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Can U.S. Farm Workers Be Replaced by Machines?: Mechanizing fruit and vegetable production ([link removed])
By Philip Martin, February 22, 2024
Excerpt: There is a race in U.S. fields between labor-saving machines and migrant H-2A workers playing out amidst rising imports. Higher labor costs accelerate investments in machines to replace workers and spur government and private efforts to develop new farming systems, biological and engineering breakthroughs, and supply chain adjustments to accelerate labor-saving mechanization.
Podcast
Can U.S. Farm Workers Be Replaced by Machines? ([link removed])
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Philip Martin, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California at Davis
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 143
Commentary
A Red-Hot Job Market for Immigrants ([link removed])
By Mark Krikorian
National Review, February 15, 2024
Excerpt: Maybe even more important than direct job competition is that fact that the availability of so much immigrant labor reduces the economic, social, and political incentives to examine and address the reasons so many men have dropped out of the job market. Democratic politics will always want to take the path of least resistance, so as long as mass immigration continues, it seems unlikely we’ll undertake the difficult reforms necessary to draw more men back into the world of work.

Biden’s new border plan shows ‘I can’t do anything’ was always a lie ([link removed])
By Mark Krikorian
New York Post, February 20, 2024
Excerpt: In a leaked preview of next month’s State of the Union address in Axios, “a source close to Biden” (i.e., a top White House staff member) has revealed that President Biden is considering the “bold move” of issuing an “executive order that would dramatically stanch the record flow of migrants into the Southwest.” So he really did have the power to do this, just like the GOP said!

China Is Exploiting Biden’s Lax Border Policies — Imperiling U.S. Security ([link removed])
By Todd Bensman
New York Post, February 25, 2024
Excerpt: In a series of stunning make-up presents to China for Donald Trump’s crackdown, his successor President Biden in July 2021 summarily killed a ready-to-go Trump regulation that would have required much more rigorous and frequent vetting of Chinese student and cultural-exchange visa applicants. That same month, the Department of Justice dropped strong charges against five visiting researcher spies as a diplomatic sop amidst the new administration’s outreach.
Featured Posts
President Biden Orders DHS to ‘Defer the Removal’ of Palestinians in the U.S. ([link removed])
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: Because the rationale for DED is derived solely from the president’s foreign affairs powers and has no statutory basis, there are no procedural requirements or legal thresholds that must be met in order for the president to issue, renew, or extend the protection.

Responding to the Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Policy Institute ([link removed])
By Steven A. Camarota
Excerpt: The Economic Policy Institute, a labor-oriented think tank, once had a more nuanced view of immigration and its impact on workers and the country. But we live in strange political times, when it seems that nearly everyone on the left endorses high immigration without a hint of reservation.
ICE Immigration Bonds Data Reveals Biden Admin’s Assault on Immigration Enforcement ([link removed])
By Jon Feere
Excerpt: An immigration bond is a guaranty by a person who posts a bond on behalf of an illegal alien that the illegal alien will fulfill his or her obligations to the government, such as appearing for a field office visit. The Biden administration is issuing fewer and smaller bonds, an indication of its lack of concern over whether illegal aliens disappear.

How Immigration Upsets the Political Balance ([link removed])
By Jason Richwine
Excerpt: Any exogenous political change, to the left or the right, can cause social disruption and undermine democratic legitimacy. Limiting immigration would limit the disruption.
More Blog Posts
* Rep. Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) Offers Bipartisan Alternative to Senate Border Bill ([link removed])
* Biden Reportedly Considering Executive Action on Border Crisis ([link removed])

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