Laissez-Faire, Laissez-Passer w/ Alex Nowrasteh & David Bier

Laissez-Faire, Laissez-Passer w/ Alex Nowrasteh & David Bier

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Anti-Profiling Court Order Cuts LA ICE Arrests by 66 Percent
ICE told the courts that it doesn't illegally profile, but the data tell the truth.
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David J. Bier
ICE Could Prevent Some of the Coming Corruption, Criminal, and Misconduct Scandals That Will Plague the Agency
But it won’t
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Alex Nowrasteh
Employer-Sponsored Green Card Processing Takes 3.4 Years, All-Time High
This needs to change to keep America competitive
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David J. Bier
1
Quantifying the Profiling: 1/5 of ICE Arrests Are Street Arrests of Latinos with No Criminal Past or Removal Order
Illegal profiling accounts for a substantial portion of ICE arrests.
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David J. Bier
4

July 2025

Testimony at House Hearing on Immigration Parole and Deportation
Trump's not trying to end illegal immigration. He wants immigration to be illegal.
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David J. Bier
1
Ukrainian Refugees Probably Didn’t Reduce the Birth Rate in Czechia
But more research is needed
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Alex Nowrasteh
1
Haitian Immigrants Have a Low Incarceration Rate
The Trump administration recently revoked Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians.
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Alex Nowrasteh

June 2025

15 Minutes on ICE's Assault on America
What I told congressional staffers about mass deportation
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David J. Bier
ICE Is Arresting 1,100% More Noncriminals on the Streets Than in 2017
ICE is nabbing thousands of peaceful people off the streets.
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David J. Bier
7
How to Make Congress Yell at You
Just tell the truth
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Alex Nowrasteh
16
65% of People Taken In By ICE Had No Convictions, 93% No Violent Convictions
New nonpublic data expose the government's misrepresentations.
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David J. Bier
3
A US Attack on Iran Could Cause the Largest Refugee Crisis in History
The government should consider this before attacking
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Alex Nowrasteh
8
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