Report
The Employment Situation of Immigrants and the U.S.-Born in the Fourth Quarter of 2022: Immigrant workers up two million since 2019; U.S.-born workers down 1.9 million
By Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler, February 16, 2023
Excerpt: An analysis of government data from the fourth quarter of 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that in contrast to immigrants, the number working and the share of U.S.-born Americans in the labor force has not returned to pre-pandemic levels.
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Commentary
Cost of Joe Biden’s Open Borders: $200 Billion, Paid by You
By Mark Krikorian
New York Post, February 13, 2023
Excerpt: Adjusted for inflation, the lifetime cost to taxpayers of each illegal immigrant is over $80,000. Under Biden’s orders, Homeland Security has released into the United States nearly 2 million illegal border-crossers (so far!), meaning their lifetime cost to taxpayers will be close to $150 billion.
How Mexico outfoxed Joe Biden on illegal immigration, knowing he’d never fight back
By Todd Bensman
New York Post, February 13, 2023
Excerpt: Immediately after the US election of Biden, Mexico’s congress secretively passed a new and unusual law that had been pre-written and a pathway for its quick approval cleared. On November 11, President Obrador signed it with no formal announcement or press.
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Podcast
U Visas for Illegal-Alien Crime Victims: Yet Another Amnesty Ploy
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guests: Jon Feere & Jessica M. Vaughan
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 92
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Featured Posts
Biden Gives Short Shrift to Immigration in State of the Union
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The president is, essentially, saying that there is a five-alarm fire at the Southwest border, but he apparently fails to appreciate that he’s the one holding the matches.
CBP January Border Numbers Are Nothing to Crow About
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: It’s clear that, in the name of providing “safe, orderly, and legal pathways” for foreign nationals who otherwise have no right to be in the United States, the Biden administration is increasingly moving would-be migrants through the ports, rather than waiting for them to enter illegally.
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CIS Submits a Public Comment on DHS’s Decision to Nearly Double H-2B Admissions for Fiscal Year 2023
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized an increase of over 64,700 additional visas in FY 2023, nearly doubling the number of H-2B visas permitted by statute in a typical year.
DOL Regulations Allow Employers to Pay H-2B Workers Below National Averages
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: The Labor Department should amend its regulations by requiring employers to offer at least the local, state, or national average wage for the occupation, whichever is highest. In fact, DOL could set the wage floor even higher (at a percentile above the prevailing or average national wage) if it truly intended to encourage employers to seek out unemployed U.S. workers before seeking out H-2B workers.
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