The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an additional 64,716 nonagricultural H-2B visas in 2023. This is a drastic near-doubling of H-2B visas for temporary foreign workers for the year. It, sadly, only marks the latest blow against struggling American workers who are already battling against raging inflation and an influx of foreign competition, both legal and illegal.
This Wednesday, The Department of Homeland Security announced a new effort to stop the migration of convicted Venezuelan criminals to the United States by partially reinstalling a form of the effective Remain in Mexico policy.
On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would double the number of H-2B visas available for seasonal guest workers in fiscal year 2023. Sec. Mayorkas has authorized an addition 64,716 H-2B visas for the next fiscal year.
At the time he made his pledge that we would not see "2 million" people at the border, President Biden probably thought keeping border apprehensions below that ignominious mark was a bar he could easily clear. After all, those numbers had never been reached before. But as the Post reports, his administration removed more "guardrails" than they put up. The results have been disastrous.
Last week, House Speaker Pelosi brought up a presumed U.S. worker shortage to say that Florida agriculture needs illegal workers to "pick the crops." Columnist Batya Ungar-Sargon took Pelosi to task for sending a message to open the border in order to allow the working class of other countries to undercut workers in the U.S.
The population boom in hurricane-prone Florida is an example of the "expanding bullseye effect": More development means more damage.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) deportation amnesty is unlawful. However, the court did agree to preserve the program for existing recipients.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of U.S. tech workers desperate for a fighting chance for a job today in the latest chapter of a 14-year lawsuit. The workers challenged the power of the Federal government to allow foreign students in the United States to work, while being exempt from Social Security and Medicare taxes, after they graduate from a U.S. university.
According to the findings of a federal jury in Chicago, a Chinese national who legally entered the United States on an F-1 student visa has been convicted of spying for China before attempting to enlist in the U.S. Army.
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia was right to say Vice President Kamala Harris was “dead wrong” when she farcically said that the U.S. southern border was secure. But Manchin’s amnesty-first approach won’t solve anything. There is plenty of legislation he can back if he really wants a secure border.
