Push for Farmworker Amnesty in Lame Duck Congress
Some in Congress see the upcoming lame duck session of Congress as an opportunity to pass amnesty and reward the agribusiness lobby with even more, cheaper foreign workers.
Some in Congress see the upcoming lame duck session of Congress as an opportunity to pass amnesty and reward the agribusiness lobby with even more, cheaper foreign workers.
Since Pres. Biden took office in January 2021, the foreign-born population in the United States has grown by 3.4 million. Two million of that increase has been due to illegal immigration, according to a new estimate by the Center for Immigration Studies based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Rocky Mountain High, written about the natural beauty of his beloved adopted state, is one of John Denver's most recognizable songs. A staunch conservationist during his life, one wonders what Denver would have to say today about rapidly disappearing open space in Colorado.
Immigration expansionists sometimes defend their cheap-labor policies with a globalist posture, but America would set a better example for the international community by demonstrating how a nation cares for its citizens.
Herman Daly, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and one of the leading ecological economists of his generation, passed away last week. Read NumbersUSA scientific director Leon Kolankiewicz's tribute to a brilliant thinker and a wonderful man.
Karen Shragg's presentation notes the mathematical fact that immigration policy drives U.S. population growth. She was asked to alter her presentation to bury that fact. She refused. "I would not agree to alter my talk unless it was for scientific reasons."
On Monday, a large group illegally crossed the southern border into the United States at El Paso, Texas and attacked Border Patrol agents. One individual in the group was carrying a giant Venezuelan flag.
According to recent census data, approximately 60% of all population growth in England and Wales over the past ten years has been caused solely by immigration.
BLS reports show how inflation continues to outpace wages. Economists predict a near-term U.S. recession is more likely within the next year and the slowing economy is already negatively impacting the U.S. workforce.
There is no return from extinction - it is a permanent loss of something of inestimable value. Conventional economic thinking assumes that because immigration grows the population and the economy, more immigration-driven population growth is always good. But urban sprawl and habitat loss increases the risks of species extinction in America. Reducing immigration-driven population growth (e.g., limiting chain migration) is the best way to save our remaining habitat and wilderness areas and to preserve America's diversity of life.