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Work Visa Programs Diminish Black Labor Prospects

As Black unemployment persists at high rates, data mounts on how visa programs work to keep Americans, and Blacks in particular, un- and under-employed. Pamela Denise Long and Miriam Jordan took on this troubling reality in recently published articles. Long asks “Should Black Americans Champion Immigration?” for her October Newsweek opinion piece 一 then probes … Continued

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Work Visa Programs Diminish Black Labor Prospects

As Black unemployment persists at high rates, data mounts on how visa programs work to keep Americans, and Blacks in particular, un- and under-employed. Pamela Denise Long and Miriam Jordan took on this troubling reality in recently published articles. Long asks “Should Black Americans Champion Immigration?” for her October Newsweek opinion piece 一 then probes … Continued

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Unraveling the Not So Rosy October Jobs Report

Analysts across the board lauded the better than expected “Bureau of Labor Statistics” October jobs report that was released last week. That report, showing 531,000 job additions (when 450,000 job gains were predicted) also included some upward revisions to prior months, after very disappointing August and September job numbers. According to many, this upswing in … Continued

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Unraveling the Not So Rosy October Jobs Report

Analysts across the board lauded the better than expected “Bureau of Labor Statistics” October jobs report that was released last week. That report, showing 531,000 job additions (when 450,000 job gains were predicted) also included some upward revisions to prior months, after very disappointing August and September job numbers. According to many, this upswing in … Continued

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NYT Writers’ Dissonance on Immigration-Driven Population Growth

Pundits advocating for increased immigration to the U.S. can find themselves at odds with their long-held policy commitments. Dissonance often arises when they sound the alarm about issues such as growing inequality or natural resource conservation while arguing for more U.S. immigration-driven population growth. In separate opinion pieces written this year, The New York Times … Continued

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NYT Writers’ Dissonance on Immigration-Driven Population Growth

Pundits advocating for increased immigration to the U.S. can find themselves at odds with their long-held policy commitments. Dissonance often arises when they sound the alarm about issues such as growing inequality or natural resource conservation while arguing for more U.S. immigration-driven population growth. In separate opinion pieces written this year, The New York Times … Continued

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10 Noteworthy 2020 Immigration Columns to Review in the New Year

As part of NumberUSA’s mission, the Media Standards Project team analyzed and reviewed news throughout the year focusing on media that elevated discussions about how immigration limits and levels should serve our national interest. While the global pandemic and U.S. elections dominated news cycles this year, these events also influenced writers on how to broach … Continued

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Renowned economist Walter E. Williams (1936 – 2020) Argued Immigration Should Benefit American People

Economist Walter E. Williams, the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and department chair at George Mason University, died December 1st on the University’s campus at age 84. Economist Thomas Sowell eulogized his “best friend for half a century” in a Northern Virginia Daily column recounting Williams’s love of teaching. Sowell wrote: “Walter Williams … Continued

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Mandatory E-Verify Could Help End Tragic Deaths at the Border

The New York Times feature “How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants” by James Verini published late this summer profiles 23 year old Roberto Primero Luis, a “cheerful, studious and devout” barbershop entrepreneur in Guatemala who tragically died, dehydrated and exhausted, while traversing the Sonoran Desert in an attempt to … Continued

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