Americans Deserve a RAISE on Labor Day
Labor Day is a time-honored celebration of American workers and their achievements — which are many. Our workforce built the American dream,... Read More
Trump Administration Tightens Self-Sufficiency Rule for Legal Immigrants
In 1996, Congress passed two bipartisan measures that were signed into law by President Bill Clinton to prevent legal immigrants from becoming... Read More
April Bureau of Labor Statistics Report: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
President Donald Trump’s election encouraged economists that more jobs would soon be on the way. But the April Bureau of Labor Statistics... Read More
Welcome to America … Land of Opportunities …
Dunkin’ Donuts: the Schwab’s Drug Store of Discovering Immigrant Talent There may be no space remaining where the immigration debate isn’t present.... Read More
Maybe we Need to Bring the Issue of ‘Brain Drain’ Back to the Immigration Debate
“Skilled immigrants often struggle to put degrees, credentials to use in U.S.” was a recent lament in the Chicago Tribune on how... Read More
February BLS Unspectacular, but Pew Report Projecting Huge Working-Age Immigrant Increases Alarming
The Bureau of Labor Statistics sort-of-okay jobs report for February isn’t the week’s most significant economic news. BLS data showed that in... Read More
Gilroy, Calif., Garlic Growers Get Wise to Ending Labor Shortages: Pay Workers More!
When I lived in California’s San Joaquin Valley, I made a point to attend as many of the state’s summer fairs and... Read More
January Employment is Mixed Report – Increases in Low-Paying Segments
In the Trump administration’s first Bureau of Labor Statistics report, January data had a mix of good, bad and ugly news. The... Read More
Trump Inaugural Address Promises to Give Power Back to the People
During the Trump inauguration ceremonies, announcers made much ado of outgoing Vice President Joe Biden taking Amtrak back home to Wilmington, Delaware.... Read More
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez on Immigration
Today’s Black and Latino Leaders are Embarrassed by their Views Over at National Review, Ian Smith of the Immigration Reform Law Institute... Read More