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Census Bureau to Release 2020 Data on April 30: Cue Calls for 'More Immigration' Despite Millions Out of Work

The protest by the group Doctors without Jobs at the D.C. headquarters of the AAMC last month garnered some well-deserved attention. The New York Times highlighted some of their stories. That's great. Would've be even better if the Times had acknowledge that bad immigration policy is a big part of the problem.
In immigration votes this week, we began to see which Senators feel their constituents want protections for American workers, and which ones are on the fence voting for American workers some of the time and against them others.
Human trafficking continues because the U.S. government refuses to take adequate steps to combat illegal immigration. Amnesty will only encourage more of the same. Border security and interior enforcement -- not lip service to the "rule of law" -- are necessary to end this scourge.
Celebrity Vox journalist Matthew Yglesias released his book One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger today. While few expected meticulous research and cogent arguments from Yglesias on this topic, he outdoes himself here. His book may turn out to be the best case anyone on the left has made for immigration reduction in years.
Americans are constantly hearing that there is a shortage of doctors in the U.S. There's a bi-partisan push in Congress to bring in even more foreign doctors because COVID-19 has made it worse, so the argument goes. None of this is true. The reality is there are not enough opportunities for American doctors, too many of who are unable to practice in their own country.