Immigration Topics

Still Reeling from Maria, Puerto Rico Braces for Hurricane Season

Back in February, I returned to Puerto Rico, my home for many years, and the birthplace [...]

Observing Our Impact This World Population Day

July 11th is recognized as UN World Population Day. Beginning in 1989, a day to focus [...]

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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Supreme Court Refugee Decision Tightens Labor Market

Put aside the victory lap that Trump administration is taking over the Supreme Court’s 5-4 [...]

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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, [...]

Permanent Family Separation, an American Tragedy

This Father’s Day, I got a call from another Dad, my friend Billy Inman. Billy’s [...]

Paul Ryan Pushing Towards Amnesty? The Latest in the Immigration Fight

Amnesty spawns illegal immigration, a talking point enforcement advocates repeatedly make. Because the math conclusively [...]

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. [...]

California Gubernatorial Hopefuls Share Same Platform of Building More Housing

California’s six gubernatorial candidates – four Democrats and two Republicans – have one common platform: build [...]

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Congress’ Memorial Day Goal: Give Millions Amnesty?

In 2014, more than two years before he became Secretary of Defense, United States Marine [...]

Obscure Federal Program Aggressively Displaces American Workers

The federal government has created yet another immigration employment hurdle for U.S. science, technology, engineering [...]

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AP Orders Reporters: Stop Using ‘Chain Migration’

The establishment media has dramatically moved away from using precise language in its reporting of [...]

Trump, Feds, Sanction 21st Century Slave Labor

“With President Trump, you never know.” Those were the exact words a U.S. Senate legislative [...]

NAFTA 2.0 Poses Major Threats to U.S. Workers

The Mexican and Canadian governments are pushing the White House to step up the North [...]

State Department Program Shuts Out U.S. Youth from Summer Jobs

With summer just weeks away, teenagers and college students looking for seasonal employment will have [...]

All Eyes on Supreme Court, Trump v. Hawaii

Observing the Swamp during the last few weeks, one trend is clear: federal courts are [...]