The New York Times Magazine writer C.J. Chivers ponders an immigration enforcement puzzle while failing to consider that E-Verify would prevent illegal aliens coming into the U.S. by land or sea.
As part of NumberUSA's mission, the Media Standards Project team analyzed and reviewed news throughout the year focusing on media that elevated discussions about how immigration limits and levels should serve our national interest. While the global pandemic and U.S. elections dominated news cycles this year, these events also influenced writers on how to broach immigration topics.
These 10 noteworthy pieces encapsulate the immigration conversations that took place during 2020 that will help inform policy decisions for 2021.
Walter E. Williams, renowned libertarian economist, died earlier this month. However, unlike self-professed libertarians staffing D.C. "think tanks" today, Williams defended America's national sovereignty and argued plainly that the American people "have a right to set either the number of people who enter our country or the conditions upon which they enter."
For those trying to cross into the United States illegally, the route through Sonoran Desert is especially dangerous. Taking away the jobs incentive and holding criminal employers who hire illegal aliens accountable would do much to prevent this dangerous journey.
In a July Tablet column "Would a Biden Victory Be a Win for the Working Class?," Michael Lind appears resigned to defeat, writing that no matter which party emerges victorious this Fall, the managerial class has already won out over the American worker.
Many of our essential workers -- consisting of large numbers of Blacks, Hispanics, and women who were economically vulnerable before the pandemic -- have been potentially risking their lives to remain employed amidst outbreaks. For the unemployed, there is grim uncertainty.