When Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were vilified in a campaign of politicized fabrications about eating pets, Faranak Miraftab's mind went to a place she knew well. A professor of urban and ...

One of the very first things that Donald Trump did after being sworn in as president was to make good on promises to reduce both legal and illegal immigration. He even issued an executive order ending ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former president Donald Trump on Thursday seized on the arrest of an undocumented man in a high-profile murder in Georgia to ...

Rich Lowry and Alex Nowrasteh debate the resolution, "Nationalism is an important value that Americans should support." The event is produced by The Soho Forum, a monthly debate series presented by ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Alex Nowrasteh is a Director for Economic and Social Policy Studies in the Cato Institute with 17 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2012 Forum as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh and attorney Francis Menton debate the resolution, "The U.S. should have free immigration ...

Do immigrants bring with them the worst attributes of the countries and societies they are fleeing? In Wretched Refuse?: The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions, Alex Nowrasteh and ...

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) lost it on CATO Institute VP Alex Nowrasteh during a House hearing on Wednesday, accusing Libertarians of “hiding behind a brand that is resulting in the death of Americans.” ...

A dearth of workers is slowing our recovery from the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19. Overly large unemployment insurance checks, an expanded welfare state and immigration restrictions have ...

On May 15, AEI’s Stan Veuger welcomed Quy-Toan Do of the World Bank, Katie Tobin of the National Security Council, Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute, and Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution to ...

Prosperous societies rely on institutions, including relatively high social trust, the rule of law, and respect for private property rights. These institutions help explain why immigrants become so ...

In most cases, it’s best to disregard what Alex Nowrasteh (pronunciation unknown) tweets or writes. Every now and then, however, the CATO vice president of economic and social policy turns heads by ...