In\na free society, consumers vote on marketplace options with their earnings. And\nthey tend to patronize businesses that support their values. Accordingly, the\nbulk of corporate America generally tends to want the same thing as everyday\nAmericans: peace, stability, prosperity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But\ncorporations exist to make money and when tempted by easy profits, their\ninterests may diverge from those of society as a whole. One place where this\nhappens is on the issue of migrant labor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labor\nis usually the biggest cost to any company. If you cut labor costs, you\nincrease profits, making both stockholders and creditors happy. So, American\ncompanies love anyone who is willing to perform competent work for entry-level\nwages. The easiest way to recruit low-cost workers is through immigration\nprograms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nprimary\ninterest<\/a> of foreign workers is getting to, and remaining in, the\nUnited States. If an Indian or Chinese tech worker can get an H-1B visa, he\/she\nhas a pathway to a green card and U.S. citizenship. Substandard wages are a\nsmall price to pay for that opportunity, so most foreign workers will gladly\naccept jobs at the low end of the pay-scale. It\u2019s simply the price of admission\nto the U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nis a dangerous mix. It leaves American workers sandwiched between two powerful\nlobbies, both driven by the desire for a return on their investments: U.S.\ncompanies addicted to cheap foreign labor and foreign workers eager to access\nthe largest, most stable economy in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So,\nwho\u2019s watching out for the American\u2019s who want to make our nation great by\ndriving its economy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nworking class thought its champion was President\nDonald J. Trump<\/a>. And it had reason to believe the president. As the Washington\nExaminer<\/a><\/em> put it, Mr. Trump tapped \u201cinto the idea of the\nforgotten man: working-class Americans who felt ignored by their political\nleaders and left behind by globalism.\u201d And he backed his words up with actions:\nrenegotiating bad trade deals, discouraging companies from shipping jobs\noverseas and firing up the American economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But\nis Mr. Trump still the one billionaire industrialist who\u2019s holds the interests\nof those who work for a living firmly in mind? Maybe not. In his 2019 State\nof the Union<\/a> address, he called for the admission of legal\nimmigrants to the United States \u201cin the largest numbers ever.\u201d And during his speech<\/a>\nto the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., he stated,\n“We need an immigration policy that\u2019s going to be great for our\ncorporations.\u201d He also expressed his\nview<\/a> that \u201cwe need workers to come in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only\ntime will tell if the president who convinced American workers that he could\nmake their country a great industrial power again has abandoned them and jumped\non the globalist band wagon. But one thing is certain, if he begins to champion\nforeign\nworkers<\/a> over the Americans, Mr. Trump will lose all credibility with\nthe voters who put him in office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a free society, consumers vote on marketplace options with their earnings. And they tend to patronize businesses that support their values. Accordingly, the bulk of corporate America generally tends to want the same thing as everyday Americans: peace, stability, prosperity. But corporations exist to make money and when tempted by easy profits, their interests<\/p>\n