Archive for August, 2014

Our Broken Immigration Program Stems From a Broken Trade Policy

Our Broken Immigration Program Stems From a Broken Trade Policy

The flood of refugees into the United States is not only a sign of a failed immigration policy, but of a trade policy that ignores the underlying reason for this humanitarian crisis.

Robert Zoellick, who served as president of the World Bank, U.S. trade representative and deputy secretary of state, recently wrote an Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal in which he maintained that if President Obama had been paying closer attention to Central America, he could have stemmed the tide ...

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America’s Corrupted H-1B Visa Program Is Killing American Jobs

America’s Corrupted H-1B Visa Program Is Killing American Jobs

There was a time when I was a big proponent of the H-1B visa program, which is a temporary non-immigrant employment visa for highly educated foreign professionals in “specialty occupations” that require at least a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent. The visa lasts for three years with the option to renew for an additional three years for a total of six years. H-1B visa holders can be sponsored for permanent visas by their employers.

This visa program, when initially created, helped ...

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Made in America Panel Proposes that Americans Have Stopped Believing in the False Promises Being Made by Obama

Made in America Panel Proposes that Americans Have Stopped Believing in the False Promises Being Made by Obama

Host Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 48 stations) by completely disagreeing with the Obama administration’s assertions that the economy is improving and unemployment is declining.

“All I hear from other manufacturers is doom and gloom about their prospects. In particular the sluggish environment for exports.  If exports fall, the economy and job prospects can’t grow,” noted Neal.

Returning to Made in America as a guest was Peter Morici, an American ...

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