Opinion

By Joe Guzzardi December 23, 2017 Since President Trump’s election, dozens of conservative and liberal pundits have offered their opinions on why a Republican billionaire Beltway outsider beat a charter member of the entrenched Democratic elite. Invariably, analysts pointed to one issue... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi December 19, 2017 If President Trump could do one thing to help American workers find good jobs and, after four decades of flat wages, see a bump in their paychecks, he would slash the number of employment-based visas issued... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi December 17, 2017 In the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Fairfax County, a recent court house drama played out that said a lot about immigration policy, all of it bad.   The three protagonists: 19-year-old illegal alien and sixth grade dropout... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi December 14, 2017 Continuing the recent upward labor market trend, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that last month’s payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 228,000, beating Wall Street’s 200,000 prediction.   Lots of hoopla surrounded the November report,... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi December 12, 2017   In the midst of the New York Christmas rush, a terrorist targeted commuters and shoppers for his ISIS-inspired attack. As details unfolded, President Trump’s repeated demands for an end to family-based chain migration through the... Read More

By Joe Guzzardi December 8, 2017   When a journalist on the immigration beat sits down to write a column, he never has to wonder if he’ll find fresh material. Rather, the challenge is which of the half dozen developments since he... Read More