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  • DHS Pauses CHNV – Only Briefly DHS Pauses CHNV - Only Briefly
    When the Department of Homeland Security announced that, “out of an abundance of caution,” it would pause the Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, informally known as CHNV, enforcement advocates knew better than to ...

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Amnesty Could Bankrupt Medicare

Mercifully, the vapid RNC and DNC conventions are over. But the long slog toward Election Day lays ahead. GOP nominee Donald Trump’s views are a matter of record. Trump served four years in the White House and has remained in the spotlight since his 2020 defeat. Journalists, however,  [...]

Trump, Biden and the Border Bill

A repeated lie is that former president Donald Trump killed the Senate border bill of which President Joe Biden said: “What’s been negotiated would — if passed into law — be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country.”

Ramaswamy’s Push for More U.S. Job Killing H-1Bs

No visa has done more damage to American workers than the H-1B, allegedly for highly skilled, foreign-born tech workers in specialty occupations but who, in reality, have only average skills. Nevertheless, the H-1B has, with Congress’ blessing, displaced large swaths of experienced, talented U.S. tech workers.

Legal Immmigration

  • Tariffs on Electric Vehicles? Biden and Trump’s Positions 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 ...
  • Biden’s Proposed Rule Change Is A Kick In The Teeth To American Workers 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 ...
  • What Happened To Alphabet and Google Search? 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 ...
  • January BLS: U.S. Workers Lose Ground to Foreign-Born January BLS: U.S. Workers Lose Ground to Foreign-Born
    The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics report should be called the original “fake news.” Such is the case with the January 2024 report which announced that the economy added 353,000 jobs. Each month, District of Columbia’s anonymous civil servants grind ...
  • STEM Degrees Not Worth Effort, Expense STEM Degrees Not Worth Effort, Expense
      Little by little, the truth about academic life on university campuses is leaking out. Although not as dramatic or headline-grabbing as the Harvard, Penn, and MIT scandals, the myth that science, technology, engineering and math degrees (STEM) will lead to ...

Labor

  • More Visas in 2023; Bad News for U.S. Students, Tech Workers More Visas in 2023; Bad News for U.S. Students, Tech Workers
    A United Nations report predicted that India will surpass China with the dubious distinction of becoming the world’s most populous nation. India is projected to add 3 million more people by mid-year which will push its total ...
  • Back in Vogue: Child Labor Back in Vogue: Child Labor
    Even though the nation is divided about immigration and its consequences, on one point, unanimity must be reached. Immigration, whether legal or illegal, cannot be a vehicle for child labor. And yet, the Department of Labor has ...
  • Labor Force Participation Rate Falling, Bigger Drop Coming Labor Force Participation Rate Falling, Bigger Drop Coming
    Dramatic footage taken recently that showed thousands of migrants crossing the Rio Grande River, and walking into El Paso represents compelling evidence that the Biden administration’s immigration policy is out of control. A massive Border Patrol ...
  • Biden Agenda Excludes ‘Equity’ for Black Workers Biden Agenda Excludes ‘Equity’ for Black Workers
    On his first day in office, President Biden signed an Executive Order to advance racial equity and to support underserved communities, an admirable goal, and one that most Americans share. Unfortunately for residents of those struggling communities, ...
  • July BLS Tells Only Half the Tale July BLS Tells Only Half the Tale
    The July Bureau of Labor Statistics report was a blockbuster. The economy created 528,000 jobs, and unemployment dipped to 3.5 percent, well ahead of Dow Jones’ 258,000 new jobs and 3.6 percent unemployment estimates. Wage growth also rose; ...

Illegal Immigration

  • Trafficked Minors Reach Queens, NY and Sex Crimes Escalate Trafficked Minors Reach Queens, NY and Sex Crimes Escalate
    Open borders and a police hands-off policy turns Queens into what New York Post reporters call “the city’s boldest open-air market for sex.”
  • Clinton, Bush, Obama Align with Open Borders GroupsClinton, Bush, Obama Align with Open Borders Groups
    The latest chapter in the ongoing open border crisis involves four former first families associated with groups whose mission is to transport migrants from their home countries to the United States. Immigration lawyers call this “aiding and abetting,” a federal ...
  • Weaponized E-Verify Defeats Program’s Purpose Weaponized E-Verify Defeats Program’s Purpose
    In what some observers called an act of corporate revenge, Eastern Fisheries recently fired more than 100 process workers, mostly Central American illegal aliens employed for years under temporary contracts through two local personnel agencies. Eastern Fisheries ...
  • Trump Indictment Must Not Distract from Border Crisis Trump Indictment Must Not Distract from Border Crisis
    President Trump’s formal accusation, and whatever the fallout from it may be, must not distract from the ongoing, White House-sanctioned open border catastrophe. Down on the Southwest border, March marked the 26th consecutive month since President Biden’s inauguration ...
  • China Perpetrating ‘Greatest Wealth Transfer in History’ China Perpetrating 'Greatest Wealth Transfer in History'
    Customs and Border Protection agents have identified individuals from more than 150 nations attempting, mostly successfully, to enter the United States. Among those aliens, the Chinese are arriving in increasingly large numbers. The journey for these Chinese is thousands ...