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Midterms – A Cautionary Tale for 2020
As I write this week’s blog, most of the votes from yesterday’s elections have been [...]
Back in the Headlines Again: Birthright Citizenship
If President Trump’s promise to end birthright citizenship does nothing else, it will spark the long [...]
Connecticut ‘For Sale’ Signs Are Truly a Sign of the Times
Shocked by the number of “For Sale” signs lining the streets leading to my home, [...]
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 [...]
Mr. Furst Goes to Washington
Recently I was in Washington, D.C., to exercise two of the five freedoms in the [...]
Hilarie Gamm Talks: Women in U.S. Tech
Recently on Jim Blasingame’s Small Business Advocate Show, Hilarie Gamm talked about the U.S. tech [...]
Response to Miriam Jordan’s NY Times Article – One Face of Immigration
In response to your September 16 article: One Face of Immigration in America Is a Family [...]
Dudeski Writes his Congressman
Following up from the phone calls he made a couple weeks ago, Dudeski wrote a [...]
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 [...]
Dudeski Calls Congress On Behalf of U.S. Tech Workers
Below are the notes that were taken by Stephen Pushor (aka Dudeski), USTW, Director of [...]
Kevin Talks to John Miano About The Details of H.R. 392
I sat down with John Miano to learn more about the Numerical Limitation to Any [...]
Prioritizing Hiring American Doctors Should be the Standard
Outsourcing U.S. jobs to foreign markets followed by replacing local workers with foreign laborers has [...]
Prioritizing Hiring U.S. Doctors Should be the Standard
Outsourcing U.S. jobs to foreign markets followed by replacing local workers with foreign laborers has [...]
Tech Worker Hilarie Gamm Responds On Employment Visas
We had the pleasure of spending some time this week with author and tech worker [...]
Immigration Voice August 1st Public Conference Call Transcript
The attached pdf is the transcript of conference call that saw a lot of gloating [...]
Finally! U.S. Tech Workers’ Prospects Improving
In 2007, the Pittsburgh-based law firm Cohen & Grigsby hosted an immigration seminar in which [...]
Commit to Sustainability For Earth Overshoot Day
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has used more from nature than our [...]
Earth Overshoot Day Arriving Faster Every Year
Humanity is using more resources per year than ever, and it’s getting to the point [...]
Massachusetts: Shouldering the Burden of Tech Layoffs
With a strong economy and many technology jobs, Massachusetts is shouldering the burden of tech [...]
Yoder Slips Poison Pill For Tech Workers Into Appropriations Bill
The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration [...]
Talking Tech Worker Displacement W/ Virgil Bierschwale
I had an opportunity this past weekend to spend some time with Virgil Bierschwale a [...]
Been H1-Booted?
You notice that people from India are poking around your workplace—and their numbers are growing. [...]
300 IT Jobs in Retail Going to India
My FAVORITE retailer, TJX, parent company to TJMaxx, Marshalls, and Home Goods is selling out [...]
H-1B Fraud, Abuse Tip Line A Crucial Tool
Suddenly, emails are pouring in! On April 3, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) [...]
John Miano Talks About Changes in Immigration Law That Impact Tech Workers
On May 10, 2018, John Miano, co-author of the book Sold Out conducted a fireside [...]
Report: H-1Bs Not ‘Best and Brightest’
Since the Immigration Act of 1990 created the H-1B visa, the debate surrounding its value [...]
H-1B Visa Opening Day Arrives, and Another 85,000 Jobs Gone
With April 3 the Opening Day, so to speak, for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [...]
Intimidation, Rape and Slavery: The Untold Story of H-1B Workers:
Americans are increasingly coming to a better understanding of how the H-1B visa is being used [...]
U.S. Tech Workers Launches BART Ads
Starting on St. Patrick’s Day weekend, we launched our ad that encouraged Silicon Valley and [...]