When considering the negative impacts of mass immigration on the American public, we generally focus on border states like Texas and California, or immigrant-heavy urban areas such as New York City. However, mass immigration – legal and illegal – also …
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A curious memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently touted “expansion of labor pathways” for foreign farmworkers into the U.S. The announcement was odd because there are no caps on H-2A visas, so talk of “expansion” seems sup…
In spite of being an immigrant, my first reaction to the so-called “Day Without Immigrants” protest/boycott – which encourages the foreign-born not to attend school, go to work, or spend money on that day – usually consists of eye-rolling. That’s…
Recent news reports on border “encounters” beg a crucial question: What actually happens to encountered migrants? Superficially, more encounters suggest better border enforcement. With sharply higher encounters, the Biden administration must be doing a…
In January 2022, migrant encounters at the southern border increased by 321 percent from the same time during President Trump’s final full year, according to preliminary data found in a court filing. Immigration authorities reportedly encountered 153,9…
President Joe Biden is changing America’s views on immigration — but not the way he intended. Last year, Gallup polling showed a public that equally favored increases and decreases in immigration. Now the number of people who want less migration …
This week the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship held a hearing titled “Is There a Doctor in the House? The Role of Immigrant Physicians in the U.S. Healthcare System.” The hearing posed the following question: give…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has shortened, and weakened, its mission statement to amorphously declare that the agency “upholds America’s promise as a nation of welcome and possibility with fairness, integrity, and respect fo…
Many Americans recognize the clear connection between mass immigration-driven population growth and growing threats to the environment. Nevertheless, the two issues are very rarely raised together, although the open borders lobby attempted to play the …
As illegal migration from Central America soars, more minors are moving into America’s cheap labor pipeline. It’s a dismal journey enabled by lax immigration policies. Reuters news service recently highlighted the wretched story of a Guatemalan teenage…