By Roy Beck
Jiverly Wong, who murdered 13 people in Binghamton on Friday, reportedly was an ethnic Chinese immigrant from Vietnam who seethed from his difficulty in assimilating to America. Does this provide evidence of something special about Chinese immigrants, or Vietnamese immigrants or immigration policies? No, not any more than if Wong had been one of the … Continued
By Roy Beck
The March unemployment news is shocking — just like it has been every month for the last year. The official unemployment rate jumped from 8.1% to 8.5%! 663,000 U.S. jobs were eliminated. There are now 13.2 million Americans looking for a job who can’t find even a part-time job. Yet, many of the nation’s richest … Continued
By Roy Beck
Born in 1930 and 1934 (in Hungary and Iran) and moving to the United States in 1956 and 1958, two immigrants are at the heart of a massive flow of money into groups intent on forcing a vote this autumn to grant amnesty to 12 million or more illegal aliens. Is there something just a … Continued
By Roy Beck
Open-borders groups say their top priority this spring is to pass the DREAM Act Amnesty for illegal-alien teenagers. They have a massive war-chest and support of most of the leadership elites of the country. I have some ways you can test a politician to see if he/she is really concerned about those teens, or if … Continued
By Roy Beck
Pres. Obama supposedly got into hot water with disabled Americans last week when he made a joke about his bowling skills and Special Olympics to Jay Leno. But his true insult to the handicapped was his insistence last week on keeping 7 million jobs (currently held by illegal aliens) out of reach. The first-ever official … Continued
By Roy Beck
I’m quoted in Sunday’s New York Times as the sourpuss amidst what the headline says are “Liberians in New York ‘Jubilant’ at Expulsion Reprieve.” Why would I say that Pres. Obama made a mistake in halting an order for the Liberians to go back home to a country of poverty and high unemployment? The Times quoted me … Continued
By Roy Beck
Today’s news reports on Pres. Obama’s visit to California include a touching interaction with an ex-convict who has lost his job. But his comments about making sure that illegal aliens keep THEIR jobs illustrates the common occurrence of really smart people at the top of our government who just don’t get it. They don’t understand … Continued
By Roy Beck
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s reaction to a limited set of stricter rules for banks hiring foreign workers answers a bar debate that long has raged. The question has always been whether if we had another Great Depression would the Chamber still continue to lobby for more foreign workers on the basis of worker shortages. … Continued
By Roy Beck
My wife and I recently spent an evening assisting more than 600 people in families racked by unemployment and poverty. They were given a hot meal, bags of groceries, bus tokens, coupons and advice/counseling if requested. They needed a band-aid, and we gave them one. But most of all, these households need a job. The … Continued
