By Jeremy Beck
Immigration didn’t decide Tuesday’s midterms, but the midterms could decide a lot about immigration. With a historically quiet border, immigration was not the top issue for most voters. The national exit poll, reported by NBC and CNN, put immigration a distant third behind the economy and democracy. Only 3% of Democratic voters named immigration the … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
On Oct. 28, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced that his department will stop awarding state grants to businesses that employ H-1B visa holders, and he challenged the rest of the state’s leadership to follow. “If a company wants taxpayer support, it should demonstrate a commitment to the people paying the bill. Texas workers should … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
On Oct. 18, border czar Tom Homan told Fox News that worksite enforcement “needs to happen” and that a plan to restart it has cleared ICE’s investigations division. He summed it up this way: “If you can’t get a job, you’re not going to come.” The plan now sits on the Homeland Security secretary’s desk, … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
On Oct. 22, the Associated Press reported on a Migration Policy Institute estimate of deportations under the second Trump administration. “The numbers fall short of previous highs in the early 2000s.” The comparison ran everywhere the story did. The administration’s 660,000 deportations in fiscal 2026 sat “well below the 1.86 million deportations recorded in 2000.” … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
On Oct. 7, The Washington Post reported from the Rio Grande Valley on the impact immigration enforcement is having on the construction industry. “A sharp uptick in arrests by federal agents has taken undocumented immigrants out of local labor forces that depend on them, from construction sites in new subdivisions – building permits are down … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
Election Day is less than three weeks away, and early voting has already begun in Arizona, Ohio and other states. For years our members in safe districts have asked the same question: nothing is happening where I live, so where can I help? The list below is the answer for 2026. By listing these races … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
On September 29, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general released an audit of how ICE handled visa overstays from fiscal years 2021 through 2024. For most of that period, ICE worked under a September 2021 policy memo that told it to pursue only the overstays who posed the highest threat to national security or … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
For years the H-1B program has worked as a discount for employers. Some use it not because they can’t find Americans, but because a worker whose visa depends on the boss costs less and can’t easily quit. The Department of Homeland Security has now proposed putting a $103,265 fee on every new petition that counts … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
For most American workers, the job market has quietly turned into one of the best in a generation. That was the finding of a Wall Street Journal report this week on the labor market for people who never finished college, which is to say the majority of the country. Unemployment for workers between 22 and … Continued
