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Jessica Vaughan

Jessica M. Vaughan is Director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, a research institute in Washington DC.

My Articles
Border Patrol agents conduct a training exercise in the Anapra area, in front of the wall that divides Sunland Park, New Mexico. (Photo credit: HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Border Shutdown Slows Influx of Gang Members
October 22, 2020 | 4:29pm EDT
An ICE officer is featured. (Photo credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
ICE Summer Surge Operation Takes 2,000 Criminal Aliens Off the Streets
September 3, 2020 | 4:16pm EDT
President Donald Trump gives a speech. (Photo credit: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
DHS Should Retract Expansion of H-2B Visa Workers to Fight Coronavirus
March 19, 2020 | 5:10pm EDT
Venezuelans Living in US Illegally Already Face Little Threat of Deportation
July 24, 2019 | 3:41pm EDT
What Is the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, and What Does It Mean for US?
July 9, 2019 | 3:00pm EDT
Guestworker Programs Remain Open to 80 Countries, 32 with Higher Than Average Overstay Rates
January 31, 2019 | 3:56pm EST
Scrapping Per-Country Immigration Caps Would Help Companies that Shun US Tech Workers
November 15, 2018 | 11:11am EST
Legal Immigrants Subsidized Cost of DACA Applications to the Tune of $316.5M Since 2015
October 10, 2018 | 12:27pm EDT
Massachusetts Sanctuary Policies Freed Hundreds of Criminal Aliens
July 19, 2018 | 12:13pm EDT
House Immigration Bills Offer Significantly Different Amnesty Provisions
June 21, 2018 | 11:36am EDT