By Eric Ruark
One of the constants in D.C. is that no matter the state of the U.S. labor market, the clarion call for more immigration will resound in the chambers of Congress and reverberate through corporate media outlets. Even now, as the Biden Administration has effectively opened the southern border to millions of illegal aliens, immigration expansionists … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
There is perhaps no greater warning sign for America than the lack of trust Americans have in our institutions. Trust in the media, which has become “a giant finger-wagging machine,” in the words of Matt Taibbi, has fallen to yet another all-time low. Americans are losing faith in our institutions for good reasons, but the … Continued
Mayorkas and company are at it again with perhaps their most brazen attempt to dismantle immigration enforcement yet. This time it is a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy memo that effectively repeals a statute designed to deter illegal immigration into the United States. Because, of course, we all know the best time … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
A friend shared this timelapse video of Las Vegas’ increasing sprawl and Lake Mead’s decreasing water levels. The video’s caption reads: As the city of Las Vegas grows, Lake Mead, its water supply, shrinks. In the mid-1980s, the Vegas metropolitan area was home to 438,000 people, and today that population has ballooned to upwards of … Continued
By Christy Shaw
Better keep President Biden’s hot air balloon ready for the escape. It’s looking more like the Wizard’s curtains are being drawn back further to expose the president’s delusion that his mass immigration policies can continue alongside his bold environmental protection agenda. The Administration will soon hold its second sale of leases on federal lands to … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Americans are living more densely, on average, than we were 20 years ago, but we’ve paved over the equivalent of more than five Yellowstone National Parks – or roughly eleven-and-a-half million acres during that same period of time. Some of that loss was due to regional differences in land consumption per person; a majority of … Continued
The Biden Administration’s latest budget request includes a reduction in detention beds and in its place they primarily rely on Alternatives to Detention (ATD) where aliens are released and supposedly monitored with technology like ankle bracelets or even smartphone apps. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report detailing that the lax enforcement across … Continued
By Roy Beck
The Supreme Court’s decision this week on the Remain in Mexico program does not have to be the final word on Pres. Biden’s dismantling of most border enforcement. It is discouraging that the court’s 5-4 ruling states that a lower federal court was wrong to insist that the Biden Administration was required to keep the … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Worker power, loose borders: pick one (hat tip, Oren Cass) Worker Power! Loose Borders! Batya Ungar Sargon: “I think working class people think about the economy in terms of jobs, because you get meaning from your job….Bring those factories back. The people who are benefitting from mass immigration, benefitting from these trade deals, they’ll be … Continued
