By Roy Beck
Iowa Republicans tonight voted 2-to-1 for candidates who want less immigrant labor competition over candidates who continue to think American workers need MORE immigrant competition for jobs. Here was my statement to the national media as soon as the results were in: Beleaguered American workers scored a victory in the GOP race as two-thirds of … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Now we are getting somewhere. Last week, I expressed hope that the New York Times’ series on Disney workers who were forced to train their foreign replacements would lead to similar reporting on less-skilled American workers harmed by policies of mass immigration. The New York Times hasn’t come through yet but others have. In an … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Yesterday afternoon, the New York Times published a blockbuster story, “Last Task After Disney Layoffs: Train Foreign Replacements,” by Julia Preston. As readers of Computerworld know, this not a new story. Local Orlando stations broke the news in January. In fact, the stories of Americans being forced to train their foreign replacements have been around … Continued
By Andrew Good
Last week media outlets grey and green, left and right, and with varying focuses breathlessly reported President Clinton’s bland statements of questionable newsworthiness on the important topic of immigration. Perhaps the pent-up ink is due to the epic (but unsurprising) lack of interaction with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. The President has clearly been the more … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Ever since Scott Walker name-dropped Jeff Sessions, the question of immigration levels – and whether they should be increased, decreased, or left the same – has occasionally creeped into the national immigration conversation. We should have had this debate two years ago, when a gang of eight Senators introduced legislation to double future immigration, but … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The editorial board of the New York Times took a cautiously favorable view of Hillary Clinton’s promise to take President Obama’s executive actions on immigration further than his administration believes is within the law. The editorial and Clinton’s comments define the immigration debate as strictly a question of what to do with the 11 million … Continued
For the first time in 10 years, the issue of Birthright Citizenship was in the forefront on Capitol Hill this week when the House Immigration Subcommittee held a hearing on Wednesday. The hearing sought to determine if Birthright Citizenship is the right policy for America, but it focused less on the policy question, and more … Continued
By Roy Beck
Over the next several days, we are encouraging the public to press their Members of Congress to answer the following question: H.R. 140 (the Birthright Citizenship Act). Of course, most of the hundreds of thousands of births to foreign citizens in the U.S. each year are not to Disney visitors. But the Disney scenario is … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Could we be on the brink of a shift in conventional wisdom when it comes to high-skilled immigration? “It is no secret that our country is suffering from a shortage of workers in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.” O’Sullivan scoffs: “Corporate America’s usual excuse – that it is importing workers to do … Continued
