By Jeremy Beck
Ecology and commerce are once again butting heads in California. And immigration is the elephant in the room. In “California water wars: State plans to cut SF’s Sierra supply to save delta,” Kurt Alexander reports: The West Coast’s largest estuary and a vital water source for much of the state has become short on water … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The titillating subhead on NPR’s web story promises listeners and readers an outrage: Sessions praised immigration restrictions of the 1920s – laws that are widely regarded today as racist. The implication is clear but reporters Mary Louise Kelly and Joel Rose (who has a history of promoting character assassinations) provide little more than murky insinuations … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The sure-fire way to learn what happened at yesterday’s Senate Judiciary hearing about Trump’s zero-tolerance policy is to read the testimonies and watch the hearing in full. If you don’t have 3-plus hours to kill, here are five news reports of the event: “5 things we learned from Congress’ contentious hearing on family separations” by … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
This blog was originally posted one year ago, on January 22, 2016. In light of President Trump’s executive order to pause refugee resettlement and prioritize safe zones for Syrian refugees, we are reposting without changes or edits to the original. This Sunday’s New York Times Magazine feature on Syrian refugees demonstrates how the best way … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Fact Check’s Robert Farley looked into Ted Cruz’s claim that Marco Rubio’s immigration bill would have granted legal status (and work permits) to criminal aliens. Farley’s piece, “Cruz Distorts Rubio’s Immigration Stance,” was picked up by USA Today and The Huffington Post among others. Farley concluded that, “one could argue that Rubio’s plan would allow those … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
E-Verify’s detractors typically oppose the belief held by Barbara Jordan and most Americans that citizens and legal immigrants already here have a greater right to U.S. jobs than job-seekers in the country illegally. Yet they often attempt to undermine E-Verify by predicting massive job losses for American workers. Such is the case in an analysis from the Cato Institute, “Checking E-Verify The Costs and Consequences of a National Worker Screening Mandate.”
By Jeremy Beck
Now we are getting somewhere. Last week, I expressed hope that the New York Times’ series on Disney workers who were forced to train their foreign replacements would lead to similar reporting on less-skilled American workers harmed by policies of mass immigration. The New York Times hasn’t come through yet but others have. In an … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Yesterday afternoon, the New York Times published a blockbuster story, “Last Task After Disney Layoffs: Train Foreign Replacements,” by Julia Preston. As readers of Computerworld know, this not a new story. Local Orlando stations broke the news in January. In fact, the stories of Americans being forced to train their foreign replacements have been around … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Ever since Scott Walker name-dropped Jeff Sessions, the question of immigration levels – and whether they should be increased, decreased, or left the same – has occasionally creeped into the national immigration conversation. We should have had this debate two years ago, when a gang of eight Senators introduced legislation to double future immigration, but … Continued
