Wiretapping of u. S. Citizens is iscussed by joshua geltz good morning, this is friday, february 2. Even though the house and senate are not in legislative session today, it could turn out to be a very significant day here in washington. As you have probably heard, the president is poised to possibly approve the release today of a classified memo that the republicans alleged shows improper surveillance of one of the president s armor campaign aides. President s former campaign aides. We want to get your thoughts on what is being called the release of the nunez memo. If you agree with the release of the house intelligence memo, call this number 202 7488000. If you disagree, 202 7488001 is your number to call. And you can also weigh in on social media. You can comment on twitter, or on facebook. We will start things off with billy house, the Congressional Correspondent bloomberg news. You this from the top, if could. Explain for our viewers what this memo is all about and why it has beco
Companies andon is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Us is alex with the cato institute. Policy immigration analyst. We wanted to do find this term that some people use, chain migration. We want to learn about what this program is about. We wanted to hear first from the president at the state of the union tuesday. He talked about chain migration. Final protectsnd the Nuclear Family by ending chain migration. Under the current row can system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. Plan, we focused on the immediate family by limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children. This vital reform is necessary not just for our economy but for our security and the future of america. In recent weeks, to terrorist attacks in new york made possible by the visa lottery and chain migration. In the age of terrorism, these programs present risks. We can no longer afford it. Its time to reform. These outdated immigration rules and fi
Birth of federal housing policy, which saw its precursors in cities like new york and chicago. So you could make a strong argument that immigration itself is what gave birth to our federal housing policy today. Our panel will be a little less historical, except for the last decade. Our panel is going to look at recent trends, especially in like of the recent housing boom and bust, which coincided with a Significant Movement of immigration. We are offering connections between immigration and real estate. Jacobrst speaker will be vigdor, from the university of washington. That is the other washington, the one with good coffee and a little more rain, although i think we probably rival you in humidity. In addition to his many journal publications, vigdor is the author of from an address to americans the rise and fall of fitting in. Next guest will be gary painter, who serves as a professor at the university of southern california, as well as a director of Public Policy at sol. His numerous
Hard questions about how to fix the fundamental drivers of immigration as long as they funded more enforcement agents and build higher senses. This broke down in the 1990s because they immigrants began to increase and dispersed throughout the country instead of concentrated in border states, people began to view the numbers that were emerging as more of a problem, especially after the 9 11 attacks, the equilibrium broke down when immigration control was seen as a National Security issue. So since the late 90s and since 9 11 we have seen an additional security measures put at the border and in the u. S. These enforcement measures, i argue, seem to have reached a Tipping Point where the number of unauthorized immigrants in the u. S. Today has been going down. The number peeked in 2007 at 12. 4 million. Theres been a 10 reduction, almost a million less. Its a little hard to assess exactly how important the enforcement measures are in driving that decrease because many of the most importan
Is that agricultural employers dont like it very much. Because it includes theyre required to pay temporary workers more than they would have to pay u. S. Workers because its designed to protect u. S. Workers. And so agricultural employers have found it cumbersome and inconvenient to use. And because we dont really enforce employer sanction laws theyve gone around it and hired a lot of unauthorized workers instead. The h2b visa is for lowskilled nonagriculture workers in temporary jobs. The reason i dont consider it a fix and employers are willing to use that because it offers less protections than h2a to workers. The reason its a limited fix is that its only limited to seasonal jobs. So if you want to hire a worker to work in your restaurant or your factory or, you know your Service Sector job as a janitor, none of those jobs are covered. It has to be a job that is timelimited and its limited to 65,000 visas a year. So it only covers it basically covers people in truly Seasonal Work l