TechCrunch – While America’s political and business elite are pressing Congress to ease high-skilled immigration laws, a new study argues that foreign workers aren’t necessarily better or brighter. “The immigrant workers, especially those who first came to the United States as foreign students, are in general of no higher talent than the Americans, as measured […]
Release of Illegal Alien Detainees Pits ICE Against American Communities
Jim Gilchrist, MMP Exclusive — The release of illegal alien detainees by ICE earlier this week, ostensibly done as a budget cutting measure in advance of sequestration, backfired on the Obama administration. Instead of putting pressure on Republicans to accept tax increases during budget negotiations, the move powerfully demonstrated to a wary public that the […]
Boosting Our Economy With a “Free Lunch” Program for Foreign Entrepreneurs
Jim Gilchrist, MMP Exclusive – According to Washington Post columnist Vivek Wadhwa, the latest version of the Start-up Visa program under consideration in Washington amounts to a “free lunch” for the Nation. So why not do it? [See column at http://tinyurl.com/aogttzt] Under this program, up to 75,000 foreign students and skilled workers will get to […]
Washington Overreach – Chasing the Next Big Thing
Jim Gilchrist, MMP Exclusive – It never ceases to amaze how politicians in Washington, once elected, suddenly think they have all the solutions that will finally set the Nation right. They speak with solid assurance, unbridled confidence, and unassailable authority that if we just go along with their latest scheme, there will be good times […]
Unchecked Immigration – At What Cost for the Rest of Us?
Jim Gilchrist, MMP Exclusive – For those of us who value the rule of law, representative government and national sovereignty, these are indeed trying times. Our own elected officials in Washington seem more determined than ever to create a path to citizenship for 11+ million non-citizens who have crossed our borders to reside here illegally. […]
Immigration as a Public Charge
Red State – Our immigration system is broken, but not in the way that those who utter such declarations believe it to be. Immigration can be an integral part of a pro-growth economic agenda. It can also become a public charge. When liberals lament our broken immigration system, they are suggesting that we don’t admit […]