A lobbying campaign by the Koch network, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other open-borders groups to keep up the flow of immigrant workers is running into opposition from voters in several swing states. In a letter to White House advisers Jared Kushn…
Jobs & Economy
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged: “I will end the use of the H-1B [foreign workers]as a cheap labor program forever, and institute an absolute requirement to hire American workers first for every visa and immigration program….
When President Trump issued an executive order (EO) on April 22 to temporarily suspend the entry of some foreign workers into the United States, there were 30 million unemployed Americans. With 10 million additional jobless claims filed in the last mon…
The news Thursday was predictably grim for American workers. Another 4 million people filed first-time unemployment claims, bringing the total number of unemployed to 43 million. Meanwhile, in an alternative universe that exists on Wall Street and in c…
President Trump was elected on a platform promising to protect American jobs and otherwise fix our immigration system to benefit the average American – and not merely special interest groups. The president has undoubtedly done much to further this goal…
Despite record unemployment, the largest publicly-owned utility company, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), remains committed to plans to outsource 20 percent of its information technology (IT) workforce to companies with headquarters outside the Un…
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate called on President Trump to suspend nonimmigrant guest worker programs in two letters circulated today. These letters ask the president to consider the effects of allowing hundreds of thousands of guest workers t…
Even in a normal job market, it is hard to fathom the Department of Labor (DOL) would “let H-1B employers undercut” over qualified American applicants so they can insource foreign workers, who they pay at below-market wage levels. Yet, that is exactly …
American workers and college graduates have always received the short-end of the stick when it comes to competition with foreign workers, due to the fact that companies are able to convince foreign workers to accept lower pay, in exchange for access to…
In one fell swoop, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the American economy to its knees and thrown many American workers out of their jobs. More than ten million Americans have lost their jobs in the last month, and St. Louis Federal Reserve President …