As the curtain closes on 2021, the NumbersUSA staff who work as part of the Media Standards Project have each pulled together a list of noteworthy media items from the year that advanced a healthy, civil, productive conversation on immigration-related issues.
These pundits and reporters provided their consumers with high-quality commentary and information, allowing the space to explore nuances, trade-offs, and policy prescriptions with intellectual integrity.
It is an encouraging fact that there were a number of pieces and writers we considered writers who didn't make any of our lists, but also had worthy cases.
Without further ado, I present our exemplars of 2021:
Sharon McKinnis’ list (in no particular order):
- "Black Farmworkers Say They Lost Jobs to Foreigners Who Were Paid More,"
The New York Times, Miriam Jordan, 11/12/21 - "Red states can help enforce immigration law with mandatory E-Verify,"
Washington Examiner, Tom Joyce, 3/21/21 - "David Shor Is Telling Democrats What They Don’t Want to Hear,
The New York Times, Ezra Klein, 10/8/21 - "Mitt Romney Is a Serious Senator in an Unserious Senate,"
National Review, Isaac Schorr, 2/16/21 - "Biden’s immigration bill: Do we really need more workers?,"
Sun Journal, Jonette Christian, 3/28/21 - "Immigration Reform Shouldn’t Ignore Enforcement,"
Bloomberg, Editorial Board, 2/8/21 - "Maryland seafood company owner hired 89 illegal immigrants, cheated on guest-worker program,"
The Washington Times, Stephen Dinan, 9/15/21
Chris Johnson’s list (in no particular order):
- "Black Farmworkers Say They Lost Jobs to Foreigners Who Were Paid More,"
The New York Times, Miriam Jordan, 11/12/21 - “Immigration is hurting job prospects for Black Americans,”
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Tom Broadwater 12/15/21 - “It's Time for Black America to Break Up With the Democratic Party,”
Newsweek, Pamela Denise Long 11/15/21 - “David Shor Is Telling Democrats What They Don’t Want to Hear,”
The New York Times, Ezra Klein 10/8/21 - “Immigration growth is an environmental issue,”
Boston Herald, Karen I. Shragg 03/25/21 - “Biden’s immigration bill: Do we really need more workers?”
Sun Journal, Jonette Christian 3/28/21 - “Red States can help enforce immigration law with mandatory E-Verify,”
The Washington Examiner, Tom Joyce 3/21/21 - “Climate change requires population stabilization for America,”
The Hill, Joseph Chamie 5/12/21 - “Amnesty Is Unfair to Legal Immigrants Like Me,”National Review,
Bill Wong 09/30/21 - “Biden's plan for immigration is as porous as the border,”
The Hill, Nolan Rappaport 8/1/21
Lisa Irving’s list (in no particular order):
- “At the border, a widely predicted crisis that caught Biden off guard,”
The Washington Post, Nick Miroff, April 26, 2021 - “Biden’s H-1B Conundrum,”
Politico, Rikha Sharma Rani, 12/21/21 - ‘No end in sight’: Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge,
The Washington Post. Ashley Parker, Nick Miroff, Sean Sullivan and Tyler Pager, March 20, 2021 - “Black Farmworkers Say They Lost Jobs to Foreigners Who Were Paid More”,
The New York Times, Miriam Jordan, 11/12/21 - “America's immigration policy reform: Polemics, idealism and slogans”,
The Hill, Joseph Chamie, 2/22/21 - “Should Black Americans Champion Immigration,?”
Newsweek, Pamela Denise Long, 10/01/21 - “Good News: There’s a Labor Shortage,”
The New York Times, David Autor, 09/04/21 - “Slower population growth: The Good and the Bad,”
Joel E. Cohen and Joseph Chamie, Inter Press Service, May 31, 2021 - “What Are The Long-Term Consequences Of Our Aging Population? It’s All Guesswork,”
Forbes, Elizabeth Bauer, May 26, 2021 - “U.S. must set clear, sensible asylum rules,”
Los Angeles Daily News, Tom Campbell, June 21, 2021
