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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Aug 15, 2011
In 2009, Alba and Eugenio were making almost twice the federal minimum wage, plus benefits, cleaning a skyscraper for a national janitorial company. With two toddlers, the Mexican couple enjoyed relative prosperity in a tidy one-bedroom duplex in a working-class neighborhood here.
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In August 2001, Governor Rick Perry stopped by Edinburg, Texas, to deliver a speech before a gathering of Mexican and United States officials on issue related to the border. Emphasizing the cultural and economic connections between the two nations, Perry called for easing of restrictions on border traffic to...
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Aug 8, 2011
The fight in Congress over comprehensive immigration reform sometimes feels intractable. Democrats are nominally for big changes. Yet in 2009-10, when Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, sweeping changes didn't advance for reasons that still aren't fully clear.
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Aug 5, 2011
"Don't confuse me with the facts" should be carved on the walls of office buildings where congressmen and senators work. Politicians are fond of symbols, because they communicate with voters instantly. Gray areas and nuances that more correctly describe America don't pack the same wallop.
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Education and immigration reform dominated Tuesday's meeting of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness on ways to boost the nation's struggling economy. The council met at cloud-services provider VM Ware's headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., to solicit ideas on how to jump-start the economy and create more jobs.
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Here's a question: how many border agents does it take to the protect the border?
The real-life answer is that we'll never find out because apparently, a significant number of them have been known to fall asleep on the job.
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