It’s Official! Legal Immigration Is A Bigger Problem Than Illegal Immigration!

By Joe Guzzardi

Earlier this year while traveling through Ohio, I met Marlena, a young Russian woman who entered the U.S. on a temporary H-2B visa to work as a summer waitress at a swanky Shaker Heights country club.

After a couple of years, and having maxed out on her allowable H-2B visa extensions, Marlena changed status to a M-1 student visa so that she could study English as a second language at a local community college.

In the meantime, Marlena found a better, full time job at a restaurant specializing in Eastern European cuisine.

She’s paid cash under the table. And the sympathetic patrons tip her well.

Marlena supplements her restaurant income with another cash job by providing home care for a well-to-do elderly woman. For her services, Marlena receives $1,500 monthly as well as free room and board plus the unlimited use of the bedridden woman’s car.

I estimate Marlena’s full compensation package has a net value at a minimum of $5,000 monthly.

During one of our conversations, Marlena told me that she had “no intention under any circumstancesâ€