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  • Alarming Environmental Report Disingenuously Dodges Overpopulation Link Alarming Environmental Report Disingenuously Dodges Overpopulation Link
    “Disappearing Rivers,” a Center for American Progress-commissioned report, was introduced to a Washington, D.C. audience recently. The report was unsparing in its criticism of developers, public utilities, irrigators and the mining industry. Looking at 11 western states, the CAP report addressed what’s built along waterways and how water is diverted and disrupted for power generation and ...
  • As Illegal Immigration Declines, Employers Forced to Raise Wages As Illegal Immigration Declines, Employers Forced to Raise Wages
    A new Center for Migration Studies (CMS) report showed that between 2010 and 2016, illegal immigration declined 8 percent, down from 11.7 million to 10.8 million, its lowest level in 15 years. The illegal immigrant population is always in flux, and some refer to think tanks’ totals as guesstimates. But after analyzing United States and Mexican government statistics, ...
  • Feds: EB-5 Visas ‘Rampant with Fraud’ Feds: EB-5 Visas ‘Rampant with Fraud’
    Next month, in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, two EB-5 investors’ conferences will convene. The events will include an impressive array of experts – immigration lawyers, securities attorneys and developers. Last year’s EB-5 gathering in Vietnam attracted a 400-strong audience. Little wonder then that EB-5 visas issued to Vietnamese have increased 62.5 percent over the ...
  • Learn About the EB-5 Visa program Learn About the EB-5 Visa program
    The American visa system is a complex beast, built seemingly to confuse American and immigrant alike. It is also crafted in ways to make them easily exploitable by those who would “help stimulate our economy,” a phrase which is synonymous with corporations lining their pockets. We’ve discussed at length the abuses of the H1-B Visa, a ...
  • For Immigration, The Status Quo Won’t Save Us For Immigration, The Status Quo Won't Save Us
    A recent article published in the Los Angeles Times reported that the White House is considering a compromise in its current immigration reform proposal: one that would ensure legal immigration would remain at its current level of 1.1 million annually. In late January, President Trump unveiled his approved guidelines for any legislation on immigration, which included ...
  • Congress Indifferent to Puerto Rico’s Tragedy; U.S. Citizens Left in the Lurch Congress Indifferent to Puerto Rico’s Tragedy; U.S. Citizens Left in the Lurch
    After an absence of more than 50 years, I returned to Puerto Rico this month to view firsthand Hurricane Maria’s devastation. I spent most of my formative years growing up in Puerto Rico, attended a local high school, and took my first post-college job on the island. My emotional ties to Puerto Rico are strong; ...
  • Despite Wall Street Applause, January BLS Reflects Lingering Wage Woes Despite Wall Street Applause, January BLS Reflects Lingering Wage Woes
    Wall Street hailed the January 2018 Bureau of Labor Statistics report as a big winner. While most of the leading indicators were only so-so – 200,000 new jobs, steady unemployment and labor force participation rates (LFPR) at 4.1 percent and 62.7 percent, respectively, economists shouted out their huzzahs at the 2.9 percent wage growth, the ...
  • Senate Bill Intended to Displace U.S. Tech Workers Senate Bill Intended to Displace U.S. Tech Workers
    Senate Introduces Bill Intended to Displace U.S. Tech Workers February 2, 2018 | Joe Guzzardi In one of his final official acts before retiring, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced the Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 that would increase the annual H-1B quota from the current 85,000 up to as many as 195,000. Cosponsored by lame-duck Sen. Jeff ...
  • Senate Introduces Bill Intended to Displace U.S. Tech Workers Senate Introduces Bill Intended to Displace U.S. Tech Workers
    In one of his final official acts before retiring, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced the Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 that would increase the annual H-1B quota from the current 85,000 up to as many as 195,000. Cosponsored by lame duck Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), the bill would also allow H-1B visa holders’ spouses and ...
  • This Friday, Take Time to Respect Wetlands This Friday, Take Time to Respect Wetlands
      Friday, February 2nd is World Wetlands Day, in commemoration of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. It delves into likely the most overlooked environment on earth, the wetlands. Our planet’s wetlands are in dire need of protection against over development. Loss of these environments leads to the loss of vital ...
  • Trump, Congress Ignore Unsustainable Population Growth, Environmental Consequences Trump, Congress Ignore Unsustainable Population Growth, Environmental Consequences
    In the State of the Union address, President Trump proposed a four-pillar immigration plan that would include ending chain migration. But President Trump didn’t specify when his plan would end the chain, an understandable evasion since it would continue under the deal he’s pursuing for 15 to 20 years. During those years, the four million prospective ...
  • What to Expect from Trump’s State of the Union, and Immigration What to Expect from Trump’s State of the Union, and Immigration
    With President Trump’s first State of the Union address fast approaching, there has been much speculation about what he will recognize in the annual speech. Trump will most likely treat the speech as a victory lap, toting his perceived achievements such as tax reform. It is almost certain that he will discuss one of, if ...
  • Let’s Make A Deal? Harvard Poll Shows Immigration Still a Top Issue Let's Make A Deal? Harvard Poll Shows Immigration Still a Top Issue
    A new poll released by Harvard-Harris shows that immigration is still a top issue across the nation, and that Americans are ready to make a deal. When asked if DACA recipients should be given a pathway to citizenship, 77% of responses said they should. 79% of responses believed that America should move towards a merit-based immigration ...
  • Interview with Tech Worker and Congressional Candidate Craig DiAngelo Interview with Tech Worker and Congressional Candidate Craig DiAngelo
    Craig DiAngelo caught the nation’s attention when he was interviewed last year on 60 Minutes wherein he discussed the unscrupulous manner in which he and 219 of he colleagues at Northeast Utilities were laid off in one fell swoop and replaced by low cost, incompetent foreign workers here on H-1B Visas. Frustrated by his attempts ...
  • Overpopulation Driving California’s Affordable Housing Crisis Overpopulation Driving California's Affordable Housing Crisis
    For months, Sacramento has wrung its hands over California’s affordable housing shortage. Print media has published countless stories about the effect the shortage has on the state’s four in ten that live near or below the poverty line. A January 19 Mercury News story reported that a new Bay Area price record was set when the ...
  • Both Parties May Prove Open Border Advocates as DACA Debate Looms Both Parties May Prove Open Border Advocates as DACA  Debate Looms
    In October of 2013, House Republicans refused to compromise on raising the debt ceiling which forced the government to shut down from October 1st to the 17th. In an hour-long heated press conference, President Obama chided and rebuked the Republicans for their narrow-mindedness.  At one point he stated, “And this is not just for me; ...
  • MLK Day and the State of the Promise MLK Day and the State of the Promise
    It is important to reflect on our history as we enter times of great turmoil. This Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in which we celebrate the life of Reverend King Jr and the many Black Americans that joined him on the road to civil rights. King’s historic 1963 “March on Washington” was officially named ...
  • Dizzying Days in DC as DACA Talks Dominate Dizzying Days in DC as DACA Talks Dominate
    Takeaways from President Trump’s January 9 meeting with Congress on deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA), are in the beholders’ eyes. At different times during the televised sit-down, the president made what appear to have been conflicting statements which left some observers concluding that the two sides are stalemated. Occasionally, the president doubled down on his ...
  • John Michael Greer Gives His Take On The State of Our Union John Michael Greer Gives His Take On The State of Our Union
      Join us for a riveting podcast where we discuss a broad range of topics from immigration, the economy, US Hegemony, class warfare, and JMG’s take on the three most important issues to arise between 2018 and 2020. John Michael Greer is a widely read author and blogger whose work focuses on the overlaps between ecology, spirituality, ...
  • What to Think About During National Migration Week What to Think About During National Migration Week
    The week of January 7 to January 14 has been dubbed “National Migration Week,” wherein Americans reflect on the United States’ history of immigration. This is an important aspect of introspection; we must look to our past in order to move forward. However, events such as these have been distorted by some Non-Government Organizations to ...
  • Record Immigration Means More Job Competition for Americans Record Immigration Means More Job Competition for Americans
    A new report that drew from Census Bureau and Department of Homeland Security data found that in 2016’s first six months, 1.03 million legal and illegal immigrants arrived in the United States. The Washington, D.C.-based, nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) extrapolated the 1.03 million and concluded that newly settled immigrants for all of 2016 ...
  • Gutierrez Duplicitous on DACA Gutierrez Duplicitous on DACA
    There is a joke that goes, “how can you tell when a politician is lying?  Answer: When his lips are moving!”  Last Tuesday I attended a protest outside the Capitol building sponsored by Casa De Maryland and the very misguided Service Employees International Union (SEIU.)  I would say somewhere north of 2,000 protesters showed up ...
  • Long Haul Trucker Describes America’s Decline: Excess Development and Immigration Long Haul Trucker Describes America's Decline: Excess Development and Immigration
    Finn Murphy offers us a striking example of a unique person cutting his own deal about how to live his life not patterned by his upbringing environment or his family’s economic or social status. His story in his book published by WW Norton in 2017 called “The Long Haul” tells of his evolution as the child ...
  • Cotton’s Rise and the Fate of Raise Cotton's Rise and the Fate of Raise
    Freshman Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has found himself in perhaps a meteoric rise in the Trump Administration. With the palace intrigue of the White House at a fever pitch, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has reportedly been on the chopping block for quite some time. CIA Director Mike Pompeo is assumed to be his ...
  • Physicians, Residents and Foreigners Oh My! Physicians, Residents and Foreigners Oh My!
    I was catching up on reading a stack of newspapers that had piled up while pondering what to write for this week’s blog when the answer leapt out at me from the front page of the Sunday local Lancaster, Pennsylvania newspaper.  Front and center was an article entitled DOCTORS WITHIN BORDERS. Since 2006, 7,000 Cuban doctors ...
  • Cuban, International Doctors Come to U.S. – American Doctors Can’t Practice Cuban, International Doctors Come to U.S. – American Doctors Can't Practice
    I was catching up on reading a stack of newspapers that had piled up while pondering what to write for this week’s blog when the answer leapt out at me from the front page of the Sunday local Lancaster, Pennsylvania, newspaper. Front and center was an article about more than 240 Cuban doctors who have ...
  • Economic Growth Fueled By Continued Massive Immigration Equals Certain Eventual Disaster Economic Growth Fueled By Continued Massive Immigration Equals Certain Eventual Disaster
    As Kevin Lynn’s 11/7 op ed entitled “Citizenship for Sale with EB5 Visa” tells us, virtually anyone can become a US citizen by paying $500,000. The ways for entering the US legally and illegally have multiplied and the whole system is in need of serious reform. By maintaining present annual additions of legal and illegal aliens ...
  • Citizenship For Sale with EB-5 Visa Citizenship For Sale with EB-5 Visa
    The American visa system is a complex beast, built seemingly to confuse American and immigrant alike. It is also crafted in ways to make them easily exploitable by those who would “help stimulate our economy,” a phrase which is synonymous with corporations lining their pockets. We’ve discussed at length the abuses of the H1-B Visa, a ...
  • A Tale of Two Californias, and Our Immigration System A Tale of Two Californias, and Our Immigration System
    In a recent conference on the economic state of California, historian and commentator Victor Davis Hanson spoke on the consequences of our flawed immigration system. He remarked on the hypocrisy of Silicon Valley tech moguls, who preach on income equality and immigration from their ivory towers while the working class suffers. The elites of California, ...
  • E-Verify Bill Finds Victory in Committee E-Verify Bill Finds Victory in Committee
    On October 25th, 2017 the House Judiciary Committee approved Rep. Lamar Smith’s (TX) Legal Workforce Act. The bill would mandate the usage of the E-Verify system, currently used by the federal government to electronically verify whether potential employees are legally authorized to work in the United States. Private companies are currently free to enroll in ...