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Immigration Reform:
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[link=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/31/microchip-immigration-tech-00048242]https://www.politico.com/…igration-tech-00048242[/link]
[h2][b]Biden wants an industrial renaissance. He cant do it without immigration reform.[/b][/h2] [b]Intels planned microchip plant outside Columbus, Ohio, is the administrations poster child for reviving high-tech manufacturing. But failure to allow a small number of foreign-born doctorates to stay in the U.S. could cause the effort to fizzle.[/b]
[b] [/b]Even as Biden signs into law more than $52 billion in incentives designed to lure chipmakers to the U.S., an unusual alliance of industry lobbyists, hard-core China hawks and science advocates says the presidents dream lacks a key ingredient a small yet critical core of high-skilled workers. Its a politically troubling irony: To achieve the long-sought goal of returning high-end manufacturing to the United States, the country must, paradoxically, attract more foreign workers.
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Powerful members of both parties have diagnosed the problem and floated potential fixes. But they have so far been stymied by the politics of immigration, where a handful of lawmakers stand in the way of reforms few are willing to risk their careers to achieve. With a short window to attract global chip companies already starting to close, a growing chorus is warning Congress theyre running out of time.
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[h3]Immigration Arms Race[/h3] The microchip industry is in the midst of a global reshuffling thats expected to last a better part of the decade and the U.S. isnt the only country rolling out the red carpet. Europe, Canada, Japan and other regions are also worried about their security, and preparing sweeteners for microchip firms to set up shop in their borders. Cobbling together an effective STEM workforce in a short time frame will be key to persuading companies to choose America instead.
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[link=https://www.thebulwark.com/dont-blame-the-immigrants-its-our-laws-that-are-criminal/]Mona Charen[/link]:
[h1]Dont Blame the Immigrants. Its Our Laws That Are Criminal.[/h1]In truth, the vast majority of would-be immigrants have done absolutely nothing wrong. It is our own laws that are the problem. Because our political system is so steeped in bile and demagoguery, we cant adapt to changing circumstances. We desperately need workers, yet the wait for legal immigration options is years long. People ask, Why cant illegal immigrants wait in line? But there is no [link=https://www.cato.org/testimony/why-dont-they-just-get-line-barriers-legal-immigration#framework-us-immigration-law]line[/link]. We resolutely decline to accept guest workers in large numbers, who could fill jobs and return home (without affecting voting patterns, by the way). And so the only way to gain entry is to put feet on American soil and ask for asylum. Clearly, not all of those pleading for asylum meet the criteria (a well-founded fear of [link=https://immigrationequality.org/asylum/asylum-manual/asylum-law-basics-2/asylum-law-basics-elements-of-asylum-law/]persecution[/link] based on being a member of a subgroup), but the system is short of courts and judges and wait times for hearings are very long. Some never show up for their hearings. And so the word has gone out around the world that if you can manage to get to the United States and present yourself to a border guard, you have at least a shot of remaining in the country either because your asylum claim will be granted or you will melt into the country and avoid deportation.
We are fortunate that so many hard-working people want to come here. If we had our act together, we would reform our laws to take many more legal immigrants (who would begin the application process in their home countries) and hire more immigration judges to hear asylum claims while clarifying that only severe cases will be eligible for that status (not economic migrants). We are an aging population with a declining birth rate. Our national spirit needs the infusion of energy and dynamism that immigrants provide. If our laws are clear, we can reduce the crush of hopefuls at the border. With more legal immigrants, our economy will thrive. Our tax receipts will increase. Well have the nurses, truckers, teachers, cooks, train conductors, and construction workers we desperately need. And we will be thanked and strengthened by people whose lives we save.
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[h1]Congress Makes Last Minute Push on Immigration[/h1] [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/05/congress-working-strike-last-minute-immigration-deals/]Washington Post[/link]
A handful of bipartisan senators are working to strike separate 11th-hour immigration deals before Republicans take control of the House in January and make the politically tricky agreements even harder to reach.
Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) have outlined a potential immigration proposal that would provide a path to legalization for 2 million undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, known as dreamers, in exchange for at least $25 billion in increased funding for the Border Patrol and border security. The bipartisan framework, which is in flux, would also extend Title 42 for at least a year until new regional processing centers provided for in the bill could be built, according to a Senate aide. The Trump administration instituted Title 42 during the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that the immediate expulsion of migrants was necessary because of the public health crisis.
Meanwhile, Sens. Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) are negotiating on a narrower bill based on a House-passed measure that provided a pathway to citizenship for some undocumented farmworkers. The senators have not yet reached a deal but are hoping to get to one before the end of the lame-duck session this month, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who, like others in this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the situation candidly.
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Not to worry. It will become clear at some point that immigrants are necessary to keep our economy vibrant. The days of protectionism are numbered.
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[h1]Kyrsten Sinema party switch endangers immigration reform package[/h1] [link=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-12-11/senator-kyrsten-sinema-is-wrong-about-party-politics?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=221211&utm_campaign=author_18529680&leadSource=uverify%20wall]Jonathan Bernstein[/link]: Yes, being on a team sometimes means compromising. But Sinema should know that compromises are part of legislating. And parties make legislating a lot easier. Parties allow (more-or-less) stable coalitions to work together to get things done. Without them, a legislature could devolve into chaos as assorted factions block different proposals.
Indeed, as Sinema should know, the utility of parties in the Senate actually extends into bipartisan deals. Take the immigration bill she and Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina are working on with an eye toward getting it adopted before this Congress ends.
When Sinema was operating as Democrat, Tillis could cut deals on the Republican side knowing that Sinema was able to negotiate in good faith for her party. That could still be the case if Sinema winds up acting as a de facto Democrat. But her ability to speak for Senate Democrats can no longer be assumed.
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Stable coalitions to get things done
Hahahahahaha
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[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/15/dreamers-tillis-sinema-framework-dead-trump-immigration-gop/]https://www.washingtonpos…trump-immigration-gop/[/link]
[b]The untimely, infuriating death of the deal to save 2 million dreamers[/b]
the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/08/mitt-romney-republicans-dreamers-immigration-sinema-tillis-maga-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4]framework[/link] that Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) were negotiating appears dead. Democratic leaders have privately informed numerous stakeholders that it isnt going to happen in the current Congress because of Republican opposition, according to sources familiar with the discussions. At least one GOP leader has [link=https://twitter.com/priscialva/status/1603209475376254978?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet]declared[/link] the same.…
What happened? Tillis and Sinema were negotiating over bill text, much of which had been written, as late as Wednesday night. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) informed Sinema and Tillis that he wouldnt allow it to be attached to the end-of-year spending omnibus bill, effectively killing it, one of the sources tells me.
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For some Republicans, particularly in the Donald Trump era, the only real solution to these problems is to reduce the number of immigrants accepted to as low a number as possible, regardless of the human rights consequences. So they wont support such a compromise by definition.
On the Democratic side, a few [link=https://chuygarcia.house.gov/media/press-releases/garcia-espaillat-correa-statement-on-sinema-tillis-compromise]opposed[/link] this compromise because it would in some fashion stiffen enforcement in inhumane ways. They were right to raise this objection. Yet the compromise offered a real shot at making life more humane for well over 2 million people. It could have demonstrated that government can manage asylum-seeking effectively while remaining true to our core values, potentially opening political space for widening channels to more legal migration later.
The long shot bipartisan immigration deal led by Sens. Thom Tillis and Kyrsten Sinema is dead this Congress, sources say.
Sen. John Cornyn and other members of GOP leadership said there was scant Republican support for the plan, which had yet to be released as legislative text.
— Priscilla Alvarez (@priscialva) December 15, 2022
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Too bad there were no “stable coalitions to get things done”
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I dont think its right to ship immigrant people around the country and dump them off places. These are people, not cattle. However, the border problem is a big deal. Our country is nothing without its borders. Its part of what defines a country. We need significant border enforcement and barriers. This is for both the health and safety of both migrant/immigrant populations and United States citizens/property owners along the border. The amount of opiods, particularly fentanyl, coming from Central and South America across the Texas/Mexico border is out of control. The amount of migrant populations that have died while crossing the border in the past few years is out of control. Something needs to be done.
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US fertility drops yet again … women have fewer children and waiting longer to start.
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need more immigration
[link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fu-s-birth-rate-decline-national-center-for-health-statistics-report%2F]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-bir…istics-report/[/link]
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Wall Street Journal
[link=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-worlds-biggest-economies-cautiously-open-their-doors-to-more-foreign-workers-664c3549?mod=hp_lead_pos5]https://www.wsj.com/artic…c3549?mod=hp_lead_pos5[/link]
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What EveryoneExcept the U.S.Has Learned About Immigration[/b]Washington remains divided over allowing more foreign workers while global rivals lower barriers to ease persistent labor shortages
Migration to affluent countries is at record highs, and some nations short of workers are overcoming political opposition to open their borders even wider, hoping to fill jobs and ease inflation.
Government actions to attract foreign nationals for skilled and unskilled jobs have spread from Germany to Japan and include countries with longtime immigration restrictions and some with a populist antipathy to streams of foreign workers.
The U.S. remains an outlier.
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Want to get the price of groceries down. Let foreign workers in. I was watching a TV spot with a sweet potato farmer. Since everify in Florida he cant get labor thats worth a damn. Its the kind of work people here dont want to, cant work 8 hours, and dont feel like theyre paid enough.
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[link=https://www.axios.com/2023/05/26/immigrants-workforce-us-economy?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial]https://www.axios.com/202…utm_campaign=editorial[/link]
[h1]US Immigrant workforce reaches a new high[/h1]
[ul][*]The number of foreign-born workers in the U.S. increased to 29.8 million in 2022, from 27.9 million the previous year a jump of about 6%.[*]The number of native-born workers went from 133.2 million to 134.5 million up barely 1%.[*]One key factor is that a bigger share of the immigrant population is of working age (18-64), at 77%, according to the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute (MPI). That compares with about 59% of the native-born population. [/ul]
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[link=https://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.htm]Labor Department[/link][color=”#333335″] release:[/color]
[h1]Labor Force Characteristics of Foreign-born Workers News Release[/h1][pre]Highlights from the 2022 data: –In 2022, the foreign born accounted for 18.1 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force, up from 17.4 percent in 2021. (See table 1.) –From 2021 to 2022, the unemployment rate of the foreign born declined from 5.6 percent to 3.4 percent, and the jobless rate for the native born decreased from 5.3 percent to 3.7 percent. (See table 1.) –Hispanics continued to account for nearly one-half of the foreign-born labor force in 2022, and Asians accounted for one-quarter. (See table 1.) (Data in this news release for persons who are White, Black, or Asian do not include those of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. Data on persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are presented separately.) –Foreign-born men continued to participate in the labor force at a considerably higher rate in 2022 (77.4 percent) than their native-born counterparts (66.0 percent). By contrast, 55.0 percent of foreign-born women were labor force participants, lower than the participation rate of 57.2 percent for native-born women. (See table 1.) –In 2022, foreign-born workers were more likely than native-born workers to be employed in service occupations; natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations; and production, transportation, and material moving occupations. Foreign-born workers were less likely than native-born workers to be employed in management, professional, and related occupations and in sales and office occupations. (See table 4.) –The median usual weekly earnings of foreign-born full-time wage and salary workers were $945 in 2022, compared with $1,087 for their native-born counterparts. (See table 5.) (Differences in earnings reflect a variety of factors, including variations in the distributions of foreign-born and native-born workers by educational attainment, occupation, industry, and geographic region.) [/pre]
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Supreme Court says White House can continue to set deportation priorities
The case centered on whether the White House can prioritize certain undocumented immigrants for deportation, including those viewed as a threat to public safety.
-The States have brought an extraordinarily unusual lawsuit, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote for the majority. They want a federal court to order the Executive Branch to alter its arrest policies so as to make more arrests. Federal courts have not traditionally entertained that kind of lawsuit; indeed, the States cite no precedent for a lawsuit like this.
The Biden administrations guidelines were challenged by Texas, Louisiana and a number of other Republican-led states, and halted nationwide by a district judge in Texas, who said the guidelines violated federal law. The justices voted 5-4 last summer not to let the guidelines take effect while the Biden administration challenged the lower-court ruling.
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[h3][link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/12/us-mexico-border-migrant-crossings/]Southern border ‘eerily quiet’ after policy shift on asylum seekers[/link][/h3]The preliminary result is a nearly 70 percent drop in illegal entries since early May, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. After two years of record crossings and crisis-level strains, the Biden administration appears to have better control over the southern border than at any point since early 2021.
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Abbott is dropping in some kind of floating buoy system with nets. Biden admin needs to step in. It’s either going to drown people, or wild life. Shut it down with the Army Corp of engineers or something.
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Abbott is dropping in some kind of floating buoy system with nets. Biden admin needs to step in. It’s either going to drown people, or wild life. Shut it down with the Army Corp of engineers or something.
lawsuits already filed
[link=https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/abbott-faces-lawsuit-over-using-buoys-in-rio-grande-to-mitigate-border-crossings/] Abbott faces lawsuit over using buoys in Rio Grande to mitigate border crossings[/link]
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Abbott is dropping in some kind of floating buoy system with nets. Biden admin needs to step in. It’s either going to drown people, or wild life. Shut it down with the Army Corp of engineers or something.
[b]Texas Troopers Told to Push Children Into Rio Grande[/b][/h1]
Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbotts border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a Department of Public Safety trooper who described the actions as inhumane,’ the [link=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/border-trooper-migrants-wire-18205076.php]Houston Chronicle[/link] reports.
The July 3 account discloses several previously unreported incidents the trooper witnessed in Eagle Pass, where the state of Texas has strung miles of razor wire and deployed a wall of buoys in the Rio Grande.-
If this is true its time to start bringing charges of attempted or actual murder. Crossing a river shouldnt get you killed.
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[h1][b][i]Texas to Defy Justice Department Order[/i][/b][/h1]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) will not be ordering floating barriers to be removed from the Rio Grande, in defiance of the U.S. Department of Justice, [link=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/politics/doj-texas-border-water-barriers/]CNN[/link] reports.
Said Abbott: Texas will fully utilize its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have caused Texas will see you in court, Mr. President.
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Time to follow Andrew Jacksons action on South Carolinas nullification attempt, send in Federal troops, arrest Abbott & put him on trial in Federal Court.
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I can understand frustration in Texas. The whole concertina wire and buoy thing is pretty heinous. Its there to hurt people and wild life. Time to step in and deal with Abbott. Send in the Army Corp of engineers, get that crap out of the river.
Same time theres still no real plan to deal with immigration. Build up borders, staff them, let people make asylum claims. Thats on the whole dang federal government.
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[h3][link=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-bring-back-travel-ban-vaccine-skepticism-1234789250/]Trump Promises to Bring Back ‘Much Stronger’ Travel Ban[/link][/h3]
[link=https://www.rollingstone.com/t/donald-trump/]DONALD TRUMP[/link] PROMISED to make America xenophobic again by bringing back his [link=https://www.rollingstone.com/t/travel-ban/]travel ban[/link], a move that [i]Rolling Stone[/i] [link=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-muslim-ban-immigration-2024-1234730150/]reported he was considering in May[/link].
When I return to office, the travel ban is coming back even bigger and much stronger than before, Trump said Saturday during a speech to the far-right Turning Point Action conference led by [link=https://www.rollingstone.com/t/charlie-kirk/]Charlie Kirk[/link]. The U.S. will not be condemned for the same fate as countries like France.
[b]”We will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation[/b][b] in American history[/b] and we’re gonna get the bad ones out quickly.”
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