Charles Frantes
April 25th, 2024
Here is some good news for US businesses seeking to hire workers at a time of unprecedented workforce shortages. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Biden Administration is currently considering administrative ac
February 8th, 2024
The Border security and Ukraine and Israel aid bill that was drafted by Sens. James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona), and Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) failed to advance in its current form on a vote of 49-50...
November 22nd, 2023
Immigration experts and business leaders discussed faults of the outdated US immigration system and urged lawmakers to pass bipartisan legislative solutions during a recent gathering at Rice University
September 28th, 2023
The passage of FL state SB 1718 has cast a shadow over the state's economy and has had consequences not only for local businesses and residents, but also for Governor Ron DeSantis's political standing in Florida’s Republican...
July 20th, 2023
The strong bipartisan effort of lawmakers on the bill provides hope that Congress will take a sensible first step towards fixing the broken immigration system that has lacked solutions for decades due to uncompromising...
May 11th, 2023
Border chaos associated with Title 42 ending Thursday is the result of lawmakers failing to pass bipartisan immigration reform for decades. The only people who benefit from the chaos at the border are politicians making...
February 9th, 2023
Republicans have long campaigned on promises to improve border security.
January 5th, 2023
2022 concludes another year of little to no meaningful immigration reforms while the urgency and need for them increased.
December 1st, 2022
A recent episode of the Rational Middle of Immigration Podcast discussed the need for solutions to manage flows of migration at the southern border and the use of Title 42 by the Biden Administration to "kick the can down...
October 27th, 2022
US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said Tuesday that immigration reform that will increase the number of workers in the US is needed to prevent an economic catastrophe bigger than a recession or inflation.
March 21st, 2024
Business leaders, immigration experts, and elected officials gathered at a recent event hosted by Amegy Bank and the Texas Association of Business in Houston, Texas, to discuss data that proves the significant po
January 11th, 2024
The detailed interview examined several topics related to the border including factors that push and pull migrants to the U.S., the recently passed border bill Texas Senate Bill 4 (TX SB4), and the need for bipartisan asylum...
October 12th, 2023
Experts on immigration policy discussed the US inflationary workforce shortage crisis and its impact on the economy and businesses nationwide on a recent
September 14th, 2023
The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on "Unlocking America's Potential: How Immigration Fuels Economic Growth and Our Competitive Advantage"
July 13th, 2023
Following the recent passage of a Florida law that has led to an exodus of migrant workers from the state, Republican candidate for president and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez discussed problems associated with workforce...
March 16th, 2023
A recent town hall discussion in Houston highlighted how a lack of needed immigration reforms is resulting in a humanitarian
January 26th, 2023
A recent episode of the Rational Middle of Immigration podcast highlighted the need for sensible immigration reforms in the US and examined how the 118th Congress will handle immigration. Speakers Charles Foster, Houston-...
December 29th, 2022
A recent episode of the Rational Middle of Immigration podcast examined common misconceptions about immigration in the US. Show host Melissa Brannan and author and Cornell Professor Glenn Altschuler discuss facts and points...
November 3rd, 2022
A recent poll found 73% of voters in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin support creating a method for unauthorized immigrants to earn legal status and eventually citizenship if they meet certain...
August 5th, 2022
Immigration policy experts highlighted challenges associated with the US immigration system and called on lawmakers to pass needed legislative solutions including ID and Tax at a recent event hosted by the Center for Houston...