Walter Ewing
Author's details
Name: Walter Ewing
Date registered: July 23, 2008
URL: http://www.immigrationimpact.com
Biography
Walter Ewing, Ph.D., is the Senior Researcher at the Immigration Policy Center. He has authored or co-authored 20 reports and opinion pieces for the IPC and has published articles in the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, Stanford Law and Policy Review, and Immigration Law Today. Before joining the IPC, he was an Immigration Policy Analyst at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Program Director of the National Citizenship Network at Immigration and Refugee Services of America. Mr. Ewing received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School in 1997 and his B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1987.
Latest posts
- Busting the Myth of the “Job Stealing” Immigrant — June 14, 2013
- New Report Reveals Scale of Deaths Along U.S.-Mexico Border — June 5, 2013
- Congressional Opponents of Immigration Reform Demand Endless Increases in Border Security — June 3, 2013
- Experts from Left and Right Agree on Economic Power of Immigration Reform — May 24, 2013
- How to Accurately Estimate the Economic Impact of the Senate Immigration Reform Bill — May 9, 2013
Most commented posts
- Restrictionist CIS Twists Facts on “Marriage Fraud” — 12 comments
- Obama to Make Good on Promise of Immigration Reform This Year — 11 comments
- Sheriff Joe Arpaio Stages Immigrant-Degradation March for the Cameras — 8 comments
- Nativists Fail to Grasp Economics of Immigration Reform — 7 comments
- Where and Who Are The Young People Eligible for the President’s “Deferred Action” Initiative — 7 comments
Author's posts listings
Categories:
Business, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Congress, Demographics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Integration, National Legislation, Progressives, Undocumented Immigration, Visas
by Walter Ewing
March 20, 2013
As lawmakers negotiate the contours of an immigration reform bill, they should keep in mind that the granting of legal status to undocumented immigrants would be a boon for the U.S. economy—and allowing undocumented immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens would be an even bigger boon. Such is the finding of a report from the …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/20/the-sooner-immigrants-become-citizens-the-better-it-is-for-the-economy/
Categories:
Border, Congress, Customs and Border Patrol, Enforcement, Hearings, Myths, Nativists, Republicans, Restrictionists, Undocumented Immigration
by Walter Ewing
February 27, 2013
The concept of “border security” is inherently ambiguous. After all, we live in a world where no international border can be completely sealed. The risk that a bad guy will come across the border—by land, sea, or air—can never be reduced to zero, no matter how much money or manpower is funneled into border-security operations. …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/27/congressional-hearing-illustrates-nativist-manipulation-of-border-security/
This week, the New York Times gave voice to the nativist argument that legalizing unauthorized immigrants would drain the federal budget because newly legalized immigrants will start using public benefits. However, this flawed fiscal accounting overlooks the myriad ways in which immigrants, just like the native-born, contribute to the U.S. economy over the course of …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/07/nativists-fail-to-grasp-economics-of-immigration-reform/
Nativists are rarely encumbered by facts. By its very nature, nativist rhetoric is based on stereotype and mythology, not empirical evidence. Regrettably, some of our elected leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate have embraced the mirage of nativism as they embark on a crusade to derail any meaningful reform of the U.S. …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/05/nativist-politicians-invent-doomsday-predictions-about-immigration-reform/
As the immigration debate heats up in Congress, the central question for much of the American public will be whether or not to create a pathway to legal status for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants now living in the United States. In formulating an answer to that question, however, it is necessary to ask two …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/31/why-should-we-support-a-legalization-program-for-unauthorized-immigrants/
Categories:
Business, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Faith, Family, Progressives, Reform, Republicans, Rhetoric, Undocumented Immigration
by Walter Ewing
January 18, 2013
Immigration reform is an undertaking of such importance that it should transcend partisanship. That was the fundamental message of the business and religious leaders who gathered together yesterday at a press conference organized by the National Immigration Forum. The press conference was part of a campaign called Forging a New Consensus on Immigrants and America, …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/18/business-and-religious-leaders-come-together-to-champion-immigration-reform/
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist came to Topeka this week to serve as a counterweight to Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in the national debate over immigration reform. Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, is best known for persuading congressional Republicans to sign his anti-tax pledge. However, he is also an opponent of …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/16/a-clash-of-conservatives-in-kansas-city/
A perennial question in the immigration debate is whether or not immigrants contribute more to the economy than they cost. That is, do they add more economically as workers, taxpayers, consumers, and entrepreneurs than they “consume” in public education, public healthcare, and public benefits? In some ways, this question is misleading. Education and healthcare are …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/15/immigrants-add-billions-to-the-arkansas-economy/
Categories:
Border, Customs and Border Patrol, Department of Homeland Security, Detention, E-Verify, Enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Restrictionists, Secure Communities, Visas
by Walter Ewing
January 8, 2013
Anti-immigrant activists often say that we must first enforce current U.S. immigration laws before even considering any reforms that might grant legal status to unauthorized immigrants already living in the country. However, as the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) documents in a comprehensive new report (and a more condensed Report in Brief), that is what we …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/08/the-u-s-has-been-implementing-an-enforcement-first-immigration-policy-for-more-than-a-decade/
Categories:
Administration, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Demographics, DREAM Act, Family, National Legislation, President Obama, Progressives, Reform, Republicans, Undocumented Immigration
by Walter Ewing
January 4, 2013
There is considerable debate at the moment over the prospects for immigration reform this year. On the one hand, an electorally chastened Republican Party seems to be reevaluating its long-standing support for deportation-only immigration policies. On the other hand, it looks as though the White House and Congress are embarking upon lengthy debates over gun …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/04/reasons-for-cautious-optimism-on-immigration-reform/
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