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    Salesforce Betrays America – The Dark Side of the “Indian Era”

    Salesforce disinvested in the U.S. workforce that built it into a global powerhouse and enabled it to soar above its competition.

    How President Trump Can Carryout His Mass Deportation Agenda

    [This is a synopsis of a two hour podcast. To see the podcast, click on this link.] With Donald Trump’s inauguration a little over two months away, the time is nigh to discuss the practical measures that will need to be taken to implement his mass deportation agenda.  [...]

    Class of 2024 Computer Science Grads Face Trouble? Why?

    Today’s story deals with the tough job market for American computer science graduates. One recent graduate from the Catholic University of America, Ben Riesett told the Wall Street Journal, that the “the truth is, when you start looking right now, it’s impossible to get hired.” The story points  [...]

    Legal Immmigration

    • Build Back Better Bad NewsBuild Back Better Bad News
        While a disbelieving nation is focused on the endless border crisis, more immigration sleight of hand is ongoing in Washington. Cloaked in Congress-speak, the troubling details of the Build Back Better Act (BBB) are being hidden from a bad-news weary ...
    • DOJ Slaps Facebook’s Wrist for Subverting U.S. Tech WorkersDOJ Slaps Facebook’s Wrist for Subverting U.S. Tech Workers
      The Department of Justice caught social media titan Facebook blatantly reserving jobs for, and then hiring, foreign-born H-1B visa workers. In December 2020, the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) in DOJ’s Civil Rights Division filed a complaint against Facebook ...
    • Chamber of Commerce Wins Big, U.S. Tech Workers LoseChamber of Commerce Wins Big, U.S. Tech Workers Lose
      A George W. Bush federal judge appointee voided a Trump-era H-1B regulation that switched the visa allocation system from a random selection lottery to a process that prioritizes higher-wage jobs. By putting emphasis on higher wages, ...
    • Congress, Don’t Be So America Last!Congress, Don't Be So America Last!
      Late Friday evening, the House Judiciary Committee unveiled the immigration provisions they’d like inserted into the 2022 budget reconciliation bill. It goes without saying that immigration reform has no place in a budget bill but that’s not ...
    • Despite Pandemic, International Student Enrollment EnduresDespite Pandemic, International Student Enrollment Endures
      Amidst COVID-19 chaos and confusion, the new academic year has started. At some institutions, weekly COVID-19 testing for students, including those who are fully vaccinated, and mask requirements, regardless of vaccination status, are required indoors and outdoors. Faculty and staff ...

    Labor

    • The Working Poor Enter the Workforce
      Last week while sitting in the back of a coffee shop, I overheard a young woman on her cel phone feverishly trying to explain to her new boss that she couldn’t make it in to work that morning. The reason ...
    • Illegal Workers and Labor Force Participation
        The just-released March jobs report should put a spring back in American workers’ steps. Throughout the month, the economy added 215,000 jobs. Hourly wages rose slightly, by 7 cents for private sector workers. With more jobs available and wages ticking upwards, ...
    • Labor and Economics
      Jobs, Wages and Immigration Institute for Sound Public Policy is committed to the creation of a just and flourishing society in the United States: one that provides ample economic opportunities for all Americans and where workers across all sectors of the ...

    Illegal Immigration

    • Biden is out of the Gate with Aggressive Immigration PlanBiden is out of the Gate with Aggressive Immigration Plan
      Dear All: Inauguration day has come and gone, leaving those of us in the movement with little more to do than simply look agape as the corporatocracy gloriously reinstalled itself under the watchful gaze of 25,000+ National Guard and Regular Army ...
    • MLK and the Dignity of WorkMLK and the Dignity of Work
      Minister and activist Martin Luther King, Jr., became synonymous with the Civil Rights movement from the mid-1950s through 1968 when he was assassinated. Memorializing King’s birthday each year in January allows us to reflect on this great man’s wisdom, words ...
    • MLK and the Dignity of WorkMLK and the Dignity of Work
        Minister and activist Martin Luther King, Jr., became synonymous with the Civil Rights movement from the mid-1950s through 1968 when he was assassinated. Memorializing King’s birthday each year in January allows us to reflect on this great man’s wisdom, words ...
    • Crackpot Fantasy: One Billion AmericansCrackpot Fantasy: One Billion Americans
        Glenn Beck, the well-known former Fox Network anchor, a self-professed conservative, and Blaze TV network owner, teamed up with ultra-liberal Matt Yglesias, the left-wing Vox editor to advocate for a U.S. population of 1 billion. After an interview with Yglesias, who ...
    • For Trump, Time is Up on ‘Hire American’For Trump, Time is Up on ‘Hire American’
      Three years ago, President Trump issued his “Buy American, Hire American” Executive Order. But as the November election draws closer, many critics insist that President Trump has come up short on his promise to “hire American.” The president’s myriad critics ...