Author: Gabrielle Clark, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Law, California State University, Los Angeles

President Carter had to balance employers’ demands for foreign workers with pressure to restrict immigration – and so does Trump

Gabrielle Clark, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Law, California State University, Los AngelesLeave a Comment on President Carter had to balance employers’ demands for foreign workers with pressure to restrict immigration – and so does Trump

President Donald Trump promised during his three presidential campaigns to deport as many immigrants living in the U.S. without legal authorization as possible. His second administration got underway less than one month after former President Jimmy Carter died in December 2024. This sequence of events brings to mind, for me – a public law scholar […]

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What’s an H-1B visa? A brief history of the controversial program for skilled foreign workers

Gabrielle Clark, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Law, California State University, Los AngelesLeave a Comment on What’s an H-1B visa? A brief history of the controversial program for skilled foreign workers

Republicans are feuding over how many people can obtain H-1B visas, permits that allow foreign professionals to legally work in the United States. Today an estimated 600,000 foreigners with H-1B visas have tech, academic, medical and other jobs. Two of President-elect Donald Trump’s most influential – yet informal – advisers, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, […]

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