The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a nonpartisan nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. Per FAIR’s website, “And without the policies and legal processes that keep our [national] sovereignty as originally imagined, we risk losing it all to those who embrace an agenda of mass uncontrolled immigration, sanctuary cities and cheap labor.” MHProNews reached out to FAIR as part of a follow up to the popular recent report, linked here. After providing replies to a series of questions from MHProNews, including some back-and-forth email follow ups, FAIR Press Secretary Ron Kovach said that the way this writer for MHProNews parents came to America – applying, getting a sponsor and doing it all according to immigration law – is: “The way that everyone should do it!” Site and email data from our report last week reflects significant interest in the topic, which led to this follow-up report and the Q&A below with FAIR’s Kovach. FAIR’s literature says that they do not endorse candidates, stressing their principles-based advocacy is not partisan-politics driven.
Immigration has long been a hot-button issue in American politics. Democratic party politics arguably took a pivot on this issue in recent years for more ‘open borders,’ while Republican politicos have largely taken a more pro-immigration control stance since the Trump era of the Grand Old Party (GOP or Republican Party). But to be accurate, there are members of both major parties that have donors who think they benefit from open borders and cheap labor coming into the U.S.A., legally or not. With Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. visiting the U.S. Mexican border in Yuma, AZ recently and decrying the problems that arise from open borders, this may well become a hotter topic for both major parties. For more background, see the report linked here and further below.
- Part I of today’s report will be the Q&A with FAIR’s Press Secretary Ron Kovach, which aimed to shed more light on the issues raised in the report with analysis above.
- Part II will be additional information with MHProNews analysis and commentary in brief.
- Part III is our Daily Business News on MHProNews macro- and manufactured housing connected markets report.
Part I
In what follows a “gotaway” or “got away” is defined by federal officials as: “an unlawful border crosser who- (A) is directly or indirectly observed making an unlawful entry into the United States; (B) is not apprehended; and. (C) is not a turn back.” CBP is an abbreviation for “Customs and Border Protection.”
According to their website, “Ron Kovach joined FAIR in July 2022, bringing with him an array of Capitol Hill and campaign communications experience.”
MHProNews to FAIR’s Press Secretary Ron Kovach #1) It seems obvious that an under-reported aspect of the border/illegal immigration crisis is the impact it has on the affordable housing crisis. Can you provide some details there? What percentage of those border crossers are living in hotels (as in New York City), in tents in camps, and what percentage are essentially competing with citizens and legal immigrants for housing?
FAIR’s Ron Kovach’s reply:
2) Do you have an updated estimate on how many have crossed since Joe Biden moved into the White House?
FAIR’s Ron Kovach’s reply:
3) In our view, another under-reported aspect of the immigration crisis is the corrosive impact it has on wages of U.S. employees. Do you have data on that, please?
FAIR’s Ron Kovach’s reply:
Here is a figure to explain:
4) Is there any data on how many jobs these illegals have taken, given that unemployment remains low and there are still some 10.1 million open jobs?
FAIR’s Ron Kovach’s reply:
Part II – Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary in Brief
According to CNS News the “Cost of Shelter Largest Contributor to Inflation in May” of 2023.
– Shelter cost up 8.0% YoY, accounting for 60% of CPI increase in May
– Transportation services cost up 10.2% YoY; Used car and truck prices up 4.1% MoM, down 4.2% YoY
– May CPI rose 4.0% YoY, mainly influenced by increase in shelter and used vehicle costs, as well as food prices.
Left-leaning Politico said on May 12, 2023 that “Joe Biden is getting pummeled on immigration — from both sides of the political spectrum.”
Left-leaning Axios said that “America turns against immigration” noting that “Nearly 2/3 of the dissatisfied want less immigration.” That same source noted that: “the share of Independents and Democrats wanting less immigration has spiked in recent years…”
On 6.13.2023, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) had no results for a site search of the topic of immigration on their website. MHI claims to represent “all segments” of the manufactured home industry. What about employees or would be consumers? Does MHI claim to represent them too? If not, why not? If so, then why doesn’t MHI take a strong and steady principled stance for law enforcement, which a well-known attorney and MHI ally says are keys to a prosperous republic?
Immigration is an issue that has partisan implications but is best understood as a nonpartisan issue.
According to World Population Review in 2023: there are about 128,579,000 households in the U.S.A. Doing the math using FAIR’s annual cost for immigration, the cost per U.S. household is about $1167. The left-leaning Pew Research Center said on September 8, 2022 that: “As the number of people apprehended for illegally crossing the southern border has reached record annual levels, about three-quarters of Americans (73%) say increasing security along the U.S.-Mexico border to reduce illegal crossings should be a very (44%) or somewhat (29%) important goal of U.S. immigration policy.”
So, nonpartisan FAIR’s stance is in line with what Pew’s research reveals.
Per a FAIR post in March 2023 are the following bullets.
- In 2017, the estimated net cost of illegal migration was approximately $116 billion. In just 5 years, the cost to Americans has increased by nearly $35 billion.
- Each illegal alien or U.S.-born child of illegal aliens costs the U.S. $8,776 annually.
- Evidence shows that tax payments by illegal aliens cover only around a sixth of the costs they create at all levels in this country.
- A large percentage of illegal aliens who work in the underground economy frequently avoid paying any income tax at all.
- Many illegal aliens actually receive a net cash profit through refundable tax credit programs.
FAIR noted that there is a “lack of transparency” in government data on the immigration issue. In several ways, immigration are ‘rule of law’ issues. Simply enforcing E-Verify and other existing laws could steadily begin a process that causes illegal migrants to leave the U.S. and back toward their own or other countries. Enforcing E-Verify could also send the message that others should not bother coming, because they won’t be able to get a job. Those notions underscore points cited from the FAIR website at the top of this report and analysis. Increased crime, drug use, illnesses and other issues arise as a result of illegal immigration. Good laws ought to be enforced. To learn more, see the linked reports.
MHProNews Editor’s Notes: the report linked immediately above the Vexing Dozen didn’t hit that lofty peak, but it wasn’t far from it. Immigration is routinely a hot topic on the MHProNews website when presented, because it is an important issue for Americans in general, manufactured housing professionals and advocates included. So, if MHI actually cared about the industry’s true advancement instead of favoring talking points and posturing that fosters consolidation, they should begin to embrace a policy of transparency and balanced coverage on all issues that directly or indirectly touch manufactured housing. To learn more about the sobering realities of MHVille, the Vexing Dozen is a good place to start. Another is linked below. Each happen to include some of the hottest, and most recent reports that explain manufactured housing industry underperformance during an affordable housing crisis.
Part III. Daily Business News on MHProNews Markets and Headline News Segment
Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the evening of 6.16.2023
- Keep hiking
- Christopher Waller, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during the Center for Financial Stability Event in New York, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Waller broke with a report from regulators earlier this month and said he disagrees with the idea that stablecoins should only be issued by banks because it would limit payment-system innovation and competition.
- Just days after pausing rate hikes, Fed official calls for more increases
- Meta lowers the minimum age for its Quest headsets from 13 to 10
- A ransomware attack is hitting schools, businesses and government agencies. Here’s what you should know
- Just for fun, Toyota is developing an EV with a manual transmission
- LIV-PGA Tour deal probe urged by Rep. Maxine Waters and Sen. Sherrod Brown
- Reddit’s fight with its most powerful users enters new phase as blackout continues
- Janitors who lost jobs during WGA strike join picket line
- UPS Teamsters overwhelmingly authorize strike if no deal is reached by August 1
- Americans are feeling much better about inflation
- Forget retirement. These Baby Boomers are amassing huge social media followings
- European gas prices are soaring again. Full tanks should avert a new energy crisis
- Nexstar investigates after Michigan news station told to ‘get both sides’ of Pride event
- Anheuser-Busch is writing checks to distributors as Bud Light sales sink
- Forget about the AI apocalypse. The real dangers are already here
- Fox News finalizing settlement with former producer who accused network of coercion and rampant sexism
- ‘Nothing to hide’: AIIB will investigate claims of Chinese Communist Party control
- Why the Fed paused its rate hikes: It’s tired of playing a giant guessing game
- China’s Xi greets ‘old friend’ Bill Gates in first meeting with a US business magnate in years
- Micron invests another $600 million in China despite partial sales ban
- Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Audio and Spotify have ‘mutually agreed’ to part ways
- Lawmakers wrangle over measures to address pilot shortage
- Scrutiny of PGA Tour’s Saudi deal intensifies as Senate Finance Committee launches investigation
- Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial to be split up as attorneys challenge some counts
Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax 6.16.2023
- House GOP Group Proposes Raising Retirement Age to 69
- A conservative group of GOP lawmakers, the House Republican Study Committee, has unveiled a proposal to slash domestic spending, including raising the full retirement age to 69. “The RSC budget would implement common-sense policies to prevent the impending debt disaster, tame inflation, grow the economy, protect our national security, and defund Biden’s woke priorities,” said Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., chairman of the group’s Budget and Spending Task Force. [Full Story]
- Trump Federal Indictment
- Trump: DOJ Must Withdraw Indictment, Issue Apology
- Trump Wants Manhattan Trial Moved to Federal Court
- Trump Thanks Supporters Outside Miami Courthouse
- Francey Hakes: Trump Deserves Fair Trial, Will He Get It?
- Morris, Huckabee: Indictment Will Backfire | video
- Carlson: Fox Caved on ‘Wannabe Dictator’ Joe Chyron
- Fry: ‘How Do We Fix the FBI?’ | video
- Lara Trump: Fundraising Shows Ardor for Trump | video
- Trump Campaign Raises Over $7M Since Indictment
- Matthew Whitaker: Trump Will Assemble ‘Good Team’ | video
- Meuser: Hillary’s Docs Scandal ‘Much Worse’ | video
- Wash Post: Trump Told Lawyers No to Making Deal | video
- Newsmax TV
- Ric Grenell: Media Lax on Biden Bribery Claims
- Byron Donalds to Newsmax: D.C. Experience ‘Key’ for Trump Support | video
- Schmitt: Fauci Continuously Proven a ‘Total Fraud’ | video
- Noem: Americans Discouraged by DOJ Bias | video
- Miller-Meeks: Demote China Within WHO | video
- Nunes: House Will Renew Schiff Censure Effort | video
- Ben Carson Equates Gender Change, ‘Child Abuse’ | video
- Strickland, Romero: Spreading Jesus at Dodgers Protests | video
- Newsfront
- Pride Backlash: Companies Lose $28B Market Value
- The financial toll of the Pride backlash by conservatives against Anheuser-Busch, Kohl’s, and Target has resulted in a collective $28.7 billion loss in market value since the beginning of April, according to Axios… [Full Story]
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- China is being accused of employing hackers to exploit flaws in email [Full Story]
- Ernst Has Plan to Stop IRS ‘Playing SWAT’
- The “weaponization of government” has become shorthand among [Full Story] | Platinum Article
- Former Trump Lawyer Quits CNN Defamation Suit
- Jim Trusty, the attorney who one week ago withdrew from Donald [Full Story] | video
- Explosions in Kyiv as African Leaders Visit Ukraine
- At least two explosions rocked Kyiv on Friday and air raid sirens [Full Story]
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- Energy Dept Got Two Ransom Requests in Data Breach
- The U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the [Full Story]
- China vs US to Moon as Space Race Heats Up
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- ‘Pentagon Papers’ Whistleblower Ellsberg Dead at 92
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- S&P Ends Lower as Microsoft Tapers From Record High
- The S&P 500 ended lower Friday, with Microsoft dipping, as comments [Full Story]
- Cruz: ‘Force’ Biden to Reveal Source of Income
- Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Friday called on the House to “force” [Full Story]
- ‘Wannabe Dictator’ Gets Fox News Producer Ousted
- A longtime producer for Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News after he [Full Story]
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- Hunter Biden to Reveal Finances in Child Support Case
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- Stefanik: Dems Out to ‘Cheat and Steal’ ’24 NY Election
- House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Friday [Full Story]
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- Biden Wanted to Talk to Xi After Balloon Shot Down
- President Joe Biden wanted to talk to Chinese President Xi Jinping [Full Story]
- C. Abortion Providers Challenge New Restrictions in Federal Court
- Abortion providers in North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Friday [Full Story]
- Biden to Appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen as CDC Chief
- President Joe Biden will appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen as chief of the [Full Story]
- No Second Deposition of Dimon in Epstein Case: Judge
- Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, will not have to [Full Story]
- UPS Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
- United Parcel Service (UPS) union employees have voted overwhelmingly [Full Story]
- Iowa Court Fails to Uphold Abortion Restriction
- Abortion will remain legal in Iowa after the state’s high court [Full Story]
- Trump: DOJ Must Withdraw Indictment, Issue Apology
- Former President Donald Trump says the Department of Justice must [Full Story]
- Former Ambassador: Biden’s Rebuff of Netanyahu ‘Insanity’
- David Friedman, former U.S.ambassador to Israel, said [Full Story]
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- The NBA and the Miami Heat are investigating an allegation that [Full Story]
- EU Targets Social Networks Over Antisemitic Content
- According to the European Union Digital Services Act, large media [Full Story]
- Biden Snaps at Reporter Over ‘Big Guy’ Question
- President Joe Biden snapped at a reporter Thursday who asked why he [Full Story]
- CNN Owner Sponsoring Drag Queen Story Hour for Kids
- Warner Bros. Discovery, owner of CNN, will sponsor an LGBTQ+ film [Full Story]
- Russian Ransomware Group Breached Federal Agencies
- The Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were [Full Story]
- US Guided-Missile Submarine Arrives in SKorea
- The United States deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of [Full Story]
- These Hilarious Homemade Swimming Pools Are All You Need for a Laugh
- Finance
- Soaring Stock Rally Drives Bullish Options Trades
- Fear of missing out on the recent stock market rally is driving traders in the U.S. equity options market to lap up bullish derivative contracts at a hectic pace, further fueling gains for stocks, analysts said Friday…. [Full Story]
- Facebook, Instagram Down for Thousands of Users
- Twitter to Focus on Video, Commerce in Business Revamp
- Lauren Fix, The Car Coach: Timing is Key to Score the BEST Deal When Buying a Car
- Pride Backlash: Combined $28B Market Value Loss by 3 Companies
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- It’s going to be a long, hot sticky summer and with the wet weather predicted, more mosquitoes will be out for blood. But it’s not your sweet blood that attracts the bothersome insects, it’s your sweat and smell. Everything from your body odor to what you eat and drink can…… [Full Story]
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2022 was a tough year for many stocks. Unfortunately, that pattern held true for manufactured home industry (MHVille) connected stocks too. See the facts, linked above.
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- NOTE 1: The 3rd chart above of manufactured housing connected equities includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry finance lender.
- NOTE 2: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
- NOTE 3: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm. Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.
- Note 4: some recent or related reports to the REITs, stocks, and other equities named above follow in the reports linked below.
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2023 …Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory-built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
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Disclosure. MHProNews holds no positions in the stocks in this report.
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- Note 1: MHVille means manufactured housing industry, MHVille also means artificially smaller manufactured housing (MH) industry,
- Note 2: Manufactured housing, production, factories, retail, dealers, manufactured home, communities, passive mobile home park investing, suppliers, brokers, finance, financial services, macro-markets, manufactured housing stocks, Manufactured Home Communities Real Estate Investment Trusts, MHC REITs.
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By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews.
Tony earned a journalism scholarship along with numerous awards in history. There have been several awards, honors and numerous public recognition for his achievements in manufactured housing. For example, he earned the prestigious Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. Kovach is a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to MHProNews, and MHLivingNews.com, which is ranked as the runaway most read trade media in modern manufactured housing history. This article reflects the LLC’s and/or the writer’s editorial views and may or may not reflect the views of sponsors or supporters.
