Author Archives: Joe Guzzardi
Graham Border Bill Would End Human Trafficking, Tighten Labor Markets, Ease Hospital and School Overcrowding
Better late than never – words that apply to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s new bill that [...]
Doing the Math: Long-Term Population Consequence of Border Asylum Seekers
The immediacy of the U.S.-Mexico border emergency is shocking, almost unfathomable, as we appear to [...]
Post-Earth Day Thoughts about Sustainability
Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson’s daughter Tia recently said that her father would be “deeply [...]
Earth Day 2019: Since Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon, Global Population has Doubled
Fifty years ago, in 1969 when astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk [...]
National Resident Matching Program Fails Many Doctors
The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization created in 1952 to [...]
The National Resident Matching Program No Longer Meets Doctor Needs
The National Resident Matching Program No Longer Meets Doctor Needs American Med School Students Graduate [...]
More Employment-Based Visas Swiftly Approved, E-Verify Stuck ‘on the Table’
This weekend, President Trump, frustrated with her ineffectiveness, asked for and received the resignation of [...]
$15 Minimum Wage Imploding; Tight Labor Market Better Path to Higher Income
Raising and sustaining higher wages for American workers is impossible as long as the labor [...]
NY Times Reporter Reveals Her Immigration Stories’ Sources: Lawyers and Immigrants
In a recent interview, New York Times immigration reporter Miriam Jordan revealed how she goes about [...]
Congress Ignores World Water Day Warnings
Friday, March 22 is World Water Day, a day designated to raise awareness about the [...]
More Immigration Incompatible with Layoffs, Automation
The Economic Policy Institute recently released its U.S. wage study. Titled “State of Working America [...]
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 [...]
Lousy February BLS Report: Blip or Grim Omen?
On second thought, maybe the United States’ job market isn’t as strong as President Trump [...]
U.S. Educates 1.6 M International Students With Winners and Losers
Nearly 1.6 million international university students were enrolled in the U.S., according to the most [...]
Why Immigration Reform Failed in 1986: To Find Out, Do the Math
I’m a native Californian who grew up in the 1950s when the state was truly [...]
Finally! Federal Indictments against Birth Tourism Criminals
As the old saying goes, half a loaf is better than none. Today’s subject isn’t [...]
Overpopulated, Income-Unequal California Finds Solution: More Immigration!
Only a few of us are still around – native-born Californians who lived in the [...]
Swamp Swallows Trump
President Trump wants more people to come to the United States! With my own two [...]
Trump Zig-Zags on Immigration
in State of the Union Address
In his State of the Union address, President Trump said some of the right things [...]
Trump Organization Adopts E-Verify; Mandatory Nationwide Use Could Follow
Last week, the Trump Organization, an umbrella group that oversees more than 500 companies which [...]
Immigration Foils Small Classroom Fantasy of L.A. Teachers
If any reader can describe a more comic-tragic state than Los Angeles Unified School District [...]
Mechanization is Permanent Solution to Ag Labor Shortage
California Democrats Sen. Dianne Feinstein and U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren recently reintroduced bicameral legislation to [...]
In Federal Court, Exploited Foreign Workers Score Big Win
If asked to identify the most unnecessary visa, hurtful to American workers and prospective workers, [...]
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 [...]
Christmas in New York: A Cautionary Tale
I’ve seen the major U.S. metropolis’ future, and the picture is bleak. A New York [...]
Lackluster November Jobs Report Bodes Poorly for 2019
An unspectacular Bureau of Labor Statistics November report casts doubt on the health of the [...]
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 [...]
California, Once ‘Eternal Verdure,’ Now Overpopulated Nightmare
In 1845, Lansford W. Hastings, best known for developing the Hastings Cutoff, a travelers’ shortcut [...]
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,” [...]
Countless Employment-Based Visas Undermine American Workers
Dozens of federally issued employment-based visas granted to foreign workers offer multiple opportunities to deny [...]