News & Updates

President Trump’s national emergency declaration for border wall funding is little more than a face-saving exercise that will immediately be challenged by the courts. Yet by taking the bold step of declaring a national emergency at the border, where illegal…

In response to President Trump’s threat to declare a national emergency in order to get his border wall, Linda Chavez is releasing the following statement: President Trump must stop harping on the divisive and distracting issue of a border wall…

In response to President Trump’s claim that he will shut the government down if he does not receive funding for a border wall, Linda Chavez, Director for Becoming American Initiative is releasing the following statement: President Trump’s threat to shut down…

Becoming American Initiative Director Linda Chavez published this op-ed in The Daily Caller. The Trump administration’s immigration policies — from making it more difficult to obtain a green card, to threatening to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for…

Jordan Bruneau, a senior policy analyst for Becoming American Initiative, wrote the following op-ed for The Hill. Even as a rallying issue for the core Republican base, it is unlikely that immigration is best. Among the top issue…

Jordan Bruneau, a senior policy analyst for Becoming American Initiative, wrote the following op-ed for USA Today. Expanded work visas used to be the Republican solution to immigration. “Rather than talking about putting up a fence,” said then-presidential candidate Ronald…

In response to President Trump’s threat to end birthright citizenship, Linda Chavez, Director of the Becoming American Initiative, is releasing the following statement: President Trump’s decision to issue an executive order stripping millions of Americans of their citizenship…

Becoming Amerian Initiative Director Linda Chavez joined Bill Kristol to discuss why immigration remains a net benefit to the United States—and why we should address, improve, and streamline the immigration system. Listen here.

Linda Chavez, Director for the Becoming American Initiative, published this letter to the editor in the Jacksonville Daily News. Last week, President Trump’s in-laws became U.S. citizens by taking advantage of the very family reunification immigration policy that Trump…

Linda Chavez, Director for Becoming American Initiative, published this op-ed in The Hill. With President Trump’s unprecedented rhetorical and policy assault on immigrants, opponents of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which grants birthright citizenship, have…