'A Really Good Man with an Impossible Job' at the INS
Late INS official Jack Shaw confronted the contradictions between the mandates of the 1986 immigration law and the political pressures mounted by activists and employers of illegal immigrants.
Eleven Americans explain how Big Tech’s cheap foreign labor cost them their livelihoods
Despite there being no shortage of American STEM workers available, corporations have increasingly relied on "high-skill" immigration such as H-1B visas, leaving more Americans out of the tech labor force.
There were 667,000 visa overstays in 2018, down about 5 percent from 2017
The Trump administration can do more to tackle overstays, such as completing the entry-exit system, curtailing illegal employment, and expanding the vetting travel ban.
'A Really Good Man with an Impossible Job' at the INS
Late INS official Jack Shaw confronted the contradictions between the mandates of the 1986 immigration law and the political pressures mounted by activists and employers of illegal immigrants.
Eleven Americans explain how Big Tech’s cheap foreign labor cost them their livelihoods
Despite there being no shortage of American STEM workers available, corporations have increasingly relied on "high-skill" immigration such as H-1B visas, leaving more Americans out of the tech labor force.
There were 667,000 visa overstays in 2018, down about 5 percent from 2017
The Trump administration can do more to tackle overstays, such as completing the entry-exit system, curtailing illegal employment, and expanding the vetting travel ban.
Since the National Academies' 2016 book on the economics of immigration, economists have continued to produce more papers finding costs associated with immigration. What follows is not a formal literature review, but rather a sampling of mainstream research that disproves ridiculous claims such as, "There's no evidence that immigrants hurt any American workers."
Farming is a speculative business, and farm failures exact a toll that cannot be overstated on those who have poured their life's savings into the land. Such economic downturns, however, are no excuse for violations of American laws, exploitation of minors, or abuse of our humanitarian forms of relief.
Little connection between foreign investment and annual border flows
While it is possible that aid has positive long-term effects, it certainly does not appear to have shown up in the data yet. In the shorter term, the United States faces the pressing challenge of a humanitarian and political crisis at the border.
