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Date July 6, 2023

By the Numbers: Record Visa Overstays in 2022

The rate of visitors to the United States overstaying their visas doubled in 2022, according to newly-released government data. We’ve updated our graphic. By the Numbers Breakdown: 2.1 million migrants have been released (Jan. 2021-March 2023) after crossing the border illegally. Total releases are almost certainly higher, but until the government releases the full data, … Continued

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Date June 30, 2023

Lawsuit Alleges Forced Labor in H-2A

If it was not clear yet, the H-2A program is having a slavery moment. First Pick Farms LLC is accused of trafficking foreign workers to their Michigan blueberry farm and using threats of force to coerce them to work. The foreign workers were brought to the United States to work in North Carolina. One night, … Continued

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Date June 22, 2023

Class Action Alleging Kia Defrauding Foreign Workers and Federal Government

Kia is attempting to get a class action lawsuit tossed that alleges visa fraud and exploitation of workers in the little-known TN visa category. The accusations tell a common story in a rarely discussed visa category that was first created in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). When President Trump renegotiated that agreement, his … Continued

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Date June 7, 2023

Accommodation vs. Prevention

  As the border crisis spreads out across American towns and cities, two general approaches have emerged. The first – epitomized by the House-passed H.R. 2 – is prevention: hire legal workers; return or detain inadmissible aliens; grant parole on a case-by-case basis for its intended purposes (such as a medical emergency). The United States … Continued

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Date June 1, 2023

Couple Indicted for Alien Smuggling and Forced Labor

Modern slavery continues in the United States as the border crisis is exposed as the current slave trade pipeline. A Georgia couple, Efrain Gonzalez, 40, and Estella Gonzalez, 34, were indicted on 16 counts, including labor trafficking conspiracy, forced labor, and alien smuggling. The couple forced foreign victims to work at two restaurants. For all … Continued

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Date May 25, 2023

E-Verify Opponents Are Not Sending Their Best Fake Narratives

As some of you have already seen, the aggressive misinformation about E-Verify started in Florida before Governor DeSantis even signed the bill into law (which he did on May 10th): The most prominent clickbait story about the bill out of the gate was a semi-viral May 7th video about construction “stopping” at sites in Miami, … Continued

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Date May 17, 2023

Referendum on “back door” immigration

The New York Times‘ rundown of the disintegrating border situation: —- The Looming Expiration of Title 42 A Big Policy Change: For the past three years, the United States has relied on Title 42 to swiftly expel migrants at the southern border. Here’s what the end of the pandemic-era rule means. A Major Uptick: Data … Continued

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Date May 9, 2023

SCOTUS Places Chevron Deference and Biden Immigration Plan on Chopping Block

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) granted certiorari in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. In particular, they granted review to examine whether or not Chevron deference should be overruled. This is the most important SCOTUS case on the docket as it has the potential to restore the Separation of Powers … Continued

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Date May 1, 2023

Who’s Really Missing?

We know that – even before the ongoing border crisis – our high immigration levels transfer nearly half-a-TRILLION dollars from workers to employers. We can see that high immigration numbers don’t deliver the productivity outcomes advocates promise. No matter. President Biden last week announced yet another lawless step to greenlight additional masses of foreign nationals … Continued

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