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Amnesty Fantasy: A Numbers Game That Doesn’t Add Up For America

Bob Dane — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:41:13 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg’s pals and pro-immigration lobbyists say amnesty for millions of illegal aliens will raise workers’ pay while creating 400,000 additional U.S. jobs. It’s pure political bunk masquerading as objective research. Pushing the implausible case, a letter from open-borders academics to congressional leaders repeats several scenarios that defy economic reality. The first pitch – that [...]

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FAIR Fights to Protect the Jobs and Wages of American Workers

RJ Hauman — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:52:06 +0000

Last week, FAIR’s government relations team submitted its fifth public comment of the year, urging the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to raise the wages employers are required to pay foreign workers and implement American worker-protection rules that were issued under the Trump administration. The January 2021 rule, which was quickly delayed after President Biden [...]

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Raising Foreign Worker Cap, Biden Turns Against Americans

Bob Dane — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:11:39 +0000

The Biden administration’s move to raise the ceiling on H-2B seasonal work visas has angered some of the president’s most loyal supporters. With millions of Americans unemployed, 10 labor unions warn that the decision to add 22,000 slots to the existing 66,000 annual H-2B allotment will “expose more workers to the egregious abuses that pervade [...]

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Biden Ends Guestworker Pause Despite Dire Economic Outlook

Preston Huennekens — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:27:51 +0000

At the height of the pandemic, then-President Donald Trump wisely paused certain guestworker admissions, citing widespread unemployment as a result of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In January, President Trump signed an extension of these protections until March 31. Despite his continued warnings that the pandemic is far from over, President Joe Biden [...]

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Time to Make E-Verify Bigger in Texas

Bob Dane — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:12:26 +0000

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is again sending National Guard troops to patrol the state’s southern border. But their presence is of limited value as long as the Biden administration persists with its sieve-like catch and release program. While states have no say in federal immigration policy, Texas could help itself by expanding its limited E-Verify [...]

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Mexico’s President Suggests Restarting Bracero-like Program

Preston Huennekens — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:11:34 +0000

President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador – commonly referred to by his initials, AMLO – suggested creating a new guestworker program that would allow migrant workers from Mexico and other Central American countries to work in the United States temporarily. AMLO estimated that such a program could bring 600,000 to 800,000 foreign workers to [...]

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