Category Archives: Immigration
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 [...]
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 [...]
Back in the Headlines Again: Birthright Citizenship
If President Trump’s promise to end birthright citizenship does nothing else, it will spark the long [...]
Politicon October 2018 Coverage
IFSPP covered POLITICON, a wild and raucous SoCal event that features high-profile players in politics [...]
California, Once ‘Eternal Verdure,’ Now Overpopulated Nightmare
In 1845, Lansford W. Hastings, best known for developing the Hastings Cutoff, a travelers’ shortcut [...]
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,” [...]
Countless Employment-Based Visas Undermine American Workers
Dozens of federally issued employment-based visas granted to foreign workers offer multiple opportunities to deny [...]
Prioritizing Hiring American Doctors Should be the Standard
Outsourcing U.S. jobs to foreign markets followed by replacing local workers with foreign laborers has [...]
High-Tech Companies’ Lobbying Efforts in Full Gear for Foreign Workers
A telling Mercury News story pits high-tech industry leaders against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, [...]
Labor Day is No Celebration for Struggling Americans
Trying to figure out how many employment-based visas the State Department issues is a dizzying [...]
GOP Swamp Alligators Busy Subverting U.S. Workers
From an unlikely place, deep red Kansas, comes a plot to add to the cheap [...]
Visa Overstays Problematic for U.S. Tech Workers
The Department of Homeland Security’s recently released Entry/Exit Overstay Report on visa overstays found that more [...]
Refugee Industry Heads to Capitol Hill, Ignores Church State Separation
The refugee resettlement industry is in full panic mode. Some may question whether “industry” is [...]
Finally! U.S. Tech Workers’ Prospects Improving
In 2007, the Pittsburgh-based law firm Cohen & Grigsby hosted an immigration seminar in which [...]
Trump’s Wall is the Wrong Priority; E-Verify Protects Border
Once, August was a tranquil time on Capitol Hill. But that’s no longer the case. [...]
Earth Overshoot Day Offers Sustainability Lessons
Tomorrow will mark Earth Overshoot Day, the day that worldwide humanity will, in only seven months, [...]
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, [...]
Melting Down Over ICE
Calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement began as whispers, but today are a lion’s-roar [...]
As U.S. Population Rises, Environmental Leaders Ignore the Obvious
The Washington Post recently published a column titled “Why do we need more people in this [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Policy Watch – Immigration Bills Flounder
It’s almost the end of June and here we are with another edition of Policy [...]
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 [...]
Congress Debates Amnesty as White House Quiet on E-Verify
The big week on Capitol Hill that featured a much ballyhooed immigration meeting between party [...]