DT: Day one. This is why I got into this race. Because the everyday working person in this country is getting screwed. Lobbyists write the rules to benefit the rich and powerful. They buy off Senators like Marco Rubio to help them get rich at the expense of working Americans by using H-1B visas–so called “high tech” visas–to replace American workers in all sorts of solid middle class jobs. If I am President, I will not issue any H-1B visas to companies that replace American workers and my Department of Justice will pursue action against them. … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE — Donald Trump Rights Ship on Immigration: Demands Disney Rehire Workers Replaced by Cheap Foreign Labor, Calls Rubio ‘Silicon Valley’s Puppet’
Immigration
Pope Francis: Borders Are ‘Windows’ for Immigration, Not Barriers
“Borders, which have always been considered as dividing barriers, can instead become ‘windows,’ spaces of mutual knowledge, of mutual enrichment, of communion in diversity,” Francis said. “They can become places for experimentation with models to overcome the difficulties that new arrivals entail for native communities.” … [Read more...] about Pope Francis: Borders Are ‘Windows’ for Immigration, Not Barriers
Report: Immigration to New York City Drops 45 Percent in Last Four Years
As New York City has been on lockdown for more than six months, rents have started dropping and vacancies are shooting up in Manhattan — the city’s most expensive borough. A New York Times report in August noted that more than 120,000 apartments became available in June and July. At the time same, Manhattan rents have been cut by as much as ten percent compared to 2019 rates. … [Read more...] about Report: Immigration to New York City Drops 45 Percent in Last Four Years
Senate Kills Every Immigration Proposal
The most promising proposal — a bipartisan bill (it had eight GOP and eight Democratic co-sponsors) that provided what the president had asked for in border-control funding and what the president had proposed in a path to citizenship for Dreamers — got only 54 votes (though three liberal Democrats appeared to vote against it only when it was obvious that it was going to fail). Its failure was largely attributable to a frantic lobbying effort from the administration culminating in a Trump veto threat. … [Read more...] about Senate Kills Every Immigration Proposal
House GOP’s Immigration ‘Compromise’ Was an Even Bigger Flop Than Their Last Bill
For the most part, the constant modification of the “compromise” bill was aimed at bringing Goodlatte supporters onboard, which went as far as the labeling of the “compromise” as “Goodlatte 2.” But no dice, as Politico explains: … [Read more...] about House GOP’s Immigration ‘Compromise’ Was an Even Bigger Flop Than Their Last Bill
