Immigration Opinions, 5/31/20
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1. "CIS Immigration Blog Posts," Andrew Arthur, Steven A. Camarota, David North/Kathleen Sharkey, Nayla Rush, John Miano, and David Seminara
2. "The Facts on the Crisis at our Border, and How to Fix It," Tom Homan
3. "Gov. Cuomo Quietly Makes It a Felony For N.Y. Officials to Share Illegal Alien Driver Info With ICE," Dan Lyman
4. "California Tried to Bail Out Illegal Aliens - and It’s a Disaster," Daniel Greenfield
5. "Did They Die For Open Borders? Memorial Day Raises Questions About U.S. Government's Commitment to National Community," Roy Beck
6. "Trump's Attacks on Jeff Sessions Anger Immigration Hawks," W. James Antle III
7. "Immigration Policy Changes Due to COVID-19: What to Keep and What to Discard," Spencer Raley
8. "Nancy Pelosi's Coronavirus Aid Bill Pushes Illegal Immigration Agenda," Donald Trump Jr.
9. "USCIS Should Stay Fee-Funded," Preston Huennekens
10. "A Progressive Slams Immigration ‘Idiots’ on the Left," Bob Dane
11. "From Syria Without Love: Future Jihadist Went to the ‘Front of the Line’," Bob Dane
12. "Big Media’s Fake News Narrative About Corporate America and ICE," Matt O'Brien
13. "Death in Meatpacking Plants: The Unholy Alliance of Cheap Labor and Immigration Advocates," Ira Mehlman
14. "Trump Can Punish China By Opening US to Hong Kong's Citizens," Eli Lake
15. "April Jobs Data Show Pandemic Has Stalled, Reversed, American Displacement, Dispossession. But Immigration Moratorium Vital To Secure Rebound’s Gains," Edwin S. Rubenstein
16. "Illegal Aliens: The Patient Zeroes Of The Wuhan Virus," Federale
17. "Trump’s Snub of Jeff Sessions Sends a Bad Message," Matthew Boose
18. "New H-1B Bill Sadly 'More of the Same'," Norm Matloff
19. "Trump's Latest Immigration Move Actually Puts America Last," Brad Polumbo
20. "High-Skill Immigration Restrictions Expected Soon From Trump," Stuart Anderson
21. "Trump Reportedly Wants to Restrict Visa Programs for Skilled Workers," Nicole Narea
22. "The U.S. Stands Alone in Explicitly Basing Coronavirus-Linked Immigration Restrictions on Economic Grounds," Muzaffar Chishti and Sarah Pierce
23. "COVID-19 Can’t Be Used as an Excuse to Limit Skilled Immigration," Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
24. "How Fear Spreads the Coronavirus," Jeremy Raff
25. "What Isolation Does to Undocumented Immigrants," Emily Kaplan
26. "Keeping Immigrants Locked Up in COVID-19 Infected Detention Centers Is Inhumane," Fabiola Santiago
27. "Board of Immigration Appeals’ Restructuring and Hiring Plan Reveals Anti-Immigrant Bias," Claudia Valenzuela
28. "Five Ways Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda Gets in the Way of an Effective Coronavirus Response," Walter Ewing
29. "Trump Is Using the Coronavirus Pandemic as an Excuse to Permanently Close the Borders," Katy Murdza
30. "U.S. Immigration Policy Debate Can’t Be Fought on Republican Terms," Natascha Uhlmann
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CIS Immigration Blog Posts
By Andrew R. Arthur
Immigration and Labor, One and Inseparable
Lessons from Samuel Gompers, Barbara Jordan, and Steven Camarota
May 29, 2020
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https://cis.org/Arthur/Immigration-and-Labor-One-and-Inseparable
By Steven A. Camarota
Why Trump Must Suspend Temporary Worker Programs
May 28, 2020
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https://cis.org/Camarota/Why-Trump-Must-Suspend-Temporary-Worker-Programs
By David North
Restrictions on Border Traffic More Successful on Canadian Border than on Mexican Border
By David North and Kathleen Sharkey
May 28, 2020
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https://cis.org/North/Restrictions-Border-Traffic-More-Successful-Canadian-Border-Mexican-Border
Government Retreats on H-1B and Au Pair Reform Issues
May 27, 2020
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https://cis.org/North/Government-Retreats-H1B-and-Au-Pair-Reform-Issues
Now Is the Perfect Time to Downsize the OPT Program
And to limit it to the truly talented among graduating foreign students
May 26, 2020
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https://cis.org/North/Now-Perfect-Time-Downsize-OPT-Program
A Report on the EB-5/E-2 Grenadian Gambit
May 26, 2020
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https://cis.org/North/Report-EB5E2-Grenadian-Gambit
By Nayla Rush
Australia's Unwanted Refugees Are Still Being Resettled in the U.S.
May 29, 2020
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https://cis.org/Rush/Australias-Unwanted-Refugees-Are-Still-Being-Resettled-US
By John Miano
H-1B Statutes Are Carefully Crafted to Be Misleading to the Casual Reader
Wage or skill levels are entirely a bureaucratic creation that have no relation to the job market
May 26, 2020
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https://cis.org/Miano/H1B-Statutes-Are-Carefully-Crafted-Be-Misleading-Casual-Reader
Parties' Arguments Cloud Legal Issues in DACA Case
May 25, 2020
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https://cis.org/Miano/Parties-Arguments-Cloud-Legal-Issues-DACA-Case
By David Seminara
Green Card Marriage as a Reality Show
'90 Day Fiancé' should be required viewing for every American
May 26, 2020
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https://cis.org/Seminara/Green-Card-Marriage-Reality-Show
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The Facts on the Crisis at our Border, and How to Fix It
By Tom Homan
American Thinker, May 27, 2020
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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/05/the_facts_on_the_crisis_at_our_border_and_how_to_fix_it_.html
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Gov. Cuomo Quietly Makes It a Felony For N.Y. Officials to Share Illegal Alien Driver Info With ICE
Shocking amendment to Green Light Law slipped into budget bill during virus crisis
By Dan Lyman
NewsWars, May 27, 2020
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https://www.newswars.com/gov-cuomo-quietly-makes-it-a-felony-for-n-y-officials-to-share-illegal-alien-driver-info-with-ice/
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California Tried to Bail Out Illegal Aliens - and It’s a Disaster
Who knew that anonymously handing out $1,000 to criminals could go wrong?
By Daniel Greenfield
FrontPageMag.com, May 29, 2020
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https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/05/california-tried-bail-out-illegal-aliens-and-its-daniel-greenfield/
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Did They Die For Open Borders? Memorial Day Raises Questions About U.S. Government's Commitment to National Community
By Roy Beck
NumbersUSA.com, May 25, 2020
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https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/did-they-die-open-borders-memorial-day-raised-questions-about-us-governments-commitment
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Trump's Attacks on Jeff Sessions Anger Immigration Hawks
By W. James Antle III
Washington Examiner, May 28, 2020
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trumps-attacks-on-jeff-sessions-anger-immigration-hawks
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Immigration Policy Changes Due to COVID-19: What to Keep and What to Discard
By Spencer Raley
Townhall.com, May 26, 2020
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https://townhall.com/columnists/spencerraley/2020/05/26/immigration-policy-changes-due-to-covid19-what-to-keep-and-what-to-discard-n2569463
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Nancy Pelosi's Coronavirus Aid Bill Pushes Illegal Immigration Agenda
By Donald Trump Jr.
TheHill.com, May 27, 2020
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https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/499739-nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-aid-bill-pushes-illegal-immigration-agenda
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USCIS Should Stay Fee-Funded
By Preston Huennekens
ImmigrationReform.com, May 28, 2020
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https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/05/28/uscis-funding-fees-covid-immigrationreform-com/
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A Progressive Slams Immigration ‘Idiots’ on the Left
By Bob Dane
ImmigrationReform.com, May 27, 2020
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https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/05/27/left-misreads-immigration-issue-immigrationreform-com/
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From Syria Without Love: Future Jihadist Went to the ‘Front of the Line’
By Bob Dane
ImmigrationReform.com, May 26, 2020
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https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/05/26/citizenship-requirements-immigrants-terror-immigrationreform-com/
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Big Media’s Fake News Narrative About Corporate America and ICE
By Matt O'Brien
ImmigrationReform.com, May 27, 2020
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https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/05/27/media-fake-news-ice-contracts-immigrationreform-com/
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Death in Meatpacking Plants: The Unholy Alliance of Cheap Labor and Immigration Advocates
By Ira Mehlman
ImmigrationReform.com, May 26, 2020
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https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/05/26/meatpacking-immigrant-advocates-immigrationreform-com/
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Trump Can Punish China By Opening US to Hong Kong's Citizens
By Eli Lake
NewsMax.com, May 28, 2020
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https://www.newsmax.com/elilake/pompeo-beijing/2020/05/28/id/969347/
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NATIONAL DATA: April Jobs Data Show Pandemic Has Stalled, Reversed, American Displacement, Dispossession. But Immigration Moratorium Vital to Secure Rebound’s Gains
By Edwin S. Rubenstein
VDare.com, May 26, 2020
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https://vdare.com/articles/national-data-april-jobs-data-show-pandemic-has-stalled-reversed-american-displacement-dispossession-but-immigration-moratorium-vital-to-secure-rebound-s-gains
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Illegal Aliens: The Patient Zeroes of the Wuhan Virus
By Federale
VDare.com Blog, May 29, 2020
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https://vdare.com/posts/illegal-aliens-the-patient-zeroes-of-the-wuhan-virus
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Trump’s Snub of Jeff Sessions Sends a Bad Message
We could be living through the final months of the Trump presidency.
By Matthew Boose
American Greatness, May 29, 2020
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https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/29/trumps-snub-of-jeff-sessions-sends-a-bad-message/
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New H-1B Bill Sadly “More of the Same”: Part I
By Norm Matloff
NormSaysNo.wordpress.com, May 26, 2020
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https://normsaysno.wordpress.com/2020/05/26/new-h-1b-bill-sadly-more-of-the-same-part-i/
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The New H-1B “Reform” Bill: Part II
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https://normsaysno.wordpress.com/2020/05/26/the-new-h-1b-reform-bill-part-ii/
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Trump's Latest Immigration Move Actually Puts America Last
By Brad Polumbo
Washington Examiner, May 27, 2020
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/sorry-trump-but-cutting-off-opt-international-student-work-permits-puts-america-last
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High-Skill Immigration Restrictions Expected Soon From Trump
By Stuart Anderson
Forbes.com, May 28, 2020
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/05/28/high-skill-immigration-restrictions-expected-soon-from-trump/#63dfbfb76a89
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Trump Reportedly Wants to Restrict Visa Programs for Skilled Workers
Some Republicans are pressuring the president to suspend the programs for a year.
By Nicole Narea
VOX.com, May 24, 2020
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https://www.vox.com/2020/5/24/21266920/trump-h1b-opt-visa-immigration-student
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The U.S. Stands Alone in Explicitly Basing Coronavirus-Linked Immigration Restrictions on Economic Grounds
By Muzaffar Chishti and Sarah Pierce
Migration Policy Institute, May 29, 2020
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https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/us-alone-basing-immigration-restrictions-economic-concerns-not-public-health
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COVID-19 Can’t Be Used as an Excuse to Limit Skilled Immigration
BY Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Fortune, May 28, 2020
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https://fortune.com/2020/05/28/trump-h1b-optional-practical-training-immigration/
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How Fear Spreads the Coronavirus
Undocumented immigrants sick with COVID-19 are scared to seek care. Gladys Vega is trying to help.
By Jeremy Raff
The Atlantic, May 29, 2020
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/immigrants-sick-covid-19-are-scared-seek-help/612142/
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What Isolation Does to Undocumented Immigrants
The pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the lonely, confined lives many immigrants in the United States were already living.
By Emily Kaplan
The Atlantic, May 27, 2020
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https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/05/isolated-undocumented-immigrant/612130/
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Keeping Immigrants Locked Up in COVID-19 Infected Detention Centers Is Inhumane
By Fabiola Santiago
The Miami Herald, May 29, 2020
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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article243030066.html/
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Board of Immigration Appeals’ Restructuring and Hiring Plan Reveals Anti-Immigrant Bias
By Claudia Valenzuela
ImmigrationImpact.com, May 28, 2020
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https://immigrationimpact.com/2020/05/28/board-of-immigration-appeals-hiring/#.XtK-rM-WybY
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Five Ways Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda Gets in the Way of an Effective Coronavirus Response
By Walter Ewing
ImmigrationImpact.com, May 27, 2020
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https://immigrationimpact.com/2020/05/27/trump-coronavirus-response-immigrants/#.XtLAz8-WybY
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Trump Is Using the Coronavirus Pandemic as an Excuse to Permanently Close the Borders
By Katy Murdza
ImmigrationImpact.com, May 26, 2020
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https://immigrationimpact.com/2020/05/26/trump-closed-borders-coronavirus/#.XtLBW8-WybY
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U.S. Immigration Policy Debate Can’t Be Fought on Republican Terms
This op-ed argues that the terms we use to discuss immigration rely on a lot of anti-immigrant assumptions.
By Natascha Uhlmann
TeenVogue, May 25, 2020
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https://www.teenvogue.com/story/immigration-policy-debate-terms
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