At the height of the pandemic, then-President Donald Trump wisely paused certain guestworker admissions, citing widespread unemployment as a result of the economic impact of the…
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Biden Ends Guestworker Pause Despite Dire Economic Outlook
Mexico’s President Suggests Restarting Bracero-like Program
President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador – commonly referred to by his initials, AMLO – suggested creating a new guestworker program that would allow migrant…
Critical Proclamation Barring Foreign Guest Workers Is Set to Expire, Trump Must Extend
President Trump’s Proclamation 10052 (Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak) was issued on June 22…
2020 Cases Demonstrate How Guestworker Programs Are Abused
The big picture argument against the alphabet soup of guestworker programs (the H-1B, H-2B, H-2A, etc.) is that they are essentially a cheap labor subsidy to…
Brookings Institution Report Misleadingly Suggests GuestWorker EO Cost Corporations Billions
The Brookings Institution recently released a report titled “An Executive Order Worth $100 Billion; The Impact of an Immigration Ban’s Announcement on Fortune 500 firms Valuation,”…