# Cato Experts Available to Talk Immigration Policies 

February 25, 2025 • News Releases 

The Cato Institute has scholars available to talk about recent immigration policies enacted by the Trump Administration.

[Alex Nowrasteh](https://www.cato.org/people/alex-nowrasteh) is the vice president for economic and social policy studies. He has written on several immigration topics in the past.

- [Immigrants Used Less Welfare than Native-Born Americans in 2022](https://www.cato.org/blog/immigrants-used-less-welfare-native-born-americans-2022)
- [Trump Administration Shouldn’t Designate Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations](https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-administration-shouldnt-designate-drug-cartels-foreign-terrorist-organizations)
- [There is No Good Reason to Revoke Birthright Citizenship](https://www.cato.org/blog/there-no-good-reason-revoke-birthright-citizenship)

[David Bier](https://www.cato.org/people/david-bier) is the director of immigration studies and is an expert on legal immigration, border security, and interior enforcement.

- [Is Trump Arresting “Criminal Aliens”?](https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-arresting-criminal-aliens)
- [What Trump Has Done and Imminently Plans to Do on Immigration](https://www.cato.org/blog/what-trump-has-done-imminently-plans-do-immigration)
- [The Indefinite Suspension of All Refugees is Unjustified](https://www.cato.org/blog/indefinite-suspension-refugees-starts-today)

If you would like to speak with either Alex or David, please reach out to [mmiller@​cato.​org](mailto:mmiller@cato.org).

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