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Biden Ends Guestworker Pause Despite Dire Economic Outlook

Preston Huennekens — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:27:51 +0000

At the height of the pandemic, then-President Donald Trump wisely paused certain guestworker admissions, citing widespread unemployment as a result of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In January, President Trump signed an extension of these protections until March 31. Despite his continued warnings that the pandemic is far from over, President Joe Biden [...]

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House Passes Two Amnesty Bills – How Did Your Representative Vote?

Preston Huennekens — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:19:33 +0000

On March 18, the House of Representatives passed two FAIR-opposed mass amnesty bills that would put nearly over four million illegal aliens on a path to citizenship. The House did this in the midst of a worsening border crisis that Congressional Democrats and the Biden administration refuses to acknowledge. These bills now head to the [...]

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2020 Cases Demonstrate How Guestworker Programs Are Abused

Pawel Styrna — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:06:55 +0000

The big picture argument against the alphabet soup of guestworker programs (the H-1B, H-2B, H-2A, etc.) is that they are essentially a cheap labor subsidy to business resulting in stagnant wages or outright job losses for American workers. The foreign workers, in turn, may be better off in terms of wages than they would have [...]

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August Unemployment Numbers: The Guestworker Pause is Still Necessary

Preston Huennekens — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 19:45:01 +0000

The Department of Labor released the unemployment report for the month of August, finding that the economy continues to improve, albeit very slowly. While the 8.4 percent unemployment rate is significantly lower than the 14.7 percent at the height of the COVID-19 economic crisis, it remains far above the pre-virus level of 3.5 percent. These [...]

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Business Lobby Sues U.S. Government Over Trump Guest Worker Proclamation, Including Foreign Au Pairs

Pawel Styrna — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 18:37:26 +0000

On June 22, President Trump issued an executive action temporarily suspending the H-1B program, and several other nonimmigrant guest worker programs, such as H-2B, J, and L, in addition to foreign citizens accompanying or following to join such guest workers. The move – which is expected to free up approximately 600,000 jobs for American workers – was immediately criticized by [...]

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Up or Down, Remittances Buy More Trouble For Mexico

Bob Dane — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:00:44 +0000

Defying predictions, funds sent by U.S.-based immigrants to Mexico set records as COVID-19 began scourging the Americas. Remittances soared to the highest and second highest levels on record in March and May. April wasn’t too shabby either. Even as U.S. unemployment hit 14.7 percent, southbound remittances still totaled $2.6 billion for the month. In the [...]

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