Welcome to a new season of award-winning Hill Country Authors Podcast, sponsored by Stoney Creek Publishing. In this podcast, Hill Country resident Tom Fox visits with authors who live in and write in and about the Texas Hill Country. Host Tom Fox welcomes author Loren Steffy about his new book, Reconstructing Immigration: How to Rebuild America’s Economic Advantage.
Loren Steffy is an award-winning journalist and longtime business reporter who has spent years examining immigration through an economic lens. He argues that immigration reform should be treated as a practical tool for meeting labor needs and strengthening U.S. growth, rather than only as a social or enforcement issue. Steffey believes immigrants are essential to the American economy because they fill critical jobs in industries like construction, housing, agriculture, and healthcare, while also contributing disproportionately to innovation and new business creation. In his view, the United States has “left money on the table” by failing to build a flexible, data-driven immigration system that attracts and integrates immigrants to support long-term prosperity.
Key Highlights
- Leaving Money on the Table Through Immigration
- Immigrants Filling Essential Jobs Across Labor Market
- Immigration Myths, Labor Shortages, and Economic Self-Interest
- Houston Crew Detention Worsens Housing Backlog
- Calibrating immigration to labor-market needs
Resources
Loren Steffy on LinkedIn
Stoney Creek Publishing website
Reconstructing Immigration click here
Podcast Cover Art
Tom Fox