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

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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

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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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Trump expected to broaden foreign worker bans

Leave a Comment / Migrant Workers / By max cyril

The president has already barred many foreign workers during the coronavirus pandemic, but he is facing pressure from conservatives to go further. President Donald Trump is expected to extend and expand restrictions on foreign workers coming into the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, aiming to appease a frustrated political base as Americans try to …

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‘This is my home’: Undocumented students, educators await a DACA decision

Leave a Comment / Immigration Reform / By max cyril

Hundreds of thousands of undocumented students across the country live with the fear that they could face deportation and an end to their plans for higher education. The Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has provided work authorization and deportation protections for undocumented people who were illegally brought to the United States as …

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After Largest Workplace Raid in a Decade, Immigrant Workers Are Organizing

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On August 7 the poultry towns of central Mississippi suffered the largest workplace raid in the U.S. since 2006. Some 680 chicken-processing workers from seven factories were detained and incarcerated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Ten percent of the population in Morton, Mississippi, was either incarcerated or fired. Parents were detained the same day …

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After letter from former undocumented employees, Trump feigns ignorance

Leave a Comment / Undocumented Employees / By max cyril

Amid the ongoing immigration crisis in the U.S., President Donald Trump claimed this week that he “didn’t know” that his own properties had hired numerous undocumented migrants as long-time employees. Asked specifically about undocumented employees at Trump’s numerous golf clubs, Trump pleaded ignorance to The New York Times on Friday. “I don’t know because I don’t run …

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On May Day, Working People Across Borders Are United to Build Power

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Throughout North America and globally, May 1 is a day to remember and respect workers’ rights as human rights. As working people take to the streets in communities around the world, a quieter but equally important movement of workers on both sides of the United States–Mexico border has been growing. Whatever language we speak and …

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Migrant Women Bring Voices to Capital

Leave a Comment / Migrant Workers / By max cyril

Adareli Ponce is a typical working woman in America, but her work experience is not typically “American.” Even though the products of the labor of women like her are everywhere, her story is invisible to many. As the main provider for her family back in Hidalgo, Mexico, the 31-year-old has spent years slogging away in U.S. …

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AFL-CIO Backs Amended Senate Immigration Bill, But Road to Citizenship Must Not Be Further Compromised