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In this brief commentary, Kevin Lynn, Executive Director of the Institute for Sound Public Policy and Founder of U.S. Tech Workers, challenges economist Jeffrey Sachs' perspectives on America's economic divide. Lynn argues that contrary to Sachs' view that education access and "upskilling" are the primary barriers for American workers, the real issue is displacement of qualified American tech professionals through visa programs like H-1B, L-1, and STEM OPT. Drawing on both statistical evidence and first-hand accounts from displaced workers, Lynn makes the case that these programs artificially suppress wages and create barriers for American STEM professionals despite their qualifications.

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H-1B Visas and American Tech Workers: A Response to Jeffrey Sachs

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H-1B Visas and American Tech Workers: A Response to Jeffrey Sachs

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In this electrifying discussion between host Kevin Lynn and geopolitical analyst Tom Luongo, the conversation unveils how the first 100 days of Trump's new administration has fundamentally reshaped global economic dynamics. Luongo passionately explains how Trump is dismantling decades of financial colonialism by ripping "the bandaid off global trade imbalances" that have existed since the 1950s.

With remarkable candor, he describes how the shift to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) has finally given America control over its own cost of capital after generations of external manipulation.

The podcast captures a pivotal moment in economic history as Trump prepares to negotiate with China, isolate the European Union, and potentially end the Ukraine conflict—all while establishing the foundation for domestic tax cuts. According to Luongo, these bold moves have triggered desperate responses from globalist powers who see their long-standing financial dominance slipping away, making this period one of the most consequential geopolitical inflection points in modern history.

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America Strikes Back: Trump's Trade Revolution and the Global Power Shift

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Paradise Lost!

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Kevin Lynn, Executive Director of The Institute for Sound Public Policy and founder of U.S. Tech Workers, discusses bulletin board notices about refugee resettlement during a walk through Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Lynn critiques various flyers supporting refugees, challenging claims about refugee benefits, resettlement statistics, and the role of non-governmental organizations. He argues that the Biden administration expanded refugee definitions inappropriately, supports President Trump's funding cuts to resettlement programs, and suggests that student activists don't understand the economic and social consequences of refugee policies.

Critique of Refugee Resettlement Advocacy on the College Campus of Franklin & Marshall

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What the Laken Riley Act Does Against Illegal and Legal Immigration

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Did Immigration Destroy California? Interview with Mark Cromer

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Jon Feere, Director of Investigations at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), delivers a presentation on how two work authorization programs, Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Curricular Practical Training (CPT), are being gamed by universities and employers.

Link to the full U.S. semiconductor workforce report:
https://instituteforsoundpublicpolicy.org/the-u-s-semiconductor-industry-20th-and-21st-century-employer-practices-and-policies-report/

Resource from CIS Director of Investigations Jon Feere
ICE’s Controversial Foreign Student Employment Programs Not Protecting U.S. Workers: https://cis.org/Report/ICEs-Controversial-Foreign-Student-Employment-Programs-Not-Protecting-US-Workers

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Jon Feere Presents - Optional Practical Training & Foreign Students

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Former Intel engineering technician and veteran Steve Peralta from Phoenix, Arizona, discusses the credential inflation at Intel, Micron Technology, other semiconductor companies, and American universities that denies educational and promotional opportunities for Americans while allowing foreign engineering technicians, who have fewer qualifications, the ability to be hired, promoted, and trained to become engineers.

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Former Intel Worker Steve Peralta Presents - Credential Inflation in the Semiconductor Industry

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Kevin Lynn, Executive Director of the Institute for Sound Public Policy, weighs in and gives greater insight into the workings of the H-1B Visa Program. This was part of a webinar on the labor practices of the semiconductor industry.

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The H-1B Visa, Your Replacements are Here

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How can the next Trump administration deport 40 million illegal aliens?

@8usc12 discusses with us how it can be done.

Watch. . .

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How President Trump Can Carryout His Mass Deportation Agenda

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Have you ever wondered how the U.S. companies went from playing a dominant role in the development and manufacture of semiconductors to lagging behind Asian companies like TSCM and NVIDIA? Brian Dan-Ding answers that question well as makes a few suggestions for industrial policy that can restore America's leadership role.

Brian Dan-Ding, Research Analyst at the Institute for Sound Public Policy delivers the presentation on our much anticipated report on labor practices of the semiconductor industry.

Brian's research focuses on the U.S. STEM workforce, high-skilled employment, and guest workers. He earned his bachelor’s degree in public policy and history from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in 2023. He continues to collaborate on these issues with Rutgers University Public Policy Professor and mentor Hal Salzman. This policy report is adapted on behalf of the Institute for Sound Public Policy from the honors thesis research Brian conducted while at Rutgers.

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Link to our U.S. semiconductor workforce report:
https://instituteforsoundpublicpolicy.org/the-u-s-semiconductor-industry-20th-and-21st-century-employer-practices-and-policies-report/

To watch the the full webinar that includes presentations from the other panelists, click on the below:
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The U.S. Semiconductor Industry - Employer Practices in the 20th and 21st Centuries

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Dr. Pamela Denise Long talks about past precedents that can be used to craft a native-born American labor sourcing plan for the U.S. semiconductor industry, including current laws, legal cases, and constitutional amendments.

Below are links to several resources Dr. Long mentioned in her presentation:
Mr. President: Americans Don't Need Good Vibes. We Need an America First Agenda https://www.newsweek.com/mr-president-americans-dont-need-good-vibes-we-need-america-first-agenda-opinion-1779930

The 3-Point Plan to Unite America: https://static-gcs.edit.site/users-files/9dc521403e3792a3774ccfd69672a2b8/the-3-point-plan-to-unite-america_final_tm-and-c(2).pdf?dl=1

Back of the Hiring Line: A 200-year History of Mass Immigration, Employer Bias, and Depression of Black Wealth www.backofthehiringline.com

Emancipation Reclamation: The 1924-65 immigration reductions that propelled African Americans into the Great Migration and the middle-class
https://www.flipsnack.com/696EBECC5A8/1924-print-0902-final-10/full-view.html

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379692379_The_National_Environmental_Policy_Act_NEPA_An_Ignored_Tool_for_Anti-Racist_Practices

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Dr. Pamela Denise Long Presents - A Plan for Native Born Labor Sourcing

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As they say, "when you win you party, when you fail you ponder." The party is officially over. It's time to get serious about the 2026 elections and an authentic MAGA and Americans First agenda.

"And though holders of Nvidia stock may be racking in the big money, normal…

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Last month, Wall Street declared war on Azoria (my investment firm) because as CEO I made the decision that we would no longer invest in public companies using the H-1B scam to fuel the great replacement of American workers. Wall Street cannot and will not win.

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Isaac Stone Fish @isaacstonefish ·

3 Nov 1985353242268619236

STOP SAYING THE CHINESE PLAY THE LONG GAME. It's Orientalist foolishness that has to leave our discourse with China.
--Read a Five Year Plan from five years ago and see how different China has become than the leaders predicted.
--Chinese people are human beings, who think, like…

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James Fishback @j_fishback ·

3 Nov 1985379479913406685

Amazon is *firing* Americans but still *hiring* foreign H-1Bs from India and China. There's only one Governor in America who is standing up to the H-1B scam and that's @RonDeSantis. Last week, he pulled the plug on Florida colleges replacing Americans with H-1B foreign labor.

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“Why is CNN suddenly worried about the national debt when it’s time to take care of American citizens? CNN said NOTHING when Joe Biden handed $350 billion to Ukraine and $7,000 a month to illegals.”

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Kevin Lynn @thencamekevin ·

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The United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox holds approximately 4,580 metric tons (about 147.3 million troy ounces) of gold. This represents roughly 50% of the U.S. Treasury's total gold reserves.

An assessment of U.S. gold resources indicated 33,000 tons of gold—15,000…

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Baller!

China has been very effective at gaining chokehold control over particular parts of the supply chain, whether in rare earths or plastics. Their lack of stringent environmental standards has allowed them to refine these materials at lower costs, creating a competitive…

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Scott Bessent on Rare Earths:

You’re not bullish enough.

"China has been putting their rare earth plan together for 25 years. The US has been asleep, but now this administration is going to move at warp speed over the next 1-2 years to get out from under this sword."

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I worked in China for 15 years.

I’ve seen the corruption, the bribery, the staged loyalty, the two-faced politics, the snitch culture — all of it.

And unlike you, after I made my money, I LEFT!

Now I’m using the rest of my life to expose the CCP’s lies, propaganda, fake…

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That would make our debt to GDP 100%. (Give or take.)

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Link to article:

$124 Trillion And Counting... These Are The World's Largest Economies

The U.S. will remain the world’s largest economy in 2026 with a projected GDP of $31.8 trillion...

www.zerohedge.com

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As Mark Twain aptly stated, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Only 4 to 5 percent of all jobs in the USA are specialty occupations being filled by H-1B and STEM OPT workers. It is ludicrous to draw an analogy between jobs being given to foreigners on H-1B, L-1, and…

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750,000 H-1B professionals work legally in the U.S…. most have been here for decades, pay taxes, and have U.S.-born kids. That’s about 0.2% of America’s 350 million people.

This issue has somehow become so inflated that the Department of Labor is making promo videos about it.…

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