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Foreign Farm Workers Already Face Abusive Conditions. Now Trump Wants to Cut Their Wages.

Pedro, a laborer from Chiapas, Mexico, worked 13 hours a day picking blueberries on a farm in Clinton, North Carolina. He had no time off, except when it rained. “We had no Sundays,” Pedro (a pseudonym to protect his identity after he breached his visa agreement) says in Spanish. Working from May to June under …

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Coronavirus has upended many lives, but immigrant journalists on visas face a grim reality

For Trey Taylor, moving to New York City was nothing short of a dream come true. The Canadian citizen had worked tirelessly for about two years to secure a work visa that allowed him to work freely within the country. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, the young journalist was unceremoniously terminated from his position …

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Business groups fear Trump’s extended curb on foreign workers will backfire

Business, trade and free market groups say the restrictions will stymie job creation, decrease competitiveness, and perhaps slow economic recovery. Business leaders fear that President Donald Trump’s extension of restrictions on foreign worker visas could backfire on the limping economy. Business, trade and free market groups contend the restrictions — which took effect Wednesday — will …

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Trump expected to extend limits on foreign workers

The executive order, blocking most people from getting permanent residency, will stretch restrictions through the end of the year. President Donald Trump is expected to extend through the end of the year foreign-worker restrictions that were initially enacted in April because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Trump will expand on …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.