Immigration
- Kenneth A. Moskow Memorial Lecture: A Conversation With Liz Sherwood-RandallWhite House Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall discusses how the Biden Administration prepares for and responds to a broad range of threats to the Homeland. The Kenneth A. Moskow Memorial Lecture on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism honors the memory of longtime Council member Kenneth A. Moskow, who made this event possible through a generous bequest. His intent was to establish an annual event to bring together the leaders of the intelligence community and promote discussion on critical issues in counterterrorism.
- Seeking Protection: How the U.S. Asylum Process WorksRecord numbers of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border are challenging the Joe Biden administration’s attempts to restore asylum protections. Here’s how the asylum process works.
- Tackling an Evolving Threat Landscape: Homeland Security in 2023Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas reflects on the twenty years since the Department of Homeland Security’s formation and reviews the evolving security challenges of today and tomorrow, including the steps being taken to prepare for potential threats like the swift development of artificial intelligence and rise in nation-state aggression.
- Biden’s New Southern Border Plan Might Just WorkThe balance of loathing from the left and right suggests the administration is on the right path.
- U.S. Detention of Child MigrantsTens of thousands of unaccompanied children have been arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border each year, sparking debate over how to respond. How is the Joe Biden administration handling it?
- U.S. Immigration Policy, With Edward AldenEdward Alden, the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at CFR and Ross Dist Visiting Professor at Western Washington University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the crisis at the U.S. southern border and the domestic debates over U.S. immigration policy.
- Can Biden’s New Asylum Policy Help Solve the Migrant Crisis?The Biden administration’s proposed immigration policy aims to curb migrant flows to the United States amid record border crossings. What will it do, and how does it compare to the Trump years?
- To Compete With China, the United States Needs to Fix ImmigrationStreamlining the immigration process for Indian talent will enable the United States both to increase its own domestic capacity and more effectively counter China.
- How Does the U.S. Refugee System Work?The United States has long been a safe haven for refugees from around the world. President Biden is working to expand the country’s resettlement program after the Trump administration made sharp cuts.