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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As the economy continues to sputter, many policymakers are looking to entrepreneurs to create new jobs. And many foreign-born, highly skilled entrepreneurs want to come to the United States and stay here, but immigration laws and policies haven't made that easy.
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Aug 18, 2011
A farmer in Maine who is raising crops sustainably told Times columnist Mark Bittman, "If the cost of food reflected the cost of production, that would change everything." Instead, American produce is underpriced, in part because farmers and growers rely on illegal immigrant workers, who are paid little and...
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If you hire your mom to work for you, E-Verify her. That was the message Wednesday to the about 200 business owners who attended an information session on complying with the law that was signed this summer.
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Aug 16, 2011
A consortium of community advocates, political leaders and farmers launched a campaign this week called "Save America's Food and Economy," (SAFE) to protect farms and agriculture from the impact of H.R. 2164, otherwise known as the "Legal Workforce Act."
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Texas Governor Rick Perry announced on Saturday that he is running for president in 2012. Gov. Perry will undoubtedly run on his strong economic record in Texas. After all, 38% of all jobs created in the United States have been in Texas since the "recovery."
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