Recent crackdowns by federal immigration agents have made communities more hostile towards minority farm workers, according to a new report. Farm owners, meanwhile, fear they’ll soon be unable to fill labor-intensive farming…
March 15, 2022
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July 25, 2017
Albany Times Union (NY): ICE raids, rhetoric make America view farm workers ‘as criminals again’
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July 24, 2017
Hartford Business (CT): Visa delay adds uncertainty for CT immigrant- entrepreneurs
Getting a work visa in the United States can be difficult, and the federal government this month put up another roadblock for hopeful immigrants.
The so-called International Entrepreneurs program, created…
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July 24, 2017
Bloomberg BNA: Need Employees for Unusual Hours? Seek Foreign-Born Workers
There are jobs in nearly every industry that require employees to work odd hours, and immigrants are increasingly more likely to fill these openings, research finds.
Documented immigrants are willing…
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July 18, 2017
Immigration may be the biggest – and least expected – legislative victory this year
President Trump caused some head scratching when he told a plane full of journalists en route to France that “what I’d like to do is…
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July 11, 2017
The Washington Post: ‘They said I was going to work like a donkey. I was grateful.’
Like many immigrants, money drew Kazi Mannan to the United States. Making enough to support his father and nine siblings in Pakistan meant not only doing the jobs many Americans…
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