On the economics of Immigration Reform reform now. And this could not be a more timely coming together and discussion. I cannot say whether it was on the front page or not, but the wall street journal ran aa major story on the thorny economics of ilLegal Immigration. That story says, few issues in the president ial campaign are more explosive than whether and how much to crackdown on ilLegal Immigration, which some in particular blame for americas economic woes. And so this is a timely issue not only because of the campaigns but because it has been a timely issue for too many years. As many of us struggle to bring about reform of our very broken immigration system, and we will hear about the economics of Immigration Reform. It is a timeless story. As Bruce Springsteen writes about the marriott throngs who have sought to make their home in this american land, he writes, the nichols, the southeast, the blacks, argentines, germans and jews came across the water thousand miles home with no
Reform. The American Jewish committee if used in houston this event, one hour 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good evening. I am very pleased to welcome you to this Evenings Program organized by the ajc belford institute for latino and latina American Affairs on the economics of Immigration Reform reform now. And this could not be a more timely coming together and discussion. I cannot say whether it was on the front page or not, but the wall street journal ran aa major story on the thorny economics of ilLegal Immigration. That story says, few issues in the president ial campaign are more explosive than whether and how much to crackdown on ilLegal Immigration, which some in particular blame for americas economic woes. And so this is a timely issue not only because of the campaigns but because it has been a timely issue for too many years. As many of us struggle to bring about reform of our very broken immigration system, and we will hear about the economics of Immigration Reform.
With the general an think taking place . I know whether its emerge or care, i helped start a Youth Leadership symposium in houston where im from and its still very, very difficult for us to get people engaged to sign up for these programs. So you can talk about putting these programs in the mosque or starting a sunday school class about it or putting ads in your local paper, but theres still a very, very large divide in having people in the Community Involved in this. What are suggestions practically speaking on apathy . Okay, ill go first. And thank you for sort of thank you for the question. Something that id eventually speak about when i was up there. One of the ideas we have tried to quote unyoet get the Community Involved and engaged is to get them to run for Political Office at the lowest level. There are thousand chairs in the city of houston. And about 10 of them are from our community. Our population is less than 1 or 2 approximately. Many times, its not that difficult to get
Of severance pay. It is actually built into the h1bhat created the specialty worker program. I,n miano, my coauthor and the timing ofk the book is very fortuitous. I think in some ways profit providential. At a time during an election cycle where these issues are finally coming to the four and where there is now a growing ever knowledge of this practice and the devastating impact that these policies are having on the best and brightest work a your coauthor is with the center for Immigration Studies as well. Mr. Miano, how does the h1b Guest Worker Program work . Guest well, the way it g works, actually, its a threestep process. Paris, the i employer first, the employer has to make out a labor condition application in which they certify theyre going toye be calling the socalled prevailing wage and that theyre not going to be violating certain rules. Unfortunately, this step is jusr a papershuffling exercise because once its submitted, the the president of labor is the department of labo
Fortunes and your money at managers and their p. R. And they are getting richer faster and faster and faster and everybody else is getting left behind. The well tasks, the 2 while t tax, god, i love that wealth tax. Im not willing to give up and let a handful of monopolists dominate our economy and our democracy. It is time to fight back. See when its time to fight back against the monopolists who dominate our economy sound familiar . Actually, thats not too far from my donald trump ran on in 2016 back before paul ryan and of the people got a hold of his economic program. This time around, all of the foreign plans to steal that message, the trump message. Warn claims she is the radical populace, she is the disruptor. Is she . Lets see. Emily is a woke liberal who often appears on television to talk about democratic politics. She is the daughter of two billionaires so you would think that emily would hate Elizabeth Warren. She doesnt. Instead, she demanded that you support Elizabeth War