Vernon K. Krieble Foundation

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The Krieble Foundation's main policy focus is immigration reform for the United States. Specifically, they have proposed a "Red Card Solution" that allows for an uncapped guest worker program in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.krieble.org/policy|title = The Red Card Solution: Temporary Workers and Border Security|publisher = Vernon K. Krieble Foundation|accessdate = March 26, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://redcardsolution.com/|title = The Red Card Solution: The Cornerstone of Immigration Reform|accessdate = March 26, 2014}}

The Red Card Solution was endorsed by Republican presidential primary candidate Newt Gingrich in November 2011 in the run-up to the 2012 Republican presidential primaries.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/284049/gingrich-and-red-card-katrina-trinko|title = Gingrich and the Red Card. A proposed policy would let companies bring in foreign workers.|last = Trinko|first = Katrina|date = November 23, 2011|accessdate = March 26, 2014|magazine = National Review}} The proposal was applauded by some libertarian proponents of freer migration, such as Alex Nowrasteh,{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-nowrasteh/iowa-compact-a-way-forwar_b_1151105.html|title = Iowa Compact: A Way Forward on Immigration?|last = Nowrasteh|first = Alex|authorlink = Alex Nowrasteh|date = December 16, 2011|accessdate = March 26, 2014|work = Huffington Post}} and also by Jessica Zuckerman in an article for The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.{{cite web|url=http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/29/the-red-card-solution-a-different-approach-to-immigration-prosperity-and-security/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202015251/http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/29/the-red-card-solution-a-different-approach-to-immigration-prosperity-and-security/|url-status=unfit|archive-date=December 2, 2011|title = The Red Card Solution: A Different Approach to Immigration, Prosperity, and Security|last = Zuckerman|first = Jessica|date = November 29, 2011|accessdate = March 26, 2014|publisher = The Heritage Foundation}} However, it also met with opposition from groups on both sides of the political spectrum, including the generally pro-immigration Immigration Policy Center{{cite web|url = http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/newsroom/clip/gingrich-plan-immigration-hardly-humane|title = Gingrich plan on immigration hardly humane|publisher = Immigration Policy Center|date = December 2, 2011|accessdate = March 26, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130423164328/http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/newsroom/clip/gingrich-plan-immigration-hardly-humane|archive-date = April 23, 2013|url-status=dead|df = mdy-all}} and generally anti-immigration groups such as NumbersUSA{{cite web|url=https://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/november-23-2011/gingrich-shows-compassion-illegal-aliens-he-helped-stay-rooted-us.ht|title = Gingrich Shows 'Compassion' for Illegal Aliens He Helped Stay Rooted in U.S.|date = November 23, 2011|accessdate = March 26, 2014|last = Beck|first = Roy|authorlink = Roy Beck}} and the "low-immigration, pro-immigrant" Center for Immigration Studies.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/284007/red-card-fantasy-mark-krikorian|title = Red Card Fantasy|last = Krikorian|first = Mark|authorlink = Mark Krikorian (activist)|date = November 22, 2011|accessdate = March 26, 2014|publisher = The Corner, National Review}} Reihan Salam offered a mixed review on the National Review website, writing: "What should be clear is that the Red Card proposal represents a radical departure from the immigration status quo, for better or for worse. Kudos to Newt Gingrich for advancing a distinctive, unconventional proposal."{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/agenda/283929/newt-gingrich-and-krieble-foundation-plan-reihan-salam|title = Newt Gingrich and the Krieble Foundation Plan|last = Salam|first = Reihan|authorlink = Reihan Salam|date = November 22, 2011|accessdate = March 26, 2014|publisher = The Agenda, National Review}} Suzy Khimm reviewed the proposal for the Washington Post.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/post/a-closer-look-at-gingrichs-red-card-immigration-plan/2011/11/23/gIQA139coN_blog.html|title = A closer look at Gingrich's 'Red Card' immigration plan|last = Khimm|first = Suzy|newspaper = Washington Post|date = November 23, 2011|accessdate = March 26, 2014}}

Discussion of the Red Card Solution revived somewhat in 2013, with an article by Helen Krieble advocating it in The Guardian in February 2013,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/21/immigration-reform-guest-worker-permits|title = Guest worker permits should be at the heart of US immigration reform. Democrats and Republicans should agree on 'red card' worker permits as a compromise of ideals and means|last = Krieble|first = Helen| website=TheGuardian.com |date = February 21, 2013|accessdate = March 26, 2014}} and Ruben Navarrette endorsing it in April 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23114360/ruben-navarrette-red-card-solution-may-be-immigration|title = 'Red Card' solution may be the immigration answer|last = Navarrette|first = Ruben|authorlink = Ruben Navarrette|date = April 27, 2013|accessdate = March 26, 2014}}

The Krieble Foundation donated money to an anti-tax event in the United Kingdom organized by the UK's Taxpayers' Alliance.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/07/tea-party-london-low-tax|title = US Tea Party in London to spread low tax message. In an event organised by the Taxpayers' Alliance and sponsored by US lobbyists, the group will also promote small government|last = Inman|first = Philip|date = September 7, 2010|accessdate = March 26, 2014|newspaper = The Guardian}}

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• {{official website|https://krieblefoundation.org/}}
• [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/222538914 Vernon K. Krieble Foundation] at ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer

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