Another Trump campaign promise to watch

By Jeremy Beck

Citizens of other nations can enter the U.S. on a tourist visa (or cross the border illegally), take a weekend vacation, deliver a baby, and the U.S. government will automatically bestow U.S. citizenship on the newborn. When the child turns 18, the whole family becomes eligible for green cards. This is incompatible with the global … Continued

Harris’s “Tough” Border Bill Mandates Illegal Immigration

By Jeremy Beck

Vice President Harris has promised to pass a failed Senate border bill that requires the government to release at least 1,400 inadmissible aliens into the country every day. 

States pull back their welcome mats for illegal migrants

By Henry Barbaro

The federal and state governments have taken a short-sighted (albeit well-intentioned) approach to illegal immigration.  Incentivized by America’s “open-border” policies, millions of migrants have descended upon communities throughout our nation.  But it didn’t take long for emergency shelters, social services, schools, and taxpayers to become overwhelmed.  With no real options left, more and more state … Continued

VP pick Tim Walz earned a career “D” immigration grade.

By Jeremy Beck

Timothy Walz’s NumbersUSA grade during his 11 years in the U.S. House of Representatives was a 24%. During that time, he earned a career immigration grade of 24%. By comparison, Kamala Harris’ NumbersUSA grade during her time in Congress was 1 percent, Joe Biden’s Congressional Grade Card was 34% and J.D. Vance’s is 90% (Trump did not serve in Congress). Click on the links to view their full Grade Cards.

Harris’ Immigration Grade: 1% (F-minus); lower than Biden’s

By Jeremy Beck

Kamala Harris’ NumbersUSA grade during her time in Congress was 1 percent. By comparison, Joe Biden’s Congressional Grade Card was 27% and J.D. Vance’s is 90% (Trump did not serve in Congress). Click on the links to view their full Grade Cards. NumbersUSA issues a grade for every member of Congress based on their support … Continued

Three bad ideas: the political class strikes out

By Jeremy Beck

Trump’s proposal would transform universities into visa mills whose business model would be selling not education but green cards. American students would face higher tuition and fewer slots as the American higher education system transforms itself into a global marketplace for U.S. citizenship. Instead, Congress should be ending policies like the Optional Practical Training Program that gives employers discounts for hiring foreign grads over Americans.

Amnesty & Indifference

By Jeremy Beck

If Mayor Adams took a tour of U.S. communities with low levels of immigration, he’d find American teenagers working as lifeguards. Employers who offer competitive wages and flexible hours to teens find a willing workforce. Increases in low-wage immigrant employment, on the other hand, has been found to decrease work for teens.

Free rent and a pool…but not for you.

By Jeremy Beck

New York is granting a year of free rent for apartments with swimming pool access while the city has undergone two rounds of budget cuts (a proposed third round was delayed after an influx of taxpayer money). Gov. Hochel in New York has been telling unauthorized aliens to “go somewhere else.”

“Protections from racism, like all civil rights, depend on a national border.”

By Jeremy Beck

The collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge had barely touched the water before the cheap labor lobbyists started talking to the Biden administration about giving reconstruction companies millions of reasons not to hire Black Americans for the rebuild.