The former leader of an immigration advocacy group suggested this week that mass migration might not be such a glorious blessing to the U.S. after all. Instead of jumping on Joe Biden’s open-borders bandwagon, Demetrios Papademetriou, president emeritu…
Despite a flattening immigration curve, Mexican immigrants in the United States are sending record amounts of money south of the border. Remittances to Mexico are on a historic run in 2020. According to the latest reports, the $3.53 billion sent home i…
Despite a flattening immigration curve, Mexican immigrants in the United States are sending record amounts of money south of the border. Remittances to Mexico are on a historic run in 2020. According to the latest reports, the $3.53 billion sent home i…
The United States economy is continuing to recover from massive job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the September report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States added 661,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7….
An article headline in the tech industry magazine Dice Insights sounds like great news for unemployed or underemployed Americans – a Department of Labor (DOL) “workforce grant program could eliminate H-1B workers.” Described by the writer as “designed …
After months of being quashed by the coronavirus pandemic, “high-skilled” temporary work visas are creeping up again. From a low of 500 in April, issuance of H-1B and related visas climbed back to 2,200 in July (the latest month for which figures were …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) last week signed legislation which will clear the way for inmate firefighters to have their records expunged and to become eligible for a real firefighting job once they are released from prison. The bill, which applies…
The Department of Labor released the unemployment report for the month of August, finding that the economy continues to improve, albeit very slowly. While the 8.4 percent unemployment rate is significantly lower than the 14.7 percent at the height of t…
Ahead of this week’s deadline for a federal review of work permit/visa programs, a new study calls for cutting the influx of temporary foreign labor by almost half. President Donald Trump’s April 22 proclamation suspending a tiny fraction of immigratio…
Oddly oblivious to the burgeoning legions of unemployed Americans, the libertarian Cato Institute is touting a dozen proposals to accelerate and expand immigration. Cato’s compendium of “new and interesting ideas” includes: Expediting family-sponsored …