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A Government Against Its Own People

By Charles Breiterman

“Net gains of roughly 100,000 jobs per month are needed just to absorb new entrants into the labor force.” -Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, speaking on November 16, 2009.1 According to the most recent data, the economy isn’t creating any net new jobs, so why is the government importing 125,000 legal foreign workers per month? The … Continued

History of H-1B Legislation Shows More Than Employer Abuses

By Charles Breiterman

Karl Kiefer, a true citizen-scholar from Sunbright, Tennessee, examines the H-1B visa program. An official government summary of the H-1B visa is available by clicking here. The main use of the H-1B visa is for employers to bring in foreign workers who hold a college degree. Typical occupations include architects, engineers, computer programmers, and accountants. … Continued

Profoundly Wrong: ‘We Were Strangers, Too: the Jewish Campaign for Immigration Reform’

By Charles Breiterman

I was born Jewish, but was agnostic for much of my life. When I did research into a fairly cutting edge area of science, I realized that nothing in science disproves the concept of G-d, so I opened myself to certain experiences in my life that I had discounted, and I came to believe in … Continued

HAITIAN RAFT LESSON: Strict Enforcement is the Most Humane Policy for Illegal Migrants and for Us

By Charles Breiterman

On Thursday, three illegal migrants were in a Florida hospital, one in critical condition, after a raft carrying some 30 people capsized off the coast of Florida. Sixteen people were rescued, and the rest are presumed dead. The United States Coast Guard has also conducted a search for other survivors over 2,500 square miles of … Continued

Is U.S. Immigration Law Racist?

By Charles Breiterman

An individual located in the Midwest who has a master’s degree, and is working towards a doctoral degree made the following assertions on her web site: * The United States promotes and fosters immigration from nations that are mostly composed of white Europeans. * The United States attempts to cap immigration from Hispanic nations and … Continued

Does the United States Admit a Reasonable Number of Legal Immigrants?

By Charles Breiterman

Over the past 20 years, the United States has granted legal permanent residence (green cards) to an average of more than 1 million persons per year:     Year Green Cards Issued 1989 1,090,172 1990 1,535,872 1991 1,826,595 1992 973,445 1993 903,916 1994 803,993 1995 720,177 1996 915,560 1997 797,847 1998 653,206 1999 644,787 2000 … Continued

Paul Krugman and Illegal Immigration: Even a Nobel Laureate Can Be Wrong

By Charles Breiterman

Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2008. But on the subject of illegal immigration, he is mistaken. He wrote in the New York Times: And I can’t share the outrage of those who say that illegal immigrants broke the law by coming here. Is that any worse than what my grandfather did … Continued