Laissez-Faire, Laissez-Passer w/ Alex Nowrasteh & David Bier
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New Ban Bars 1 in 5 Legal Immigrants, Even Citizens’ Spouses & Kids
It's the president's most extreme attack on legal immigration yet.
Dec 18
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David J. Bier
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DOGE Took a Chainsaw to the Federal Workforce
But spending kept rising
Dec 18
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Alex Nowrasteh
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Krit Chanwong
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DHS Classifies Just 4% of ICE Arrests as “the Worst”—Most for Nonviolent Offenses
DHS's new "depraved immigrants" list fails to make the point DHS wants.
Dec 12
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David J. Bier
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The Garett Jones Curve: As Critiques Rise, Responses Fall
On the Absence of a Substantive Rebuttal
Dec 11
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Alex Nowrasteh
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Afghan Terrorism Is a Small Threat in the United States
Chance of being murdered in a normal homicide is one million times greater than being killed in an Afghan terrorist attack
Dec 10
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Alex Nowrasteh
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Census: Immigrant Share Grows More Slowly Than Any Decade Since the 1970s
New data show that the hysterical reaction to immigration is unmoored from fact.
Dec 5
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David J. Bier
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New Data Prove DHS Lied About Cato Report on ICE
The only thing worse than DHS's dishonesty is its counterproductive policies
Dec 3
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David J. Bier
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The Shallowness of Garett Jones’ Immigration Research
Garett Jones’ recent speech at the Intellectual Freedom of Navigation Conference highlights his strengths as a writer and his weaknesses as a…
Published on Heterodox STEM
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Dec 1
November 2025
Background Information on Afghan Terrorists
The DC National Guardsmen shooter isn't the only one
Nov 27
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Alex Nowrasteh
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5% of ICE Detainees Have Violent Convictions, 73% Have No Convictions
ICE is not targeting the "worst of the worst"
Nov 26
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David J. Bier
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Immigration and Housing: An Epic Win-Win
Guest response to Nowrasteh's piece on how immigrants affect housing prices
Nov 17
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Nathan Smith
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We Let an Immigrant Live in Our Home
You should too, especially if you have young children
Nov 10
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Alex Nowrasteh
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