By Jeremy Beck
Most Americans favor policies that improve their wages, their access to meaningful work, and their ability to own a home and keep their families together. An immigration policy with these goals in mind would help. But as David Leonhardt puts it in his newsletter, “the elite’s misunderstanding of popular opinion” leads (or misleads) politicians – … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Most Americans favor policies that improve their wages, their access to meaningful work, and their ability to own a home and keep their families together. An immigration policy with these goals in mind would help. But as David Leonhardt puts it in his newsletter, “the elite’s misunderstanding of popular opinion” leads (or misleads) politicians – … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Source: Gallup World Poll, 2015-2017 Former President Obama says “We’re a nation-state. We have borders. The idea that we can just have open borders is something that … as a practical matter, is unsustainable.” As it happens, 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development, whose recommendations after more than two … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Source: Gallup World Poll, 2015-2017 Former President Obama says “We’re a nation-state. We have borders. The idea that we can just have open borders is something that … as a practical matter, is unsustainable.” As it happens, 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development, whose recommendations after more than two … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Oren Cass, in what might be the perfect six-word challenge for policy makers heading into 2021 writes “Worker Power, Loose Borders: Pick One.” For all of us who have been frustrated for years by the media’s insistence that immigration policy stands outside the law of supply and demand, it is more than a little cathartic … Continued
By Andrew Good
As the curtain closes on 2020, the NumbersUSA staff who work as part of the Media Standards Project have each pulled together a list of 10 noteworthy media items* from the year that advanced a healthy, civil, productive conversation on immigration-related issues. These pundits and reporters provided their consumers with high-quality commentary and information, allowing … Continued
By Lisa Irving
As part of NumberUSA’s mission, the Media Standards Project team analyzed and reviewed news throughout the year focusing on media that elevated discussions about how immigration limits and levels should serve our national interest. While the global pandemic and U.S. elections dominated news cycles this year, these events also influenced writers on how to broach … Continued
The 116th Congress has officially adjourned, ending attempts by some lawmakers to undermine American workers and taxpayers. But the massive federal spending and Covid relief package passed by Congress late last night was far from perfect. Here’s what is and isn’t in the bill… ATTEMPTS TO LIFT PER-COUNTRY CAPS DEAD FOR NOW – Earlier this … Continued
By Lisa Irving
Economist Walter E. Williams, the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and department chair at George Mason University, died December 1st on the University’s campus at age 84. Economist Thomas Sowell eulogized his “best friend for half a century” in a Northern Virginia Daily column recounting Williams’s love of teaching. Sowell wrote: “Walter Williams … Continued
