Most Americans favor policies that improve their wages, their access to meaningful work, and their ability to own a home and keep their families together. An immigration policy with these goals in mind would help. But as David Leonhardt puts it in his newsletter, “the elite’s misunderstanding of popular opinion” leads (or misleads) politicians – … Continued

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Most Americans favor policies that improve their wages, their access to meaningful work, and their ability to own a home and keep their families together. An immigration policy with these goals in mind would help. But as David Leonhardt puts it in his newsletter, “the elite’s misunderstanding of popular opinion” leads (or misleads) politicians – … Continued

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Oren Cass, in what might be the perfect six-word challenge for policy makers heading into 2021 writes “Worker Power, Loose Borders: Pick One.” For all of us who have been frustrated for years by the media’s insistence that immigration policy stands outside the law of supply and demand, it is more than a little cathartic … Continued

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The 116th Congress has officially adjourned, ending attempts by some lawmakers to undermine American workers and taxpayers. But the massive federal spending and Covid relief package passed by Congress late last night was far from perfect. Here’s what is and isn’t in the bill… ATTEMPTS TO LIFT PER-COUNTRY CAPS DEAD FOR NOW – Earlier this … Continued

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Economist Walter E. Williams, the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and department chair at George Mason University, died December 1st on the University’s campus at age 84. Economist Thomas Sowell eulogized his “best friend for half a century” in a Northern Virginia Daily column recounting Williams’s love of teaching. Sowell wrote: “Walter Williams … Continued

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Brian Norris and Anita Kumar join the throng of political observers noting the palatable absence of immigration during the 2020 campaign: Immigration dominated the 2016 presidential campaign, but Joe Biden’s promise during the second debate to “within a hundred days … send to the United States Congress a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million … Continued

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The New York Times feature “How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants” by James Verini published late this summer profiles 23 year old Roberto Primero Luis, a “cheerful, studious and devout” barbershop entrepreneur in Guatemala who tragically died, dehydrated and exhausted, while traversing the Sonoran Desert in an attempt to … Continued

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Over this past week, writers at the New York Times have addressed immigration policies from a couple of angles as elections near. In his October 8 column The V.P. Debate,” David Leonhardt laments the missed opportunity for a real debate “The most disappointing aspect of Pence’s performance is that he has deep disagreements with Harris … Continued

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While unemployment in the United States remains high, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) have taken the novel step of actually moving to protect American jobs for American workers. It is novel because a review of past agency actions in prior Administrations will offer scant evidence that … Continued

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