Number One and Two Issues Concerning Voters

Pollsters do a better job of identifying the core issues that concern voters. The numbers one and two are the economy and immigration. But neither the polling organizations nor the candidates have linked the two. Immigration directly impacts federal, state, and local economies.

Wanted: ESL Teachers

Reuters sent a survey to more than 10,000 school districts to gauge immigration’s impact on public schools nationwide, then published a story about how the border surge has crushed the public school system.

Feds Piling on Beleaguered US Workers

The establishment media has mostly ignored one of the most devastating, avoidable developments in modern U.S. economic history. Since 2019, according to federal data, almost all job growth has gone to legal and illegal immigrants.

Kamala, Reimagined

In political history’s most remarkable U-turn, Vice President and the Democrat Party’s 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris has converted into a tough on border security advocate, pledges to hire thousands more border agents, to defeat drug cartels and to jail gun smugglers.

Public policy nonprofit releases report on CHIPS and Science Act, cautions against hiring guest workers to fill jobs

Tariffs on Electric Vehicles? Biden and Trump’s Positions

  Today we are giving our take on the Biden administration’s announcement that it will be raising tariffs on a host of Chinese-made products. Given they are calling for a 100% tariff on electric vehicles, we appear not only in an international trade war but, a domestic trade war as  [...]

Biden’s Proposed Rule Change Is A Kick In The Teeth To American Workers

President Biden’s Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing a new rule that will hurt Americans employed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) occupations by making it even easier for employers to discriminate against U.S. workers in favor of foreign workers on H-1B visas. Before we dig into what this proposed rule change is, here is a quick primer  [...]

What Happened To Alphabet and Google Search?

Hello, and welcome to another Institute for Sound Public Policy podcast. I’m the Executive Director, Kevin Lynn. In this series, we offer our short take on daily stories impacting working Americans. Today’s story deals with Alphabet and how that company’s most popular product. Google Search, used by millions of Americans  [...]

NEPA Prevails In Historic Case

District court Judge McFadden rules Massachusetts Coalition for Immigration Reform (MCIR) v. Department of Homeland Security can proceed.

On Earth Day, Border Crisis Creates Enviro Worries

  If Earth Day’s founders were alive to see the tattered remains of their noble mission, they would shake their heads in dismay. The essential requirement for a sound environment is a stable population, a basic guideline that President Joe Biden’s administration has trampled on in its quest to destroy  [...]

Educated, High-Earning Californians Pack Up, Seek Greener Pastures

After decades of dramatic population increases, California’s residency totals have stabilized, although not in the manner that advocates had hoped for. Radical policies embraced in Sacramento, and by other major municipalities including Los Angeles and San Francisco, have accelerated residents’ departure. Those still stuck behind are left to cope with  [...]

Moment of Truth Arrives for California Housing

The race to pave over what little remains of California’s open space continues. In 2017, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed “15 good bills,” as he put it, to ease the persistent affordable housing shortage in California. Brown, surrounded by advocates and real estate barons, said: “It is a big challenge. We  [...]