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Legal Immigration Declines under President Trump

Tuesday’s New York Times front page includes an article titled “Immigration By Legal Path Begins to Fall” showing how President Trump’s efforts to reduce the foreign influx into America has begun to turn the tide.

We know already that Trump’s Remain in Mexico deal has severely chilled the asylum fraud since fewer than one percent […]

Tucker Carlson Interviews Author of New Book about Koch Brothers’ Political Influence

Is it reasonable to think that the principles of engineering and global economics alone are an adequate basis for running a complex modern nation, particularly this one? Apparently the Koch Brothers have such a philosophy and their millions of dollars in political donations to Republican candidates have shaped the party’s behavior for years.

Unfortunately, the […]

Chain Migration in Action: One Indian Brings 90+ Family Members

Indian immigrant engineer Jagdish Patel really likes America, remarking recently, “I am so glad that I came to America . . . I brought everyone here.”

He certainly did — “more than 90” over the years since the 1970s according to the diversity-enthralled New York Times. (Apparently the precise number has become too large to […]

President Trump Approves of Continuing Big Immigration

It was disappointing, although not entirely surprising to read President Trump’s disinterest in limiting legal immigration, as remarked in a May 11 Economist interview and quoted by Mark Krikorian in National Review:

Do you want to curb legal immigration? Oh sure, you know, I want to stop illegal immigration.

And what about legal immigration? Do […]

America’s Senator Jeff Sessions Illustrates Next Decade’s Millions Admitted from Legal Immigration

Congress is back in Washington today after a two-week recess, and Senator Sessions hasn’t wasted any time in getting back to work. His office posted an informational press release with an illustration showing the coming decade’s gross number of legal immigrants compared with the combined populations of seven American cities:

Does America need 10 […]

UBR-1 Robot Is Designed to Work Alongside Humans

Don’t worry, little human, robot designers are concerned with making the working environment comfy regarding the machine-people interface. That’s the message from the producers of the UBR-1 robot, the latest in smart machines that can work in manufacturing or other assorted tasks.

We’ve heard this mendacity before, that advanced mechanization is being brought in to […]

Tablets Replace Waiters in Restaurants: Another Reason America Doesn’t Need More Immigrants

Americans should look around and take stock of all the places where a smart machine is performing a task formerly done by a human: ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines), ticket kiosks in airports and self-checkout in grocery stores. Plus there are other examples that exist out of the public eye, including automated warehouses, robots for harvesting […]