
Edward Alden
@edwardalden
Co-author 2025 book: “When the World Closed Its Doors: The Covid-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders.” Senior Fellow at CFR. Columnist @foreignpolicy.
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http://www.cfr.org/experts/business-and-foreign-policy-immigration-trade/edward-alden/b2472 10-01-2011 21:29:58
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President Donald J. Trump's latest salvo against Harvard University clearly represents punitive extortion rather than any seriously thought through policy to promote national security. I hope and trust that the judiciary will again restrain the President in the name of lawful government



This is unbelievable, shameful, incredibly disturbing! ICE has turned us into a police state! They are grabbing people off the streets, including American citizens, wearing masks, not identifying themselves, and denying everyone due process. Who are we??? instagram.com/reel/DKnFjaiRQ…





For the first time in more than 50 years, U.S. immigration could go net negative in 2025—driven by sharp drops in legal inflows & increased deportations, say The Brookings Institution and American Enterprise Institute economists. w/Lauren Kaori Gurley washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…



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What Trump did and did not accomplish since 'Liberation Day' Worked with an incredible slate of CFR fellows on this: Inu Manak Zongyuan Zoe Liu Shannon O'Neil Brad Setser Edward Alden, Benn Steil Jon Hillman, Matthew P. Goodman @willgfreeman & Rebecca Patterson cfr.org/article/what-t…