The H-1B Wage Gap THE H-1B WAGE GAP How the H-1B Program Undercuts American Workers Source: George J. Borjas, NBER Working Paper No. 34793 (Revised March 2026) KEY FINDING H-1B workers earn 15% less than comparable American workers – generating payroll savings exceeding $100,000 per hire over a six-year visa term. This is after controlling … Continued

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The Laken Riley Act became the first bill to address enforcement failures to be passed by Congress on a bipartisan basis since the 2006 Secure Fence Act. Twenty years ago, the bipartisan support came from the likes of Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL), John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Biden (D-DE), Hilary Clinton (D-NY) Barack Obama (D-IL), and Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY).

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Most Americans would probably prefer a stable system that prevents illegal immigration in the first place and limits these wild fluctuations. To this point, however, Congress has not acted to provide that stability.

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The number of migrants trying to reach the U.S. illegally through Panama's Darien Gap - one of the most treacherous migrant corridors in the world - has plummeted to levels we haven't seen since the pandemic.

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You'll find a good many politicians echoing DeSantis' points above, but we grade every Member of Congress on their actions! This is how we know who is truly committed to achieving a better immigration policy.

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Democratic post-election analysis identified immigration - both the border crisis and overall levels - as the decisive issue in the 2024 presidential election. It remains President Trump's most popular issue and one of the Democratic party's greatest liabilities.

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The number of people remaining in the U.S. illegally is declining rapidly; hundreds of thousands are leaving on their own; the government is no longer releasing people into the country who shouldn't be; and wages are starting to rise. Congress can keep these trends going by fully funding immigration enforcement. Congress can make these trends more permanent (and less disruptive) by passing mandatory E-Verify.

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The House of Representatives worked through the witching hours after midnight Thursday to pass the Reconciliation package by a single vote, 215-214.

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Biden rolled back Trump's policies; Trump rolled back Biden's; a future administration can roll back Trump's again. Trump ended Biden's programs to parole inadmissible aliens into the country on day one. But Congress will have to permanently close that loophole through legislation like the Secure the Border Act that passed the House in the last Congress but was never taken up by the Senate.

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