Charles Foster
January 25th, 2024
Recent supplemental budget negotiations between the Biden Administration and US Senators have included bipartisan talks of reforming the asylum system to improve border security. Senators should update the asylum system in a...
November 26th, 2014
Originally published in the Houston Chronicle.President Barack Obama's Thursday night announcement constitutes historic, sweeping and necessary action to not only do what is the right and humanitarian thing for the...
March 29th, 2012
The criticism by Phyllis Schlafly of the H-1B visa classification in H-1B Visas Take American Jobs is misplaced and is never put in any context so that the reader can appreciate the significance of the H-1B visa...
May 1st, 2010
I wrote the following op-ed for the Houston Chronicle:The political and economic climate in our country is right for American leaders to fix our broken immigration system. Although they don't...
February 4th, 2010
Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it?Did you know his trial is over? Did you know he was sentenced? Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV or Radio?Didn't...
October 14th, 2009
Continues from Charles Foster's previous post: “Four Major Myths of Opponents to Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Part 2 Immigration Myth #3 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Means That We...
June 18th, 2009
One of the disturbing facts that makes it very difficult to have a rational discussion about the need for comprehensive immigration reform are a number of myths that are basic assumptions made by the opponents of...
January 19th, 2018
It was understood with the surprise election of Donald Trump that enforcement action against immigrants would increase, striking fear within our large undocumented population, the vast majority of whom have lived and worked...
February 8th, 2013
Co-written by Eduardo AguirreMitt Romney's defeat in the 2012 presidential election has been met by many Republicans as a challenge. If they hope to regain the White House, the party must address important...
May 27th, 2010
Another mass e-mailer entitled, "Let me see if I got this right....." has been sent out full of misinformation and misconstrued facts. Absolutely none of the email below makes any sense or is accurate. Zero. Zip. Are they...
April 7th, 2010
The following is a response I wrote regarding George Will's article stating kids of non-citizens have no right to U.S. citizenship:Dear Mr. Will:
October 20th, 2009
This is my response to the facebook comments left on my most recent blog post, Four Major Myths of Opponents to Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Part 3:Everyone wants to control illegal immigration. The only question is...
July 4th, 2009
…. Continues from Charles Foster's previous post: “Four Major Myths of Opponents to Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Part 1Immigration Myth #2:All Undocumented Workers Will First Go Back...