By Jeremy Beck
Migrants move to improve their quality of life. This is true of a “Yankee” moving to South Carolina, a Californian moving to Colorado or a Venezuelan coming to the United States. When the numbers get too high, when the demands on infrastructure and resources become too great, the quality of life at those destinations diminishes … Continued
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) takes a lot of the heat for the crumbling border and the chaos it causes in our communities for good reason. The Republicans in the House of Representatives are talking seriously about impeaching Secretary Mayorkas for his total abdication of responsibility to enforce our immigration laws and for endangering … Continued
By Andrew Good
Amid border happenings, sanctuary policies outrages, and declarations that New York City is “full” of migrants, the underlying truth about the immigration battle is that it is fundamentally between those with an insatiable appetite for more foreign workers, and those who embrace the social good of tight labor markets. The economic question has the deepest … Continued
Second verse, same as the first. H-2A agricultural workers from Mexico are suing their domestic employers for unpaid wages. Allegations include failure to reimburse for the costs of obtaining their visas (as had been promised), the promised wage rate in their contract not matching what they were actually paid, and failure to pay overtime. Additionally, … Continued
By Eric Ruark
The Biden White House understandably continues to tout the falling unemployment rate, but this masks the continuing low labor force participation of working-age Americans. So, what is the state of the economy, specifically the employment situation for U.S. workers? The answer to that question depends on how one views a “strong labor market.” According to … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The New York Times offers another example of how – despite protests to the contrary – lower wages is the desired outcome of immigration-expansionist policy: Border by the numbers Agents are processing and releasing so many illegal migrants so quickly that they are missing cases of human trafficking, writes Jessical Vaughan. The United States has … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The “migrant busing” story has taken a new turn. New York City – a self-proclaimed “sanctuary city” – has “no more room” according to its mayor. Now, apparently, NYC is busing migrants north of the border. Exceeding worldly limits can quickly become a cruel kind of compassion. Help End The Border Crisis There are 160 … Continued
By Andrew Good
It has long been obvious that we need to turn off the jobs magnet, but with 1.2 million “known gotaways” over our porous border during the Biden administration, it’s more urgent than ever that E-Verify requirements be implemented for all employers. In The Washington Post, Henry Olsen made a wonderful case that one of Florida … Continued
While much of the media and our political leaders spend their time singing the sad song of employers claiming they cannot find anyone to work, the long list of forced labor, discrimination, and stolen wages continues unabated. This time, there is a new Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment of some Virginia laundry companies for forced … Continued
