Three bad ideas: the political class strikes out

#1 Amnesty for Half a Million: Early this week, President Biden declared through executive action that illegal aliens who have avoided deportation for ten years, and are married to a U.S. citizen, shall be awarded with green cards.

Biden’s amnesty sets a horrible precedent. During his term, two-and-a-half million people have overstayed a visa, escaped detection at the border, or been released into the country every year despite being inadmissible. We’ve been alerting you when to call the White House. In the meantime, register your opposition to Congress.

#2 Expanding H-2 Visas: The DHS spending bill moving through the House of Representatives includes two expansions of blue-collar visa programs known to displace American workers with cheaper, exploitable guest workers. Congress would double H-2B (non-agricultural) visas from 66,000 to 132,000, and expand the unlimited H-2A (agricultural) program to non-seasonal jobs.

The expansions have nothing to do with homeland security. Congress is demonstrating a profound indifference to striving Americans during record inflation and economic uncertainty. Express your opposition here.

#3 Stapling Green Cards to Diplomas: Late this week, President Trump told a Silicon Valley podcast that if he is elected, he will grant green cards to every foreign student who graduates from a two or four year college or university, “and that includes junior colleges, too.” Roughly 700,000 foreign students graduate from U.S. colleges and universities every year, and the number has been climbing. Trump’s proposal would increase immigration by 70 percent!

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.

What can be done?

One hundred years ago, immigration slowed down and wages went up, for all Americans. The middle class opened up for all Americans. There was no single man or woman responsible for the change. There was no incumbent leading a solitary crusade. There was no savior waiting in the political wings. The change happened because a coalition of all Americans demanded it. The person you are waiting for is you.

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