Jim Gilchrist, MMP Exclusive — Proponents of comprehensive immigration reform keep telling the rest of us that the whole immigration system is so “broken” that a piecemeal approach won’t do much to fix it. That’s pretty lame reasoning! Let’s take a simple example of the dramatic effect a piecemeal approach would have on the problem […]
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 […]