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38 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Federal Preemption and Texas S.B. 4
2025-06-26 · Posts · LSB11330 · HTML available · PDF available
Defense Primer: U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)
2025-06-25 · Resources · IF13044 · HTML available · PDF available
The CBP Home Mobile Application and “Self-Departure”
2025-06-12 · Resources · IF13030 · HTML available · PDF available
Presidential Proclamation of June 4, 2025, Restricting the Entry of Certain Foreign Nationals
2025-06-09 · Posts · IN12561 · HTML available · PDF available
Diverting Military Construction Funds During a National Emergency: Legal Framework
2025-05-05 · Posts · LSB11278 · HTML available · PDF available
Recent Executive Branch Actions on Immigration (Part 1)
2025-05-01 · Posts · LSB11299 · HTML available · PDF available
Recent Executive Branch Actions on Immigration (Part 2)
2025-05-01 · Posts · LSB11300 · HTML available · PDF available
The Alien Enemy Act: History and Potential Use to Remove Members of International Criminal Cartels
2025-04-02 · Posts · LSB11269 · HTML available · PDF available
Primer on U.S. Immigration Policy
2025-03-31 · Reports · R45020 · HTML available · PDF available
Congress and National Security: Selected Tools and Issues for the 119th Congress
2024-12-20 · Resources · IF12858 · HTML available · PDF available
Immigration Courts: Decline in New Cases at the End of FY2024
2024-11-26 · Posts · IN12463 · HTML available · PDF available
Visa Waiver Program
2024-10-15 · Reports · RL32221 · HTML available
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 118th Congress
2024-09-05 · Reports · R47901 · HTML available · PDF available
Immigration: Grounds of Inadmissibility
2024-07-29 · Resources · IF12662 · HTML available · PDF available
The Biden Administration’s Proclamation and Rule, Securing the Border, and DHS Operational Constraints
2024-06-20 · Posts · IN12383 · HTML available · PDF available
The Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2): Asylum-Related Reforms
2023-10-30 · Resources · IF12522 · HTML available · PDF available
Barriers Along the U.S. Border: Key Authorities and Recent Developments
2023-10-23 · Posts · LSB11059 · HTML available · PDF available
Employment Eligibility for Migrants Released from DHS Custody at the Southwest Border
2023-09-27 · Posts · IN12258 · HTML available · PDF available
FEMA Assistance for Migrants Through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program-Humanitarian (EFSP-H) and Shelter and Services Program (SSP)
2023-08-31 · Reports · R47681 · HTML available · PDF available
Foreign Students: Screening and Monitoring
2023-08-17 · Infographics · IG10039 · HTML available · PDF available
The President’s Authority to Use the National Guard or the Armed Forces to Secure the Border
2023-06-15 · Posts · LSB10121 · HTML available · PDF available
Immigration 101: Executive Branch Agencies Involved with Immigration
2023-06-07 · Resources · IF12424 · HTML available
Immigration: The U.S. Entry-Exit System
2023-05-02 · Reports · R47541 · HTML available · PDF available
Immigration: Apprehensions and Expulsions at the Southwest Border
2021-12-22 · Reports · R46999 · HTML available · PDF available
Migrant Smuggling: Background and Selected Issues
2021-12-20 · Resources · IF12003 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Powers and Limitations: A Primer
2021-11-30 · Posts · LSB10559 · HTML available · PDF available
Trusted Traveler Programs
2021-05-05 · Reports · R46783 · HTML available · PDF available
Searches and Seizures at the Border and the Fourth Amendment
2021-03-30 · Reports · R46601 · HTML available · PDF available
Recent White House Actions on Immigration
2021-03-23 · Posts · LSB10574 · HTML available · PDF available
Biometric Entry-Exit System: Legislative History and Status
2020-08-27 · Resources · IF11634 · HTML available · PDF available
Illicit Drug Smuggling Between Ports of Entry and Border Barriers
2020-02-07 · Reports · R46218 · HTML available · PDF available
Expedited Removal of Aliens: Legal Framework
2019-10-08 · Reports · R45314 · HTML available · PDF available
Illicit Drug Flows and Seizures in the United States: What Do We [Not] Know?
2019-07-03 · Reports · R45812 · HTML available · PDF available
Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Southern Border Barriers
2019-05-22 · Resources · IF11224 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal and Indian Lands on the U.S.-Mexico Border
2018-02-21 · Resources · IF10832 · HTML available · PDF available
Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry
2016-04-19 · Reports · R42138 · HTML available
Border Security: Immigration Inspections at Ports of Entry
2015-01-26 · Reports · R43356 · HTML available
Border Security: Understanding Threats at U.S. Borders
2013-02-21 · Reports · R42969 · HTML available