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If Biden is ‘America First,’ Who Comes in Last?

Bob Dane — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 18:16:23 +0000

As more than 15,000 Haitian migrants surged into Texas last month, President Joe Biden got some flimsy political cover from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) in Washington, D.C. “On paper, the Biden administration’s border policies are pretty similar to the Trump administration’s,” declared policy analyst Jessica Bolter. Nothing could be further from the truth, of [...]

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Trump Administration Finalizes a New Crack Down on Fraudulent Asylum Claims

Madison McQueen — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:44:39 +0000

The Trump administration finalized a major overhaul of the asylum system which will take effect January 11, 2021, just nine days before President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office. The U.S. asylum policies have long been open to rampant abuse and fraud. This new regulation put forth by the Department of Homeland Security and [...]

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Is Trump Why Migrant Children Are Still Not Reunited With Their Parents?

Matthew Tragesser — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:46:02 +0000

The mainstream media has nearly placed all blame on President Trump and his administration over reports that allege that its “zero tolerance” policy resulted in 545 migrant children not being able to reunite with their parents—a narrative that unfairly condemns the administration and fails to factor in the roles migrant parents and human smugglers have [...]

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New H-1B Lawsuit Exposes How Little Big Business Cares About American Workers

Preston Huennekens — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:14:31 +0000

The Trump administration recently took decisive action to reform the controversial H-1B guestworker program at a critical time. The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a rule changing the way that the department sets wage levels for H-1B workers, who for decades earned significantly less than Americans in the same line of work, thereby giving employers [...]

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Trump Takes a First Step Toward Reining in H-1B Abuse

Bob Dane — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:06:06 +0000

The wailing and gnashing of teeth in the tech sector is a strong indication that the Trump administration’s suspension of H-1B visas hit home. Jessica Herrera-Flanigan, Twitter’s head of “public policy and philanthropy for the Americas,” spoke for many industry executives when she declared, “This proclamation undermines America’s greatest economic asset: its diversity.” “Diversity,” translated [...]

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Administration Moves to Increase Efficiency and Protect the Integrity of Asylum System

Matt O'Brien — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 21:19:11 +0000

The Center for Immigration Studies has reported that, in the final months of 2019, there were 340,810 asylum applications pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS handles asylum applications filed by people who are not currently in deportation proceedings. At the same time, more than 476,000 asylum cases were pending before the Executive [...]

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