CIS — The three-dimensional interface among illegal aliens, the labor market, and government programs contains a number of anomalies, some good public policy and some not. As a mini-project I have collected these anomalies and listed them as useful public policy in bold face and bad public policy in italics. The bold face situations, such […]
For Real Immigration Reform, Beat the Clock, Pt. 1
March 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
CIS — In the early days of television, quiz shows were a staple, and none was more popular or enduring than “Beat the Clock”. In that show contestants were required to perform tasks within a certain time limit. Their time remaining was counted down on a large 60-second clock in front of a live audience. […]
Jordanian Immigrant And Convicted Terrorist Bomber? No Problem Getting Obamacare Navigator Job
February 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
VDARE — The government doesn’t do a good job screening new immigrants, as illustrated by the number of war criminals admitted over the years. And lately, the feds have decided to weaken screening standards so lots of Syrian Muslims can be admitted as refugees. Public safety and national security are not a high priority in […]
Democrat Wonders: When Will the WASHINGTON POST Ever Learn About Immigration And Unemployment?
February 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
VDARE — The Washington Post did it again. While pretending to care about the jobless, it ignored the devastating impact of mass immigration on America’s unemployed. This particular unfortunate hardly fits the stereotype of a loser or slacker. In fact, she appears to have given her best to her country. These are precisely the kinds […]
Raise The Minimum Wage To $14 An Hour Using This One Weird Trick—An Immigration Moratorium!
February 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
VDARE — Democrats believe they’ve hit on the perfect issue to distract from the horror of Obamacare in the 2014 elections: the minimum wage. Apparently, increasing the minimum wage was not important for American workers during the first five years of Obama’s presidency—least of all his first two years, when Democrats controlled Congress and could […]
Democrats Split on When to Push Immigration
February 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
BREITBART — House Democrats are divided on when to put immigration legislation on the floor for a vote, which they can force by using a discharge petition. The discharge petition would need a majority of lawmakers’ signatures. Because of the difficulty in coming up with those 216 signatures, which would have to include 17 GOP […]
