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Worker power, loose borders: pick one (hat tip, Oren Cass) WORKER POWER LOOSE BORDERS Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich (on Substack): “Here’s the truth: There is no labor shortage. There is, however, a shortage of jobs paying sufficient wages to attract workers to fill job openings.” Current U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh (in Davos): “One … Continued
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Last August, I wrote about Democratic Mayors Eric Adams of New York City and Muriel Bowser of Washington, DC publicly stating how migrant influxes are straining their cities’ resources and overburdening homeless shelters. Now five months later, Adams is at a breaking point, declaring that there is “no more room” for migrants in New York … Continued
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Welcome back to the song that doesn’t end. Yes it goes on and on, my friends. Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd (LTI) agreed to a settlement in a case that alleged they had policies to maximize their visa-holding workers while bypassing American workers. The company claimed in the settlement that they were simply trying to … Continued
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After entering via legal and illegal means, people around the world come to the United States and tend to adopt the consumer habits typical of most Americans. Immigration policy drives almost all U.S. population growth. Illegal immigration now outpaces legal immigration by roughly 2-to-1. The credibility of the legal limits set by Congress has long … Continued
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Hope for the 6.5 million more Americans who would be working today if the Labor Force Participation Rate was as high as it was in the year 2000. Hope for the homeless, 40 percent of whom are Black, whose resources have been diverted to accommodate the record wave of illegal immigration. Hope for the world’s … Continued
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The Media Standards Project team analyzes and reviews media that elevate discussions on how immigration policy and limits should serve our national interest. As the year winds down, we review some of the most noteworthy immigration coverage reported in 2022. Immigration Limits Are Not Hatred To begin our review, we highlight that NumbersUSA denounces hostility … Continued
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Earlier this month, Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh declared that the November Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report (which showed that the U.S. added 263,000 jobs with unemployment at 3.7 percent) was good news for working families.” However, as media analyses outline, November jobs and unemployment data show in many ways how the economic … Continued
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We are constantly bombarded by (elite-money-backed) economic messaging pimping demands for “more innovation,” “more growth,” and “more productivity” in neatly-packaged pleas for more immigration (e.g. Marketwatch, Cato, Brookings, CFR, Forbes). In fact, there seems to be an ongoing campaign of “more immigration!” op-eds. So what’s Congress doing during their “lame duck” session while the rest … Continued
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With the Southwest Border under the control of cartels and American workers struggling to make ends meet, the House of Representatives is spending this week considering a bill to eliminate limits on legal immigration to the United States. The bill is H.R. 3648, the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022, … Continued
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