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 Jeremy Beck
America’s immigration system is in overshoot. Between overstays and gottaways, we have a million additional people looking for illegal employment opportunities every year. An obvious first step toward establishing a credible, fair, and sustainable immigration policy would be for the House to pass the bi-partisan Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 319). Take Action Immigration-driven population growth … 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
By Jeremy Beck
New Video! Changing the technologies by which we consume is unlikely to reduce overall impact as long as we continue to increase the number of consumers. The United States has one of the highest per capita consumption rates in the world. Population growth here has a greater impact than in other countries. Unsustainably-high levels of … Continued
You may have heard from some circles that the Biden Administration is proposing to ban asylum and that it is an example of President Biden adopting policies of former President Donald Trump. These critics either have not read the proposed rule or believe even attempting bureaucratic virtue signaling to deter migrant flows at the border … 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 Lisa Irving
Despite having an unprecedented border crisis that began under his watch, President Biden had very little to say about this crisis during the State of the Union address he delivered on February 7. Still, what little he did say was misleading: And let’s also come together on immigration and make it a bipartisan issue like … Continued
