Author Archives: Joe Guzzardi
BLS Report Encouraging to Vulnerable Hispanics, Blacks and the Disabled
As if the unappetizing buffet of presidential candidates isn’t troublesome enough for the Democratic Party, [...]
Elitist Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom Ignores Crisis in his Sacramento Backyard
I recently returned to my Pittsburgh home from a trip to Sacramento. I went reluctantly. [...]
Senate Seeks to Reward Wealthy Foreign Investors with Citizenship-for-Sale Green Cards
While Congress is focused on impeachment, impeachment and more impeachment drama, a proposed behind-the-scenes bill [...]
New Report:
53 Million Americans Hold Low-Wage Jobs
The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program just released a study that casts serious doubt on [...]
Vets May Wonder if their Service Was in Vain: Open Borders, Illegal Alien Entitlements Undermine Sacrifices
Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, about 389,000 veterans are [...]
Coming Soon, a Borderless U.S.
Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) shocked most observers, including her New England neighbor and fellow [...]
Chicago Teachers’ Strike: Historically High Immigration Makes Capping Classroom Sizes Impossible
Chicago’s 25,000 public schoolteachers are on strike, with a grievance list familiar to all educators [...]
Dem Debate Skirts Threat to American Quality of Life: Unsustainable Population Growth
On Tuesday, 12 Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage at Otterbein University near Columbus, [...]
Eric Holder to 2020 Dems: Tone Down Immigration Rhetoric or Lose
Every week, immigration stories demonstrate how frustratingly elusive, even after decades, common sense reform that [...]
BLS Report Reflects Lower Average Wages: An Explanation
As the classic Johnny Mercer/ Harold Arlen tune goes, let’s “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive.” The White [...]
Trump’s 18,000 Refugee Cap Sends Immigration Boosters into Tailspin
No sooner had the State Department announced that it would cut the refugee cap to [...]
Congressional Immigration Failures Cause Record 1 Million Court Backlog
Countless reports, all based on irrefutable federal data, have been published that show immigration non-action [...]
Ag Secretary: More Guest Workers ‘Solution’ to Immigration Problem
Every time an immigration conflict appears on the horizon, expansionists press for one of two [...]
Biden Pressing for Higher Immigration, Disregards Environmental Consequences
With Round 3 of the Democratic president debates set for this Thursday, the nation should [...]
August BLS Report Omits Key Data Revealing Future Worker Challenges, including Immigration and Robotics
Shortly after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August report which showed that the [...]
California Off the Rails, State a Disaster Zone
When former California Gov. Jerry Brown announced his ill-conceived, ill-fated high-speed train that no one [...]
Labor Day: Four Decades of Dramatic CEO Income Growth; Peanuts for Workers
A recent Economic Policy Institute Study titled “CEO Compensation Has Grown 940% since 1978” is [...]
Public Charge Rule is Pro-Immigrant, Pro-America
No sooner had the Trump administration announced its intention to impose a new rule that [...]
Abolishing ICE, Eliminating Borders are Dangerous Ideas
In today’s polarized America, and in the midst of an increasingly bitter, partisan presidential campaign, [...]
To Increase Wages, Mandate E-Verify, Shrink Labor Market
Democratic presidential candidates have unanimously embraced the $15 federal minimum wage. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi [...]
H-1B Displaces U.S. Teachers, Drives Down Wages
The H-1B visa that allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations [...]
Trump Administration Proposes Zero Refugees in 2020
During a recent meeting with the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department and about [...]
On Behalf of Foreign Nationals, Lofgren Ignores Homelessness
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives rammed through HR 1044, a job-busting bill that [...]
A New Summer Brings the Predictable Foreign Worker Exploitation
Summers come and go. And some are more memorable than others – better weather, extraordinary [...]
At the Border, the Word is Out: Come One, Come All
Haitians join Central Americans, Africans and would-be asylees from dozens of nations
The Border Crisis: Taking the Long-Term View
In one of her final appearances before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, [...]
Anatomy of a U.S. Job Killer: The Optional Practical Training Program
OPT up 400% between 2016 and 2018. End program now!
Immigration and Ice Cream: My Week with a DV Winner
Based on results of the diversity visa program since 1990, more immigration and a higher [...]
Is the U.S. Full? No, It’s Overfull
The latest pro-immigration talking point is that since the U.S. has an abundance of wide-open [...]
Paroled Central Americans Compete for U.S. Blue-Collar Workers’ Jobs
Because Congress has for more than a decade steadfastly refused to close the asylum loopholes, [...]