Employer Uses Fake Priest to Scam Employees

By Chris Chmielenski

We have some more worker exploitation news, and this one is a doozy. Che Garibaldi Inc., operator of Taqueria Garibaldi, brought in a ‘priest’ for employees during work hours. This ‘priest’ would hear confessions and encourage employees to “get the sins out.” He seemed very focused on getting out the real seven deadly sins–namely whether … Continued

What we know from the latest border numbers

By Jeremy Beck

The 130,000 encounters at the border in February were 20,000 fewer than last February, but more than any other February dating back to Fiscal Year 2002. The real-world numbers are much worse, according to former immigration judge Andrew R. Arthur, but they “don’t show up in CBP’s apprehension stats because in lieu of entering illegally, … Continued

Boston Man Arrested for Forced Labor

By Chris Chmielenski

The casualties in the raging war on workers keep piling up. The latest slavery example comes from Beantown where the owner of Stash’s Pizza was arrested for forced labor by illegal immigrants. The allegations in this case are horrific and include actual violence, threat of violence, and wage theft, to force people to work for … Continued

Border encounters exceed 150,000 for 24th consecutive month

By Chris Pierce

This story was originally posted in the March 19th Newsletter. Total encounters of illegal aliens at the Southwest border remained steady at 154,998 in February, marking the 24th consecutive month that encounters exceeded 150,000. Of the nearly 155,000 encounters, Border Patrol agents made 128,877 apprehensions of illegal border crossers. The rest (26,211) were illegal aliens … Continued

Florida Judge Strikes Down DHS Catch and Release Policy With Great Vengeance and Furious Anger

By Chris Chmielenski

Another Department of Homeland Security (DHS) catch and release policy bites the dust. Florida Judge T. Kent Wetherell II reviewed the DHS “Parole + Alternatives to Detention (ATD)” policy in a fiery opinion that must be read to be believed. This policy allowed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to release aliens without a Notice to … Continued

Nurse Alleges “Indentured Servitude” In Legal Immigration System

By Chris Chmielenski

Here we go again…again. Maybe you thought indentured servitude and forced labor were only found in the agricultural sector of our immigration system, but now we have a nurse filing a lawsuit and seeking a class action certification against her employer. This employer is Health Care Facility Management which is doing business and known as … Continued

The Case for States to Enact E-Verify Laws

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

Adding up the ecological costs of the immigration crisis

By Jeremy Beck

Limits to immigration are necessary to enable us to meet our ecological, environmental, and conservation goals. From a practical standpoint, there is very little difference between having no immigration limits and having unenforced immigration limits. Contact Congress Hundreds of millions of people around the world would like to come to the U.S. and consume like … Continued

The Battle for the Soul of the Judiciary has Commenced

By Chris Chmielenski

In my opinion, the Judiciary Branch is the most vital institution in the government. It is before a judge that even the most powerful government official has no privilege or protection except the same laws that apply to everyone. It is in the Judiciary that laws passed by the people become manifest. In courts, only … Continued