The American people have elected someone who has made repeated promises to revolutionize immigration policies so they first serve the interests of American workers and the quality-of-life desires of regular American citizens of all ethnicities.
Which presidential nominees would increase flow of foreign workers and which would reduce the flow?
That's the question we are answering with our new Voter Guide. We've posted it on our website today just as the news is filled with confusion about what presidential nominees would do about immigration.
After Missouri's Primary election this month, my 87-year-old mother announced she had decided to retire from being a ballot judge in her home town. After the Florida "hanging chad" drama of the 2000 election, I asked Mom how her group handled questions like that. I recall her answer being that they just used common sense on each ballot in question and there wasn't any disagreement.Â
New polling in 22 countries on all continents has found there are far more citizens who are concerned about what immigration is doing to their homeland than who approve of it.
Consider the hellacious conditions to which people from all over the world are subjecting themselves in the Colombia/Panama jungles. Then, you just start to grasp the immense future suffering that our federal government is encouraging with its descent into transforming our country into one without immigration enforcement.
When you hear politicians talking about "fixing our broken immigration system," you can be pretty sure that what they really want is to dismantle enforcement and make it easier for employers to access cheap, foreign labor.
But for those who truly care about the harm that illegal immigration poses to American workers' incomes, to national security and to public safety, NumbersUSA has developed the following list of the 10 actions that would make the greatest strides toward ending illegal immigration.
In her acceptance speech last night, Hillary Clinton laid out several of the most important reasons why I work to dramatically reduce overall immigration:
Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton picked a running mate in Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) whose record on immigration in the Senate (2013-2016 thus far) is about the same as hers was during her one term there (2001-2008).
Although immigration has often been talked about at political conventions of the past, I don't think the economic effect on jobs and wages has ever been as prominent as in addresses this week in Cleveland. Following are some of the most direct references from the stage:
In 90 votes and co-sponsorships during 12 years in Congress (2003-12), Indiana Gov. Mike Pence earned a Career B+ Grade from NumbersUSA.