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Cheap-Labor Hucksters Scam America and Its Workers

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:20:20 +0000

At a time of record immigration, America’s cheap-labor lobby is demanding more. Its campaign is predicated on the claim that population growth is essential for national prosperity. But this is a Ponzi scheme that cheats U.S. workers and strains public services. “‘Economic growth requires population growth’ is the basic message that Ponzi demography wants the [...]

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Thousands of H-2B Guestworkers to be Imported While Millions of Americans Remain Unemployed

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:09:07 +0000

On March 31, the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor (DOL) announced an additional 35,000 H-2B visas for the second half of Fiscal Year 2022. Of the 35,000 visas issued, 23,500 will be allocated to returning workers who received or were granted an H-2B visa over the past three fiscal years. The remaining 11,500 visas will [...]

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Wall Street Journal’s Texas-Sized Whopper About Immigration

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:31:49 +0000

The Wall Street Journal says “declining immigration” is hampering Texas’ job market. But this unending corporate chorus for ever more foreign workers is badly out of sync with reality as the state’s economy thrives, and available workers abound. WSJ’s story, appearing behind the newspaper’s paywall, highlighted the (supposed) plight of a San Antonio homebuilder. The [...]

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Now is the Time to Reform the H-1B Visa Program

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:08:10 +0000

Every fiscal year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) allocates up to 85,000 visas for the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program to temporarily fill specialty occupations in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields and other skilled disciplines. Foreign nationals must hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree to be selected. While the H-1B visa program’s proponents [...]

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Chinese Media Use H-1B Visas to Work Against U.S.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:14:22 +0000

State-controlled propaganda outlets from China are exploiting a U.S. visa program to embed reporters, editors and producers in America, according to Axios News. Ironically, China is tapping H-1B “skilled” visas, which are intended to bolster U.S. competitiveness by seeding American firms with educated workers from abroad. But Axios reports that these visas are also being [...]

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Mayorkas Does Congress’ Work, Issues More Cheap Labor Visas

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:08:39 +0000

With unemployment remaining slightly higher than pre-COVID levels, and workforce participation sagging, the federal government is again busting the cap on H-2B visas in order to import still more cheap, low-skill labor into the country. This, at a time when 8.9 million immigrants of working age aren’t working. Late last year, Department of Homeland Security [...]

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