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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.
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.

Expert Insights | March 12, 2026

Small Modular Reactors & Microreactors

America’s power demand is rising again, driven by real economic activity like data centers, manufacturing, and a larger electrified economy. At the same time, grid operators are warning that load growth and the premature retirement of dependable generators are creating mounting reliability risks over the next decade. Nuclear power is already one of America’s core reliability assets, supplying about 19% of U.S. electricity from the world’s largest commercial fleet. Small modular reactors and microreactors could expand reliable power to more places and more use cases, including behind-the-meter industrial sites and remote installations.
Research Report | March 12, 2026

A Higher Education Compact that Protects American Students, Parents and Taxpayers

In October of 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) shared a draft document titled Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education (Compact) with a select group of university leaders. Consistent with the Trump Administration’s demonstrated commitment to transparency, the first-of-its-kind prospectus documented the federal government’s top priorities and expectations for colleges and universities in exchange for the tremendous investment made by taxpayers in postsecondary education.

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