Podcast The Truth About ‘Skilled’ Immigration
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Norm Matloff, emeritus professor at UC Davis
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 190
Featured Posts A Proposal for a Better H-1B Guest Worker Program
By Kent Lundgren
Excerpt: The proposal: Every H-1B petition would be accompanied by a contract with a high school graduating senior, wherein the employer pays for college in return an employment commitment, in order to limit future reliance on foreign workers.
Trump Deputizes Texas National Guard to Make Immigration Arrests
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: Using an overlooked power in the immigration law, CBP has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Texas to deputize specified members of the state National Guard to investigate, arrest, and transport aliens for civil immigration violations.
DHS Ends TPS for First Group of Venezuelan Beneficiaries
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: DHS announced yesterday that it will end Venezuela’s Temporary Protected Status designation that is set to expire in April. Another designation for Venezuela will be still active until September 10, but likely also will be terminated in the coming months.
What’s Happening in Mexico?
By Todd Bensman
Excerpt: Mexico is struggling to manage a swollen population of restive foreign nationals blocked by President Donald Trump’s border policies.
