Op-ed
Now Is Not the Time to Increase Immigrant Labor
It makes no sense to continue to bring in so many foreign workers.
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
Moratorium Interruptus
What should the president do now about his executive order for an immigration moratorium? The system needs to start working for American workers.
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
Trump's Immigration Moratorium Is Barely A Start
Trump's policy is an immigration "pause" that doesn't pause much.
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
No, The Wuhan Virus Won’t Cause A U.S. Population Decline
Adding a city the size of Philadelphia in just one year hardly means we are on the cusp of a decline in population, as The New York Times article suggests.
Topics: Covid-19 and Immigration
The Benefits of Revising America's Refuge Policy
The choice is clear: we can either help a tiny share of the world’s refugees who win a 'migration lottery' and are resettled in America or we can devote the limited resources available to assisting potentially millions of people overseas in or near their home countries.
Topics: Refugees
Trump’s Blind Spot on Immigration
A more moderate level of immigration is both good policy and good politics. Cheap foreign labor is cheap foreign labor, whether it’s legal or illegal, permanent or temporary, blue-collar or white-collar.
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty