bier. “It’s noxious to the fundamental principles of America that we rank people’s nationality as more important than their economic contributions or individual characteristics.”

For many this is worse than obstruction of justice: 85,000 young children have died in Yemen and the Trump Administration is taking actions that will make conditions even more dire, over Congress’ objections.

I have the cover story for the forthcoming issue of @Reason, otherwise known as the best magazine in the world. Trump should love the made in America stamp!

Fewer than Half of Employment-Based Green Cards Are for Workers https://www.cato.org/blog/fewer-half-employment-based-green-cards-are-workers-0 via @CatoInstitute

COMING UP @GeorgetownICAP's Joshua Geltzer (@jgeltzer) on Russian interference & U.S. election security & @CatoInstitute's @David_J_Bier on E-Verify's impact on immigration policy

I wrote up the key points of this thread here. #CatoImmigration