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
By Joe Jenkins
A new White House report “Saving America’s Story” documents in detail how the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History changed its exhibits to make the interests and activism of illegal aliens a central narrative while the rights, wages, safety, and cohesion of American citizens were consistently sidelined. Here are some of the key findings: … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
The push to permanently secure the border took its biggest step forward yet this week. On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 9773, the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act, by a 16–14 vote after an hours-long markup – the first committee approval for border-codification legislation this Congress. H.R. 9773 is the successor to H.R. … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) introduced the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act (H.R. 9535) on June 30 with 49 original cosponsors. Supporters describe it as a practical fix for farm labor shortages. In reality, it is the most consequential expansion of the H-2A foreign agricultural worker program introduced in the 119th Congress – a bill that would … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The U.S. dairy industry is one of the largest in the world, and the Trump Administration just opened it up to an unlimited guestworker program.
By Joe Jenkins
On June 5, 2026, the Senate passed S. 2, the Secure America Act, by a vote of 52-47. (The House passed S. 2 by a narrow 214-212 margin on June 9.) Before final passage, senators offered a long list of amendments to the bill on the Senate floor. Eleven immigration-related amendments received a recorded roll-call … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
What “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” Actually Delivered – and Why Its Enforcement Promises Could Never Be Kept More than a decade later, the 2013 “Gang of Eight” bill – the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744 – is still invoked as the model for what “comprehensive immigration reform” should look like. Its … Continued
By Joe Jenkins
American teenagers are living through the worst summer job market in nearly eighty years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 219,000 fewer teenagers employed this May compared to last May. Teen unemployment has climbed to 14.7% – more than three times the national rate. The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas projects just 790,000 teen … Continued
