Congressional Testimony
The Impact of Biden’s Open Border on the American Workforce
Statement of Steven A. Camarota before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, of the Education and the Workforce Committee, September 13, 2023
Link to full written testimony
Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border
Statement of Todd Bensman before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, September 14, 2023
Link to full written testimony
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Commentary
On Immigration, Who Are You Rooting For?
By Mark Krikorian
National Review, September 16, 2023
Excerpt: Those favoring realism and restraint in immigration policy — lower levels of legal immigration and more vigorous enforcement against the illegal kind — are rooting for ordinary workers, especially those without college degrees, and so seek to tighten the labor market to increase their bargaining power. You might call this a Preferential Option for Less-Skilled Workers (to adapt the Roman Church’s terminology).
There’s a Huge Number of Potential Workers Already in Texas
By Steven Camarota
Dallas Express, September 13, 2023
Excerpt: Media outlets, including the Houston Chronicle as well as business groups and politicians like Representative Tony Gonzales (D-Texas), all agree with the Dallas Morning News that the state’s low unemployment means “Texas needs to advocate for more foreign workers.” But this ignores the massive decline in labor force participation — the share of working-age people working or at least looking for work. Those not in the labor force do not show up as unemployed because they are not actively looking for work.
More and more men are dropping out of work force — Biden’s open borders will only make it worse
By Steven Camarota
New York Post, September 11, 2023
Excerpt: New York politicians are clamoring for Washington to give the hundreds of thousands of migrants living in the city work permits, arguing that, as Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) puts it, “many businesses suffer from labor shortages.”
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Podcast
The Humanitarian Impact of Biden’s Border Policies
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Sheriff Mark Dannels, Cochise County, Arizona
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 122
Policing in Rural Texas: San Jacinto County Sheriff Addresses the Open Border’s Strain on Enforcement
Host: Todd Bensman
Guest: Sheriff Greg Capers, San Jacinto County, Texas
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 121
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Featured Posts
Cartels and Smugglers Understand Immigration Policy Better than the Administration
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The Washington Post last week released preliminary statistics on September illegal border crossings. The headline is “Families crossing U.S. border illegally reached all-time high in August”, and credit goes to the reporters for putting that critical fact front and center.
DHS Issues New Work Authorization Verification Rule
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: Recently, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued new regulations governing the process employers must undertake to verify the work authorization of their new hires, commonly known as the Form I-9 process.
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Biden Admin Encourages Unlawful Hiring, Again Edits ICE IMAGE Webpage
By Jon Feere
Excerpt: The Biden administration has edited the ICE webpage for IMAGE, a cooperative program to help employers avoid hiring illegal aliens, to eliminate any discussion of the hiring of illegal aliens.
Judge Orders Texas to Remove Border Buoys
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: On September 6, Senior Judge David Ezra of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction in U.S. v. Abbott, ordering the state of Texas to remove a “1,000-foot floating barrier in the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas”.
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