By Joe Jenkins
A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies shows American workers gaining ground for the first time in years – but warns the progress is fragile without legislative codification. For the first time in decades, prime-age U.S.-born men without a college degree are walking back into the American labor market. From January 2025 to … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
Immigration enforcement is producing results not seen in decades. More than 80,000 illegal aliens accepted voluntary departure orders between January 2025 and March 2026 — at least seven times the roughly 11,400 who did so during the final 15 months of the Biden administration, according to court data compiled by the Vera Institute of Justice. … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
USCIS just filled the cap again – proving that even a $100,000 fee cannot fix what only legislation can. For a brief moment last fall, it looked as though the H-1B program might finally be shrinking. The administration imposed a $100,000 supplemental fee on new H-1B petitions in September 2025. Overseas applications collapsed almost immediately. … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
The Trump administration has launched the most aggressive worksite enforcement campaign in decades — and in doing so, has exposed a fundamental flaw in immigration law that only Congress can fix. Worksite Enforcement — Inconsistently Tried The history of workplace audits in the United States is a history of starts and stops, driven entirely by … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
The H-1B Wage Gap THE H-1B WAGE GAP How the H-1B Program Undercuts American Workers Source: George J. Borjas, NBER Working Paper No. 34793 (Revised March 2026) KEY FINDING H-1B workers earn 15% less than comparable American workers – generating payroll savings exceeding $100,000 per hire over a six-year visa term. This is after controlling … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
Three recent pieces of writing – a New York Times column by Binyamin Appelbaum, a New York Times guest essay by Johns Hopkins economist Jonas Nahm, and a newsletter from American Compass by Oren Cass and Daniel Kishi – converge on a conclusion that should reshape how Americans think about immigration policy: mass immigration is … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
“There has not been the same intensity of recruiting young African and young Latino Americans to be in the pipeline. . .We know that there is no talent deficit. There is an opportunity deficit.”
By Joe Jenkins
More than a million Americans may be victims of identity theft by an illegal worker. That is one of the startling findings from a December 2025 RealClearInvestigations exposé that documented the staggering scale of identity theft connected to illegal employment – and the devastating consequences for the American citizens whose identities are stolen. The investigation, … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
How Biden-Era Border Policies Priced American Families Out of Their Own Communities A landmark federal report has confirmed what struggling American families already knew: record-breaking immigration has driven housing costs through the roof, pricing millions out of their own communities. The HUD Report: Immigration and “Worst Case Housing Needs” In December 2025, the U.S. Department … Continued
