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March 16, 2026

AFPI Statement on Governor Beshear’s Veto of Education Freedom in Kentucky

Washington, D.C.—Today, Erika Donalds, Chair of Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), issued the following statement following the veto by Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky’s legislation (House Bill 1) that would permit participation in the new federal tax credit scholarship program created in the Working Families Tax Cut Act.

Op-Ed

March 13, 2026

Arizona Deserves Secure, Orderly Elections

This article originally appeared in the Daily Independent on March 13, 2026

Every election cycle, Arizonans brace for the same familiar headlines: long lines at polling places, tabulation delays stretching late into the night, emergency court filings and national media attention focused — once again — on Maricopa County.

These problems are no longer isolated incidents, they’ve become a pattern. And regardless of party affiliation, this recurring chaos undermines confidence in our elections and weakens trust in our democratic system.

Arizona voters deserve better. We believe the Arizona Secure Elections Act offers a serious, comprehensive path forward — and it deserves broad public support.

Read full op-ed in the Daily Independent

Op-Ed

March 12, 2026

States Have an Important Role to Play in Countering CCP Infiltration

While American states debate the nature and scope of foreign adversary threats, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is actively stealing intellectual property, coopting university research programs, placing operatives in state and local political processes, and acquiring strategic real estate adjacent to military installations. The question for state legislatures is not whether these threats are real, but whether they are willing to act before a breach occurs rather than after.

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Statement | March 16, 2026

AFPI Applauds Department of Labor’s Efforts to Bolster Apprenticeships

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has released the following joint statement from the Education Freedom and American Dream campaigns in response to new guidance issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) concerning the Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP).

Op-Ed | March 16, 2026

An America First Housing Solution Starts With Fixing California

Americans are exhausted by the rising cost of living. But nowhere is the crisis hitting harder than in California, a state once synonymous with opportunity and upward mobility. Today, it has become a cautionary tale: a place where working people with good jobs still can’t afford a modest home, where insurance rates rival car payments, and where government has turned the basic act of building shelter into a regulatory marathon.

Podcast | March 13, 2026

Mexico, Canada, and Cuba: America Refocuses on the Hemisphere

In this latest episode of The Western Front, hosts Joshua Treviño and Melissa Ford Maldonado expand the scope of the hemisphere’s most urgent debates by turning north to Canada and south to Mexico — arguing that both frontiers now demand far more serious American attention.

Op-Ed | March 13, 2026

Stay the Course During the Gulf Storm: No Need to Panic

State Model Policy | March 12, 2026

Voter Eligibility Verification Act

Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) was designed to ensure that voter registration records contain basic identifying information. When an applicant has neither a driver’s license nor a Social Security number, however, the statute permits the state to assign a unique identifying number for voter registration purposes. That administrative fallback was meant to keep the registration process moving, not to substitute for substantive eligibility verification. States should clarify in law that applicants assigned a HAVA unique identifying number shall not be placed on the active voter rolls unless and until they provide documentary proof of United States citizenship.

Issue Brief | March 12, 2026

Reforming America’s Legal Immigration to a Merit-Based System

The U.S. has one of the most generous immigration systems in the world, admitting approximately 1.1 million legal immigrants annually (DHS Statistical Yearbooks, Table 6). However, under our current system, most legal immigrants are selected based on family connections, or even random chance, rather than merit. This is because the current system, created by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, contains far more opportunities for immediate-family and extended-family immigration than immigration based on skills or merit.

Op-Ed | March 12, 2026

The Parent Trap: The Detransition Reality Schools Tried To Hide From Moms And Dads

Commentary | March 12, 2026

Crippled Iranian Defenses & Escalating Domestic Threats: Why the DHS Shutdown Must End

In her first appearance on the Shawn Ryan Show, in mid-February 2026, former CIA targeting office Sarah Adams laid bare the raw failures of the Benghazi attack in 2012. Delayed rescues, siloed teams that didn’t communicate, and ignored intelligence on Hamza Bin Laden, Osama’s son—and how he was still alive and pulling strings.

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AFPI Statement on Governor Beshear’s Veto of Education Freedom in Kentucky

Arizona Deserves Secure, Orderly Elections

States Have an Important Role to Play in Countering CCP Infiltration

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AFPI Applauds Department of Labor’s Efforts to Bolster Apprenticeships

An America First Housing Solution Starts With Fixing California

Mexico, Canada, and Cuba: America Refocuses on the Hemisphere