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Border security has been a defining issue in American politics for decades. The 2025 Budget Reconciliation legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), implements significant changes in U.S. border policy. In this brief, we describe these new initiatives and update our data on border encounters.

Many countries in the world have several active political parties that citizens can choose from when voting. Why does the United States only have two major political parties?

Everything Policy was formed around an ambitious goal: to create nonpartisan, fact-based content that informs and inspires thoughtful conversations, driving sound policy outcomes for America’s most pressing issues. In this retrospective, the 100th policy brief, Everything Policy's Research Group reflects on three years of putting facts first.