Big U.S. tech firms received significantly more H-1B visas In fiscal year 2017 (which covers the end of the Obama administration and the first eight months of Trump’s) than they did the year before, and that’s bad news for American workers. Foreign companies, particularly from India, are often scapegoated as the primary “abusers” of H-1B … Continued

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Ecology and commerce are once again butting heads in California. And immigration is the elephant in the room. In “California water wars: State plans to cut SF’s Sierra supply to save delta,” Kurt Alexander reports: The West Coast’s largest estuary and a vital water source for much of the state has become short on water … Continued

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When news first broke of the arrest of illegal alien Cristhian Rivera, it was reported that his employer, Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn, Iowa, had used E-Verify to check if he was eligible to work in the United States. The farm’s owner has since backtracked and that the company did not run Rivera through E-Verify. But … Continued

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The titillating subhead on NPR’s web story promises listeners and readers an outrage: Sessions praised immigration restrictions of the 1920s – laws that are widely regarded today as racist. The implication is clear but reporters Mary Louise Kelly and Joel Rose (who has a history of promoting character assassinations) provide little more than murky insinuations … Continued

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Last week we wrote about a Vox piece claiming immigration will “help save” Social Security. In truth, if we continue with our current immigration system, Social Security will be less likely to survive than if we substantially reduce overall immigration numbers and implement a merit-based system. This week we’ll take a look at a recent … Continued

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The newsplainers at Vox have never gotten a firm grasp of the complexities of U.S. immigration policy, or its downstream effects. In large part, it’s because they haven’t tried very hard, if at all, to view immigration issues outside of a very narrow worldview – a worldview not shared by most Americans, or most citizens … Continued

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The sure-fire way to learn what happened at yesterday’s Senate Judiciary hearing about Trump’s zero-tolerance policy is to read the testimonies and watch the hearing in full. If you don’t have 3-plus hours to kill, here are five news reports of the event: “5 things we learned from Congress’ contentious hearing on family separations” by … Continued

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During yesterday’s committee mark-up of the Homeland Security Appropriations bill, Reps. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) and Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) allowed for the passage of several amendments that would undermine the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement efforts and increase foreign-worker competition for vulnerable American workers. Rep. Frelinghuysen announced his retirement earlier this year and is known for kowtowing … Continued

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“Our growers tell us that workers tell them they would rather continue living in the shadows than convert to H-2C. So we can’t support a bill that would cause us to lose our workforce… We will work hard to make sure there is no vote until we get a new Congress. We don’t know which … Continued

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