Yesterday, Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15), Chairman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)'s immigration caucus, wrote a "Dear Colleague" letter to his fellow house members about the dangers of e-verify. He highlights that this mandate would cost Americans their jobs (770,000 of them) and crush small businesses.
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The current political conversation in Washington and the nation is all about jobs. Last week, President Obama unveiled his jobs plan, which experts have concluded would create 1.9 million jobs. Many have been waiting for a counter proposal from congressional Republicans. But it's already out there, sponsored by House...
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A leading Republican lawmaker has proposed creating a program to bring 500,000 foreign migrant farm workers to the United States each year, responding to an outcry this summer from American farmers who said shortages of legally authorized labor were imperiling their crops.
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Tonight, the President announces to the nation his much-awaited jobs plan. Many Republicans are already protesting; they think they have it all figured out. They're moving ahead with their very own jobs plan, crafted by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), in the form of a...
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Although the Obama administration favors the expanded use of the electronic E-Verify system to confirm the legal status of prospective employees, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said today that any expansion of E-Verify must be part of a larger immigration reform plan.
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A new report released today probes into the federal H-2A agricultural guest worker program designed to provide farmers and harvesters with a legal workforce, and discovers that the program has grown rife with abuse and is sorely lacking in legal protections for these guest workers.
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In honor of Labor Day yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis wrote this piece reminding readers that "immigration reform is an economic imperative." Immigrants have founded or co-founded 18% of the 2010 Fortune 500 companies, she writes, producing $1.7 trillion dollars in revenue and employing more than...
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Google, Goya, Yahoo, Intel and Levi Strauss. It's hard to imagine a day without these iconic and uniquely American brands. Most people don't know that all were founded or co-founded by immigrants.
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In rural Alabama lies Cullman County, recognized as the "state's top agricultural community." David Palmer of The Cullman Times interviewed two farmers who express concern over Alabama's new anti-immigration law, which is scheduled to take effect in three days on September 1st. Both farmers come to the same...
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Aug 25, 2011
Immigration reform not only makes moral and political sense, it makes economic sense. Passing comprehensive immigration reform would result in a $1.5 trillion increase in GDP over ten years and would keep the U.S. economy competitive.
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