Category Archives: labor

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Latest DHS Report: Raining Work Permits for New Immigrants

If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say that he opposes [...]

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 [...]

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,” [...]

AMA Lobbies for More Foreign Doctors, but Qualified Americans Shut Out

Last month, the American Medical Association issued a press release that urged U.S. Citizenship and Immigration [...]

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Sol Trujillo Has It Wrong on Immigration & Labor

In his Wall Street Journal opinion piece of August 29, entitled “The Latino Factor Will [...]

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Finally! U.S. Tech Workers’ Prospects Improving

In 2007, the Pittsburgh-based law firm Cohen & Grigsby hosted an immigration seminar in which [...]

Tighter Employment-Based Visa Guidelines are Good for American Workers

Some of President Trump’s immigration campaign promises are inching along and may never be realized. [...]

Report: Prospects for Reducing Rush-Hour Traffic ‘Dim’

Summer is half over which means that many people have taken their traditional driving vacation, [...]

Visa Holders Homeward Bound? If so, a Boost for American Workers

During the upcoming mid-term elections, the 35 Senate races and the 435 House of Representatives [...]

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On Independence Day, America Struggles to Remain Sovereign

For decades, Democratic and Republican White Houses have winked at border and interior immigration enforcement, [...]

After Amnesty Defeat, Paul Ryan Prepares His Exit

In a fitting boot out the door, lame duck House Speaker Paul Ryan’s amnesty bill, [...]

California Gov. Brown Faces Reality Check

A few weeks ago, I turned down an all-expenses-paid invitation to attend a late summer [...]

H-1B Fraud, Abuse Tip Line Lighting Up

Suddenly, emails are pouring in! On April 3, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) [...]

May Jobs Report Shows Big Gains for Foreign-Born Workers

The heralded Bureau of Labor Statistics report has an interesting, but unreported on, component in [...]

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2018 Graduates: Beware Jobs Market Landmines

In June, about four million teenagers will graduate from high school, and another three million [...]

DHS Shock Announcement: More Employment-Based Visas, Fewer American Jobs

Federal agencies that deal with immigration love to deliver bad news late on Friday afternoon. [...]