Andrew Good
@Drewbueno
Followers
2,291
Following
2,271
Media
2,026
Statuses
28,395
Director, State Government Relations @NumbersUSA #immigration Colorado. @AmericanU . COYS. Observations and commentary my own.
Leesburg, VA
Joined November 2009
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
JUMP
• 186466 Tweets
Tuchel
• 146369 Tweets
Geçmiş
• 61191 Tweets
The Next Prince Q10
• 53764 Tweets
#WorldFoodDay
• 40291 Tweets
金木犀の香り
• 36288 Tweets
バーニス
• 36056 Tweets
期日前投票
• 28224 Tweets
#deprem
• 28180 Tweets
#sbhawks
• 26778 Tweets
#malatya
• 21502 Tweets
ZETA
• 19363 Tweets
Fiscal General del Estado
• 18783 Tweets
EarthMix x BookExpo2024
• 15215 Tweets
Sizzy
• 13969 Tweets
塩むすびと豚汁
• 12365 Tweets
Prezydenta
• 11994 Tweets
ホークス
• 10971 Tweets
Last Seen Profiles
Pinned Tweet
"I'm a Republican. She's a Democrat. But one thing we can agree on is more cheap foreign workers!"
One of us is a pro-choice liberal. The other is a pro-life conservative. But we agree that after Dobbs more babies will be born and that Republicans and Democrats must come together to better support these children and their families. Here’s how.
32
5
27
21
74
329
Micro-apartments and communal housing? Sounds like the American Dream I've always wanted to preserve for my kids (and theirs)!
Or... we could reduce immigration to tighten the labor market and decrease the demand for housing. Just a thought.
Housing costs and rent are going up for more and more Americans while income stagnates. Relaxing zoning laws and NIMBYism would help in many areas as would micro-apartments and innovative approaches to communal housing.
297
732
6K
68
199
735
So we should probably stop replacing Americans in good jobs with H-1B workers, then.
Problem is not that we don't have enough jobs, but that we don't have enough good jobs
@conway_maureen
@AspenWorkforce
#AspenOpportunity
5
14
29
33
184
496
"150,000 new workers are imported each month to compete for jobs against the roughly 333,000 Americans who enter the workforce each month."
Trump's new report on immigration data summarized in six numbers. Basically, 2 for 4.
11
29
29
31
270
376
“Republicans have a…26-point margin (49% to 23%) on which party would do a better job of securing the border. The latter is a bigger margin than the Democrats have on abortion — raising the question as to why the national GOP is not making a bigger deal of [the issue].”
Immigration "should be a no-brainer for Republicans..." BUT, "If they don’t show leadership, the GOP could spend two more years languishing in the minority."
4
18
55
45
130
497
a.k.a. what happens when D.C. starts talking about passing another amnesty.
Border Crossings under Trump Back at Obama’s Numbers
#BuildTheWall
@CustomsBorder
@CBPRGV
@JessicaV_CIS
@wwwCISorg
12
25
14
17
195
332
It's probably a good time to start a thread showing that other countries actually acknowledge and discuss that immigration drives up the price of housing. 🧵
14
107
415
.
@marcorubio
promises to unify the GOP on his way to election win, but that's hard to do when you oppose 92% of GOP voters on immigration.
34
198
309
Construction workers in L.A. make less now than 40 years ago. Here’s why. More Immigration!
58
218
296
In 1986, we were promised an end to illegal hiring ("jobs magnet")
In 1996, we were promised an entry-exit system to track visa overstays
In 2005, we were promised secure drivers licenses
In 2006, we were promised a border fence
In 2018, they promise chain migration ends in 2035?
22
154
260
"Without indentured servant visa workers, we will all literally starve to death!"
59
107
265
@GriffJenkins
Re: "The other Jordanian national was an F1 Student Visa Overstay."
Yet another example of the government refusing to implement or enforce duly passed immigration laws.
Completing an "exit" system is something Congress has passed eight times in the last 28 years.
9
84
369
.
@EricRWeinstein
: "
@esaagar
, I don't know who you voted for. And I don't care anymore. If you voted Trump, if you voted Biden, if you wrote in somebody like Mickey Mouse, if you voted for the libertarians, my feeling is, you're my countryman and my brother."
12
23
295
"In 'The Audacity of Hope,' Barack Obama worries that 'the wages of blue-collar Americans' are held back by illegal immigration."
All collars are affected by flooding the U.S. labor market. Some directly, some indirectly. A tight labor market is best for the broadest population.
WSJ: Blue and White Collars Don’t Fit Every Job From retail to coding and gigs, today’s work is varied in ways politicians overlook.
0
1
4
9
72
230
@neontaster
@samstein
He doesn’t always think that…
So Mosby is only 35-years-old and has been on the job for about 100 days. kinda badass
18
92
99
13
38
267
.
@BetoORourke
: "Millions, living in the shadows, working some of the toughest jobs, lucky to make a minimum wage, some not even making that. Kept in modern-day bondage, their immigration status used to keep them down."
Sounds like a commercial for
@EVerify
!
The wage gap
Immigration
Income inequality
Climate change
$15 minimum wage
Paid family leave
Affordable child care
Universal health care
Just a few of the things
@BetoORourke
addressed in his opening remarks at the
#WorkersForum
:
71
259
962
43
55
223
How committed are Dems to criminal aliens?
@RepJerryNadler
: "Whether someone has 2 or 6 or 10 or 20 convictions of DUI...someone can change. That's why we have the waiver provision. You may have any number of convictions for DUI because you're a drunk."
69
145
243
SCOTUS held "a person can lie repeatedly in immigration proceedings & still not lose her citizenship."
@NoahRFeldman
64
129
192
Exactly what economics says will happen with high immigration levels - a huge wealth transfer from labor to capital. Inequality increases.
14
82
234
"
@NickMiroff
reports that over a decade after the largest [GWB admin] workplace enforcement action took place, wages at the plant have increased by 25%, illegal workers have been replaced by legal workers, & workers now receive health benefits."
9
60
183
Just saw
@mattklewis
in his segment... pushing immigration reform. Part of the
#ZeroIntrospection
crew, apparently.
22
62
170
"The commission finds no national interest in continuing to import lesser-skilled & unskilled workers to compete in the most vulnerable parts of our labor force. Many U.S workers do not have adequate job prospects. We should make their task easier to find employment, not harder."
2
13
44
6
55
206
Reminder: Loose labor markets favor capital-owners, while tight labor markets favor workers.
We can make real progress on inequality by reducing immigration & ending our "temporary" foreign worker visas that corporate lobbyist cronies have secured at the expense of U.S. workers.
The wealth gap dwarfs the income gap & is more consequential than the income gap. When you don’t have wealth, it matters more for your security and your ability to invest in your family and pass on opportunity to your kids. —Ray Boshara
#AspenOpportunity
1
26
27
14
57
166
Excruciating how few reporters/publications care to write about *these* permanently separated families.
Mother of teen killed by illegal alien gives excruciating testimony on how illegal alien gruesomely slaughtered her son then went to movies.
4
25
11
10
160
149
Biden says: "Lower your costs, not your wages."
Then why have the same immigration policy as the people who explicitly demand more immigration to curb wage growth?
6
40
197
"A coalition of people who benefit financially from illegal immigration and failed elites..."
FIFY.
A coalition of business leaders and former elected officials are calling on Florida Republicans to oppose e-verify and support driver’s licenses for all Floridians regardless of immigration status.
#WeAreFlorida
13
6
21
6
59
166
.
@carney
: “An investigation by researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta shows immigrants actually work less intensively than native counterparts… new immigrants exhibit significantly lower labor force participation rates & lower employment rates than native workers.”
36
94
189
For
@SenSchumer
, wages are never too stagnant to increase immigration (which is also very pleasing to corporate donors).
That's why he led the charge to double immigration in 1990, opposed Barbara Jordan in 1996, & tried to juice the numbers even more in 2006, 2007, and 2013.
For Republicans, there’s always enough money to bail out their corporate donors but not enough for helping working Americans and state and local governments.
543
1K
3K
9
52
145
America’s dazzling tech boom suffers from not enough jobs Solution: More Immigration!
22
107
132
So obviously, you'd also support mandatory reporting of crime data for every level of law enforcement – made available to the public – for all foreign nationals, including current legal status (and types of visas held)... right?
CC:
@AnnCoulter
I’ve introduced legislation to increase transparency and accountability for the actions of our border patrol agents. Keeping our country safe shouldn’t come at a cost to basic constitutional rights.
301
224
704
10
60
137
No amount of snark can overshadow the fact that Americans see real wages increase when immigration has been lower, and real wages stagnate when immigration is high. It could always be worse, but we are choosing for it not to be better.
14
43
168
You've gotta hand it to our pols. They promised in 1986 they'd turn off the "jobs magnet" in return for amnesty. 32 yrs later, they're back for more amnesty! Now, finally, a system *exists* & is *fully operational* that stops illegal hiring. But it's NOT in negotiations?
#EVerify
.
@GOPLeader
says White House meeting narrowed talks to 4 areas:
DACA
border security
chain migration
lottery
Says SAME bipartisan group to meet tomorrow to fill in details/timeline for action
Another GOP member stresses ONE package for all 4 items
2
1
4
3
69
112
“What I’m arguing for is for people who have no special advantage, including cognitive — people with an IQ of 100, who make 70 grand a year, who have three kids, living no place special, who don’t know anybody — [to] have sort of a decent life,”
@TuckerCarlson
said.
Tucker Carlson Laments America’s Cultural Decline: ‘Why Is This Happening?’ via
@JackRCrowe
42
12
45
5
32
109
6
43
116
.
@TuckerCarlson
: "First and most glaringly, with more than 30 million Americans out of work, really the last thing we need is more illegal, low-wage labor from abroad. Yet this bill goes out of its way to supply illegal immigrants... with billions in taxpayer dollars."
Tucker Carlson Obliterating Democrat America Last "Relief" Bill
"Once this amnesty is granted it will never be taken away...Democrats will win every Presidential Election for the rest of your life, the rest of your children's lives, the rest of your grandchildren's lives."
110
976
2K
3
53
111
@MarkSKrikorian
Just pretend like
@marcorubio
wasn't actually there; re-title it McCain's Folly.
14
80
88
And by "woman" you mean "organizer for a transnational criminal smuggling organization."
Video of a woman being pulled away from her weeping daughters and shoved into a Border Patrol vehicle sparks an outcry over the manner in which federal agents are enforcing immigration laws:
82
73
69
5
40
93
"Low-skilled workers in the United States have been falling behind for years. They need a tight labor market to force employers to pay them more. Biden’s unwillingness to seriously enforce our immigration laws loosens the labor market for the foreseeable future."
–
@henryolsenEPPC
Biden's immigration policies are creating a border crisis. He either reverses course now or the public will force him to reverse course later. My latest for
@PostOpinions
:
6
45
99
12
39
130
"Even w/ recent employment gains, the real average wage will only buy you about as much as it did in the mid-1970s. Meanwhile, the cost of living has continued to rise... Right now, our tax system tells American workers that their labor matters less than wealth that’s inherited."
Opinion: I'm a small-business man—and, yes, a capitalist. But today American capitalism is broken. We have to fix it before it's too late, writes
@hickenlooper
38
47
129
20
44
114
"From a supply-and-demand perspective, mass immigration does the same thing as offshoring and de-unionizing: It exposes workers with American labor protections and lifestyle expectations to competition from workers without them."
13
44
120
"65% of Afghan-headed households in the U.S. access the U.S. welfare system, according to 2019 ACS/Census data."
This event is happening now. 👇
Streaming panel starts at 10 am Eastern: "Afghans in the US: Looking back, looking forward" via
@CIS_org
4
2
4
8
66
115
For someone who purports to care about wages, you sure are missing an important
@ImmigrationGOP
hearing right now.
Check out these charts on income inequality in U.S. Wages flat for bottom half of households for past 40 years!
http://t.co/LiWv6s4HDY
13
18
11
5
53
82
.
@JDVance1
: “But immigration is also an economic issue--it steals wages from the lower middle class. It makes housing less affordable. It drives down the quality of services funded by taxpayers. Voters care about this stuff too.”
This is a dumb thread for many reasons. Let me discuss a few.
First, the idea that Blake Masters lost because he made "raising a family on a single income" his signature issue is preposterous. How much paid media did Blake put behind that message? I don't know the answer, but
105
317
1K
7
24
122
Some of the vetting will be done on U.S. soil. But those who ultimately are denied a visa will not be deported.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is using his humanitarian parole authority to allow at-risk Afghans without visas to enter the U.S., including those with *pending* Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applications, a senior Biden administration told reporters during a call today.
66
344
1K
11
45
102
One big reason is that Texas hasn’t enacted a statewide E-Verify law.
Texas has the second largest illegal alien population of any state in the country, next to California.
How did this happen under Republican leadership?
116
162
508
5
32
116
That's hilarious.
@NancyPelosi
didn't even allow open rules on *appropriations* bills when she was Speaker:
Dems also say they just want a stronger commitment from
@SpeakerRyan
on DACA. They want an open process
3
1
5
7
14
98
This was true before AI, but it remains obvious that we need significant reduction of immigration levels ASAP.
Wendy's is using FreshAI, their AI to automate drive thru ordering. Wild to see 🤯
772
1K
7K
12
32
113
I sure wish your publication applied this level of curiosity, thoroughness, and skepticism towards the employers benefitting from H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, and OPT, as well as record high legal immigration. But the overall reporting remains personality-based. Sad.
Analysis: The huge questions about Melania Trump’s immigration history nobody will answer
100
333
456
7
12
93
How could anyone expect a corporation like this to face the prospect of having to outbid other employers for labor (or train up workers) instead of hiring thousands of indentured H-1Bs?
Breaking: Google parent Alphabet becomes the fourth U.S. firm to reach $1 trillion in market value, reflecting tech's move to the forefront of the world economy
14
182
245
3
22
82
"Congress created the H-1B visa [in 1990] with the expectation that Americans would eventually fill any shortage of high-skilled workers. But I believe the program has metastasized into a massive giveaway of our best paid jobs. And the clamor from tech lobbies is endless."
31
48
104
We should not issue another H-2B visa for the foreseeable future.
"About 82 million people, or three-fifths of the U.S. workforce, are hourly employees. Many of them won’t get paid if they don’t work. For...restaurant, hotel, amusement park, and casino workers, just one-third have access to paid sick leave," our story:
3
14
26
3
28
79
We should have mandatory E-Verify on the ballot in every possible state.
Dems are planning abortion measures on the ballot in every swing state for 2024
686
813
3K
5
39
94
Solution: More [low skilled] Immigration!
(a la
@MarkSKrikorian
)
"The number of 'low-skill' jobs requiring only a high school credential has dropped since 1970, leaving many formerly incarcerated people with even fewer job prospects than ever before."
8
11
18
6
33
75
@JessicaV_CIS
@SFGate
It will be interesting to get the details on all the prior arrests & charges. Is there any chance that he didn't meet this Dream and Promise Act (DAPA?)-excluding criteria:
"They weren’t convicted of a felony or three separate misdemeanors involving total jail time of 90 days."
3
26
79
We should not issue one more H-1B visa.
Tech Layoff
Meta - 11k (13%)
Twitter - 3.7k (50%)
Intel - 20%
Snap - 20%
Netflix - 450
Robinhood - 30%
Stripe, Lyft - 13%
Salesforce - 2k
Amazon - 10k
120k+ layoffs. 2000-01 dot com layoffs were ~107k. Q4 layoffs have just begun.
A brutally cold tech winter is coming.
1K
10K
44K
7
37
87
AMAZING VIDEO: Maddow, Matthews Spar Over Immigration, 11/9/16 "When did she talk about the E-Verify?"
28
48
82
Business leaders say curbing immigration "would do little to address economic inequities." Well if *they* say it!
18
30
69
@MayNotBeJoking
@JDVance1
BlackRock and others are buying up supply because of the projected growth from immigration. If that 103 million number doesn't happen, the investment speculation largely vaporizes.
15
7
88
Congress increased immigration in 1965 (2x from ≈250K/year to ≈500K/year), 1986 (amnesty), & 1990 (2x from ≈500K/year to ≈1.1m/year).
GDP growth still kept trending down, inequality widened, & workers stopped getting productivity growth via wage increases.
CC: Mick Mulvaney
This chart from today's Economic Report of the President compares Trump's 2.5% average GDP growth with Obama's 2.2% and places it in historical context:
3
1
6
4
33
58
Obama: "Republican leadership wants an immigration bill to pass."
GOP Voters: "Don't even think about it."
21
86
76
On pleas for higher immigration levels: "I’d ask the state’s employers, if you really want to retain every born-and-raised Wisconsinite possible, draw in out-of-staters, and bring in those off the sidelines... have you tried giving your workers a raise?
5
15
70
"That's why we are going to start telling the stories of American workers of all backgrounds who have long been suffering through stagnant or declining wages - and even joblessness - in industries with high levels of unauthorized migrant workers."
...just kidding.🙅♂️
"It’s time to listen to the people whose lives are being directly affected by immigration policies," writes
@selenagomez
. "It’s time to get to know the individuals whose complex stories have been reduced to basic headlines"
70
1K
2K
4
12
60
Bishop: "Immigrants want to stay home, but U.S. has undermined their economies." Object of blame and hate is clear.
Clearly, Bishop Minerva Carcaño has no care in the world about American citizens or public safety:
#immigration
0
2
2
9
36
66
The potential vote on the EAGLE Act has been delayed until this evening (e.g. 7:45 - 8:15pm).
#EagleAct
It would be even better if it gets delayed all the way into a lame duck grave.
2
23
86
The “we need another amnesty” for never-realized promises of enforcing immigration limits crowd still seemingly has no idea how far the public has hardened their view against them.
The Dems ask for Dreamers to be included in the immigration deal, the GOP says no and Ds take it off the table. right away. Meanwhile, the Rs don’t take anything off the table- they just keep harping on the same topics over and over.
112
109
427
4
30
83
@GovofCO
Sure will take pressure off providing housing for migrants when you take the limits off for how many people can be stuffed into a unit!
2
2
87
@AnnCoulter
Note: The U.S. also grew from a population of 281m in 2000 to 329m today. The majority of that growth is due to immigration policy. What would the decrease have been with more moderate immigration policies?
7
8
54
Immigration in 1970: 373,326
Immigration in 2016: 1,183,505
New working paper from the Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute finds close to half of all American households have less wealth today in real terms than the median household had in 1970.
#inclusivegrowth
4
7
5
3
20
52
"So long as it’s cheaper to invest in congressmen than in automation, the use of stoop labor will persist."
Farming Like It’s 1699; It’s cheaper to invest in congressmen than in automation
2
14
25
2
26
62
“The latest cuts come after Google parent Alphabet in January eliminated 12,000 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce…”
We should be sending H-1Bs home. Not issuing more.
Google confirmed it will lay off hundreds of staff members who helped recruit and hire employees, as Silicon Valley continues its cost-cutting efforts.
117
95
284
4
24
75
Immigration grades this Congress of the 13 Republicans:
Bacon: C
B. Fitzpatrick: F-
Garbarino: D+
A. Gonzalez: D
Katko: D
Kinzinger: F-
Malliotakis: B+
McKinley: B+
Reed: D
C. Smith: F
Upton: F-
Van Drew: D-
Young: F-
via
@NumbersUSA
House infrastructure bill: Here are the 13 Republicans who voted for it and 6 Democrats who voted against
16
34
50
10
30
69
Chris Chmielenski of
@NumbersUSA
: the American Jobs First Act sets a wage floor of $110,000 for H-1B workers. "It ends the outrageous OPT program that actually gives employers a tax break for hiring foreign workers rather than Americans." The bill also ends the visa lottery.
4
29
67
.
@emeriticus
: “If America is merely an ‘idea,’ why do people need to come here to learn it?”
3
12
52
@WillManidis
Which reminds me of one of my favorite
@Peggynoonannyc
columns:
“You always want to think your government is on it. You want to think they see what you see. But really, they're never on it. They always have to be pushed.”
2
10
76
"High rates of immigration has driven U.S. population growth as American family size has continued to drop; but it has also helped keep median incomes largely flat from 1980 to 2017... it also contributed significantly to growing wealth inequality..."
@RepMoBrooks
#ExpandTheBan
Brooks said he and five other members of the House sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking that guest worker programs be suspended for at least a year.
1
3
9
1
16
63
"The system needs to start working for *American* workers. And until thoroughgoing reforms can be passed through Congress,
@realDonaldTrump
needs to suspend... all other programs that import foreign workers to compete w/ Americans for the duration of the current economic crisis."
Moratorium Interruptus
Last week's immigration "pause" was something of a dud, but the president suggested a second order might be on the way. Here are some ideas for Pause 2.0
3
24
40
3
23
56
So you spent all that money on college and Silicon Valley just wants indentured H-1Bs and OPTs instead? And you support one of the current Democratic candidates for President who favors *even more* immigration?
.
@oliviahabinck
on top issues for young voters:
"Wages, especially coming out of college we are seeing stagnant wages…college tuition…health care…climate change, immigration & the affects of our current administration"
5
1
3
8
18
52
The very first step is to end illegal immigration, get rid of foreign guest worker programs, and tighten legal immigration.
There’s a strong possibility that that alone will restore the power workers enjoyed as we became a middle class nation in the 20th century.
There's one thing to end corporate welfare and tendentious treatment of corporations to stand up for American workers. There's quite another to buy into straight up union communism.
26
66
315
3
17
69
Just your periodic reminder that employers applying for H-1B visas don't have to do any recruitment of U.S. workers whatsoever.
2
30
55
Total annual immigration would be 684,986 under the bill. Which is higher than every single year between 1921 and 1989. So another way of putting this is: "House GOP Proposes returning legal immigration to Reagan era levels."
"House GOP Proposes Largest Restriction on Legal Immigrants Since the 1920s"
100
450
290
3
31
55
No successful immigration policy can rely exclusively on border security. But instead of the fantasy that our aid can transform nations, we should implement mandatory E-Verify to *finally* turn off the jobs magnet that incentivizes most migrants to consider shadow life in U.S.A.
No successful immigration policy can begin at the border. Yes, we need comprehensive reform, but we also need trade and aid policies in Central America to reduce the poverty and help governments contend w violence so that people will not feel compelled to risk their lives to flee
146
885
3K
6
21
55
In other words, TFP grew at an impressive clip while immigration was low. TFP dipped after the immigration increase of 1965. And TFP absolutely tanked after the immigration increase of 1990.
Yes, we need to think differently. First step: reducing immigration.
4
27
60
Just as true: "High immigration levels enrich me & my donors. That's why I support immigration *increases* & why I oppose Sessions for AG."
Immigrants built our country & enrich our society & economy. That's why I support
#DACA
& the Bridge Act & why I oppose Sen Sessions for AG.
234
569
2K
7
29
50
Root causes convincing people to leave home:
-Knowing you can get in at the U.S. border (catch & release),
-Knowing you can get a job illegally (no mandatory E-Verify),
-Knowing you can commit crimes, get caught, and not be deported (sanctuary policies),
-Knowing that if you
Since some people are still confused about this issue:
Border policy is about what happens AT the U.S.-Mexico border—once migrants who left their homes get here.
Root causes policy is about what happens in migrants' home countries—hoping to convince people not to leave home.
65
686
2K
3
31
65
Immigration Policies:
1.) Remove existing border barriers
2.) Make it easier for people to cross into the United States
3.) Amnesty for "dreamers"
That's the platform.
Learn 2020 candidate Beto O'Rourke's policies on immigration, health care, gun control, abortion and more
18
10
25
10
25
38
The best thing about withdrawing from TPP is escaping the permanent immigration benefits that were included in it. Limit trade to goods, plz
NEWS: President Trump to withdraw from TPP today via executive action, a senior WH official tells me.
12
135
94
1
27
38
We need mandatory E-Verify.
And robust worksite enforcement.
Spoke w/ an undocumented immigrant who's worked in 8 different states, building mobile homes, making cabinets, painting water tanks, etc. Says there's real fear at worksites about mass deportations under Trump. "Im just going to go straight from work to home and nowhere else."
38
190
510
7
17
61
The Biden immigration bill will hand out more green cards in the first 10 years than the population of Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin *combined*.
(37.3m vs. 36.5m)
Estimated 10-Year Impact of the Biden Amnesty Bill (H.R. 1177 & S. 348) on Legal Immigration Numbers
Total Legal Permanent Residents Admitted to U.S.: 37,328,845* (That's 37.3 MILLION in TEN YEARS)
*A conservative estimate
2
19
24
4
40
55
The advocates of endless amnesties and ever-more immigration are very worried about the impact of $1 trillion corporate tax cuts on inequality.
3
15
40
.
@sullydish
: "[Trump & Boris] identified issues — mass immigration, warp-speed globalization, the plight of the left-behind — that actually mattered to ordinary voters but were often invisible to metropolitan meritocrats, like me. They disrupted a corrupt elite consensus."
"This is what too many miss: Boris did not represent a far-right, racist takeover. He actually prevented one."
17
17
111
10
12
60
Politicians pass "one-time" 1986 mass amnesty ✅
Politicians pass huge 1990 immigration increase ✅
Politicians ignore Barbara Jordan in 1996 ✅
Politicians ignore voters after 9/11 ✅
Politicians ignore Trump 2016 win on immigration ✅
...
We'll see what happens next!
For the first time in nearly two decades, a majority of Americans think immigration to the U.S. should be decreased.
28
160
441
3
22
59
The “asks” here are:
- work permits because that’s what their big donors want
- housing vouchers because that makes their big real estate donors rich
- federal taxpayer money so New York doesn’t have to change any policies or make any hard choices
Send them twice as many 🚌🚌🚌
3
31
58
At
@CIS_org
policy chief
@JessicaV_CIS
is pushing [
@DHSgov
] to suspend the planned expansion of other work visas during the virus crisis. "Increasing the number of guestworkers at this time would only add to the economic distress caused by the pandemic & public response to it."
Washington is calling for an end to a program that encouraged corporations to hire immigrants, as layoffs surge during this crisis.
“Government leaders should ... hit the ‘reset button’ and ensure that American workers get the first crack at jobs."
9
45
85
3
27
45