Taxpayers for Common Sense
Project Title
For research and public education on government spending for border security
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Despite broad, bipartisan consensus on the need for comprehensive immigration reform, policymakers and the media often focus on the singular issue of border security. Yet, illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border are at historically low levels, and policy analysts have long declared that most undocumented immigrants arrive in the United States through legal channels. Taxpayers for Common Sense is a nonpartisan budget watchdog group that has been educating policymakers and the general public about excessive and ineffective border security spending, in order to promote substantive dialogue about efficient border security and meaningful immigration reform. With Corporation support, Taxpayers for Common Sense will monitor border spending proposals, produce a suite of educational materials using existing and original research on the true costs of border policies, and directly engage congressional offices using this research. Taxpayers for Common Sense will work with constituent groups, fiscal conservatives, and the media to share findings with a broad audience.
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Project Title
For research and public education on wasteful government spending for border security
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite broad consensus on the need for comprehensive immigration reform, policymakers and the media often focus on the singular issue of border security. However, illegal border crossings have been decreasing since 2000 and are at lower levels than have been seen in forty years, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS), a nonpartisan budget watchdog group, aims to expose excessive border security spending and open up space for a more productive conversation about the complex policy issues that must be addressed in order to integrate millions of immigrants into communities across the country. With Corporation support, TCS will launch a research, public education, and strategic communications campaign that includes analyzing appropriations bills, legislative proposals, and proposals made by political candidates and publicizing their true costs. TCS will work with constituent groups, fiscal conservatives, and the media to share its research with a broad audience.
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Project Title
For a project to educate the public about unnecessary and wasteful spending on immigration enforcement
Date
Sep. 12, 2013
Duration
6 months
Website
Project Title
Toward its border management project
Date
Sep. 11, 2008
Duration
24 months