Douglas Rivlin
@douglasrivlin.bsky.social
Speaking up for America's pro-immigrant majority. Ex- @AmericasVoice @RepGutierrez Messages made by hand. Opinions my own. DC proper. Slug. #YNWA
With higher naturalization fees, longer tests, doubling denial rates, “neighborhood investigations,” slow processing and denaturalizations, Trump officials are making U.S. citizenship harder to acquire and easier to revoke. @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Trump Immigration Policies Make It Harder To Get And Keep Citizenship
The Trump administration has implemented immigration policies making U.S. citizenship harder to acquire and easier to revoke.
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Trump admin defends 1882 law. “The report on the Smithsonian Institution shows White House officials may be sensitive to criticism of the Chinese Exclusion Act because the Trump admin has adopted a number of similar policies.” @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
White House Defends 1882 Immigration Law Excluding Chinese Immigrants
The Trump administration is defending the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act against the charge that the law had a racist intent.
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In a conclusion aimed at pleasing Stephen Miller rather than Donald Trump, a White House report criticizes the immigration of scientists, arguing it’s bad whether international students earning PhD’s stay or leave after graduating. @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
White House Report Criticizes The Immigration Of Scientists To America
A new White House report criticizes the immigration of scientists to America, arguing it’s bad whether international students stay or leave.
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"Sgt. Angel Rampersad lost her life in the Iran war. She was an immigrant and a queer woman, among the kind of people treated as second class citizens in America under this regime." www.signorile.com/p/the-people...
The people whose lives Trump sees as disposable
Sgt. Angel Rampersad lost her life in the Iran war. She was an immigrant and a queer woman, among the kind of people treated as second class citizens in America under this regime.
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"The Trump administration has framed its immigration policy as a win for American workers. It isn’t."
Douglas Rivlin@douglasrivlin.bsky.social · last mo.Hurting YOU in YOUR wallet: The massive round up of men, women and children - with and without visas and citizenship - combined with the collapse of legal immigration, is costing the economies of red, blue and purple states. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/o...
Hurting YOU in YOUR wallet: The massive round up of men, women and children - with and without visas and citizenship - combined with the collapse of legal immigration, is costing the economies of red, blue and purple states. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/o...
Opinion | ICE Is a Job Killer Everywhere It Goes
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“Stephen Miller is implementing an immigration policy designed to lower the labor supply, a prescription for reducing economic growth and raising the federal debt, given the crucial role immigrants play in US labor force growth.” @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Book Reveals Stephen Miller’s Control Of U.S. Immigration Policy
A new book reveals how White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has controlled the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
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Trump officials are correct that more doctors would improve patient care and help tame healthcare costs. However, the Trump admin has enacted several restrictive immigration policies that have blocked physicians from America. @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
White House Wants More Doctors But Its Immigration Policies Block Them
The Trump administration says it wants more physicians, but its immigration policies have reduced the flow of doctors to the United States.
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The Trump/Epstein/Miller strategy of opposing legal immigration is facing legal and economic headwinds.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2mo agoBreaking news: A federal judge threw out the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for highly skilled workers. The fee narrowed a major pathway for immigration that is used by Silicon Valley tech companies, hospitals and universities.
Why is MAGA trying so hard to ruin the US blueprint for prosperity that - while wildly imperfect - has proven very, very effective? Removing immigrants and immigration from our economy is an own-goal we can't afford.
National Foundation for American Policy@nfapresearch.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew NFAP research: Immigrants have founded or cofounded 59% of America’s privately held startup companies valued at $1 billion or more. The collective value of the 455 immigrant-founded billion-dollar companies is $5.0 trillion. @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
RIP Peabo Bryson and sorry for your loss @PhilDunphy
The target has always been LEGAL immigration...
National Foundation for American Policy@nfapresearch.bsky.social · 3mo ago“A new USCIS memo to restrict obtaining a green card in the US is likely aimed at reducing legal immigration by forcing individuals to endure long delays at understaffed US consulates & barring people from reentering the country.” @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
“Donald Trump delivered a ringing defense of international students, but there is no evidence it signals a change in his administration’s policies. Analysts say Stephen Miller and other staff pursue their own immigration agenda.” @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Trump’s Comments On Students Unlikely To Change Immigration Policy
Donald Trump delivered a ringing defense of international students, but there is no evidence it signals a change in immigration policies.
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“While businesses and economists believe America gains significantly from welcoming international students and allowing them to stay and work, the Trump admin’s immigration policy is run by individuals who believe the opposite.” @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
New Immigration Restrictions On H-1B Visas And Students Are Coming
Employers, universities and visa holders should expect the Trump administration to enact more immigration restrictions in 2026 and 2027.
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Mass deportation is a poor economic policy. Economists Chloe East & Elizabeth Cox on effects of ICE arrests: “There is a negative and significant impact on employment of US-born male workers with at most a high-school education.” @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
ICE Immigration Enforcement Has Harmed U.S. Workers, Research Shows
New research finds that Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity has harmed U.S.-born workers, contradicting a key policy justification.
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In your name, US...
National Foundation for American Policy@nfapresearch.bsky.social · 3mo agoICE wants to deport a 12-year-old boy, even though his attorney has provided evidence the boy is a US citizen. The father signed an affidavit but USCIS won’t recognize citizenship without a DNA swab, which the father won’t provide. @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
As Domestic Programs Are Slashed, Food And Healthcare Prices Rise, DHS Wants Billions More With No Strings Attached americasvoice.org/blog/as-dome...
As Domestic Programs Are Slashed, Food And Healthcare Prices Rise, DHS Wants Billions More With No Strings Attached - America's Voice
Mass deportation remains unchecked, unaccountable and unabated. No more blank checks At a time when food banks are seeing long lines and Americans are worried sick about how to afford a doctor’s visit...
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OMG!!
National Foundation for American Policy@nfapresearch.bsky.social · 4mo agoA federal employee asked ICE to detain and deport a widow so he could gain the inheritance of her late husband’s house, per a probate judge. At 85 years old, the widow was not likely the “worst of the worst” ICE claims it targets. @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Chair Espaillat joined @americasvoice.bsky.social for a briefing exposing the real cost of mass deportation. Doctors, advocates, and impacted youth made one thing clear: children are being put in harm’s way. We all have a responsibility to speak up and make these stories impossible to ignore.
#DCUvDAL - There is a very large bird, with babies, perched on top of one of the Audi Field light towers in a nest. An Osprey? Eagle? Hawk? Just saying.
A contradiction central to the current debate: While the White House highlights “historic lows” in illegal entry, DHS justifies broad law enforcement powers by finding a continued “mass influx of aliens.” @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
White House Touts Immigration Success But Claims A ‘Mass Influx’
A DHS document finds a “mass influx of aliens” at the same time the White House has touted the president’s “historic” border success.
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The SCOTUS tariff case forced DOJ’s attorney to ask judges to allow the $100K H-1B fee as an immigration restriction even if it’s unlawful as a tax. But attorney Jon Wasden says, “If it’s a tax, it has to go through Congress.” @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Businesses Try New Argument In Immigration Appeal On $100,000 H-1B Fee
A Supreme Court ruling on Donald Trump’s tariff authority provided a new argument at an Appeals Court hearing on the $100,000 H-1B fee.
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Scoop: New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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Here’s new and irrefutable evidence from the Epstein files that Howard Lutnick made false statements and was misleading about his interactions with Jeffrey Epstein. It hasn’t yet caused a storm. So please give it a read and share widely.
David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · 5mo agoA MOTHER JONES SCOOP! New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. This challenges his claim he had minimal contact with Epstein. The two were involved in a deal for six years, and an email shows they discussed it. @nlanard.bsky.social
This hurtful and counterproductive. ICE arrested 261 DACA recipients over 10 months last year, document shows www.cbsnews.com/news/daca-re...
ICE arrested 261 DACA recipients over 10 months last year, document shows
Federal immigration agents arrested 261 DACA recipients during the first 10 months of the second Trump administration, according to statistics shared with Congress.
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Forbes Magazine: New Research Finds Reducing Immigration Does Not Help U.S. Workers www.forbes.com/sites/stuart... "Labor force growth is vital to the U.S. economy. Economic growth relies on labor force growth and productivity growth, and immigrants are essential to both."
New Research Finds Reducing Immigration Does Not Help U.S. Workers
New research finds that reducing immigration does not help U.S. workers, but welcoming more immigrants would benefit the economy.
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