Couple Indicted for Alien Smuggling and Forced Labor

By Jared Culver

Modern slavery continues in the United States as the border crisis is exposed as the current slave trade pipeline. A Georgia couple, Efrain Gonzalez, 40, and Estella Gonzalez, 34, were indicted on 16 counts, including labor trafficking conspiracy, forced labor, and alien smuggling. The couple forced foreign victims to work at two restaurants. For all … Continued

‘Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages is Destroying America’

By Chris Chmielenski

In his new book, Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages is Destroying America, Michael Lind raises a flaming sword at the three-headed monster he identifies as devastating the American workforce. In a brisk 179 pages (excluding the afterword), Mr. Lind makes an easy-to-follow case for how de-unionization, outsourcing, and mass immigration have converged … Continued

Two Senators are Shocked to Hear of Exploitation in H-2A

By Chris Chmielenski

Senators Bill Cassidy and Ted Budd have expressed outrage over the idea that there is worker exploitation in the H-2A visa program. They claim besmirching the H-2A program is demonstrating a bias against farmers. The disconnect from reality exposed by Senator Cassidy and Senator Budd is great proof of the problem faced by those trying … Continued

Referendum on “back door” immigration

By Jeremy Beck

The New York Times‘ rundown of the disintegrating border situation: —- The Looming Expiration of Title 42 A Big Policy Change: For the past three years, the United States has relied on Title 42 to swiftly expel migrants at the southern border. Here’s what the end of the pandemic-era rule means. A Major Uptick: Data … Continued

18 Month Investigation Finds Trafficking and Exploitation in H-2A Program

By Chris Chmielenski

An 18-month investigation by Prism, Futuro Investigates, and Latino USA, is the latest to find horrific abuse throughout the H-2A agricultural temporary worker program. The H-2A visa includes extensive labor protections concerning wages, recruitment, working conditions, and housing, with multiple Federal departments playing a role in approval and oversight. And yet, the stories of abuse … Continued

We know what it means to add 82 million people. Do we want to do it again?

By Jeremy Beck

The United States grew by 82 million people from 1990 to today, and could grow by another 50-120 million by 2060, depending immigration scenarios. Since 1990, legal immigration has averaged more than 1 million per year; the largest wave of immigration in world history. Illegal immigration has fluctuated but is now running at historic levels. … Continued

Tech Visa Applications Break Records Amid Mass Tech Layoffs

By Jared Culver

Amid layoffs, Big Business and the media call for ever more immigration to solve inflation, worker shortages, and our national fiscal problems. This cognitive dissonance is most pronounced in the tech sector.

Who’s Really Missing?

By Andrew Good

We know that – even before the ongoing border crisis – our high immigration levels transfer nearly half-a-TRILLION dollars from workers to employers. We can see that high immigration numbers don’t deliver the productivity outcomes advocates promise. No matter. President Biden last week announced yet another lawless step to greenlight additional masses of foreign nationals … Continued

Corporate Immigration Fraud Leads to Slap on the Wrist

By Chris Chmielenski

The CEO and COO of Regal Hospitality Solutions, LLC, Sargis Makaryan and Samvel Nikoghosyan respectively, pleaded guilty to one count out of 36 charges in a visa fraud and illegal worker scheme. The case stems from a 2021 indictment that already led to two guilty pleas. The Department of Justice (DOJ) called this a large-scale … Continued