Category Archives: Immigration Issues

Continued Immigration Hard on Existing Immigrants, Native-Born Alike

A case can be made that those who suffer the most from never-ending immigration are [...]

18
Mar
Finally! Federal Indictments against Birth Tourism Criminals

As the old saying goes, half a loaf is better than none. Today’s subject isn’t [...]

22
Feb
Call to Journalists: Return to Your Abandoned Professional Standards

On New Year’s Eve, The Washington Post published a shockingly biased, even as measured in the [...]

07
Jan
Brexit Decision Likely Driven By Immigration Concerns

My friend Meryle Secrest, a famed biographer and long-time newspaper reporter who was born in [...]

20
Dec
As Funding Deadline Nears, Trump Keeps Banging Head against the Wall

The din emanating from Congress these days is decidedly not in the Christmas spirit. The [...]

17
Dec
Lackluster November Jobs Report Bodes Poorly for 2019

An unspectacular Bureau of Labor Statistics November report casts doubt on the health of the [...]

11
Dec
Bush 41, Hero to Many, also Ushered in Cheap Labor Era

Few Americans have lived such a blessed life as George H.W. Bush. He is remembered [...]

03
Dec
Japan Gambles on Guest Workers as U.S. Poised to Double a Cheap Labor Visa Program

In a surprising departure from Japan’s low-immigration history, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently agreed to [...]

02
Dec
Fed OPT Program Hits Record High; U.S. Worker Displacement Unabated

Optional Practical Training (OPT), a temporary employment program for foreign undergraduate and grad students on [...]

29
Nov
California’s Worst Wildfires Must be a Wake-Up Call

For California natives like me, the wildfires are a real gut punch. As of this [...]

16
Nov
After Midterms, U.S. Tech Workers Still Friendless in Congress

In Kansas’ Third District, IT has a strong presence with Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Over [...]

11
Nov
Interview on The Caravan With Chris Farrell From Judicial Watch

Chris Farrell along with two interpreter/translators made the journey down to Guatemala to see for [...]

11
Nov
Back in the Headlines Again: Birthright Citizenship

If President Trump’s promise to end birthright citizenship does nothing else, it will spark the long [...]

31
Oct
Thousands of Migrants Pressing North is Bad for Almost Everyone

As the Central American caravan presses North, the latest news is that buses are expected [...]

31
Oct
Into the Weeds on Wages

The Economic Policy Institute, a respected nonpartisan, nonprofit Washington, D.C., organization, recently published a report [...]

30
Oct
Verizon Lays Off 44,000; American Workers Left in Lurch

The headline financial news story of late is Verizon’s announcement that it offered a voluntary [...]

18
Oct
Doubters Challenge Report that Illegal Immigration is Twice as High as Traditional Estimates

“The number of undocumented immigrants in the United States: Estimates based on demographic modeling with [...]

28
Sep
30,000 Refugee Cap Helps American Workers, Communities, Slows Population Growth

The Trump administration has reduced the refugee cap to 30,000 annually, the lowest total since [...]

28
Sep
Nepotism, Not Merit, Drives Immigration to Record Highs

By the appearance of things, no one in the White House, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration [...]

25
Sep
Anatomy of a Flip-Flopper’s Re-Election Campaign – Yoder

The latest Gallup polling puts the congressional approval rate at 19 percent, with 76 percent [...]

24
Sep
Fed Chair Calls Slow Wage Growth ‘A Puzzle,’ Ever-Expanding Foreign-Born Force Unaddressed

In its new study, “Tapping the Skills of Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States,” [...]

17
Sep