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The Economist: If America is overrun by low-skilled migrants…
NEAR the massive packing warehouse at the headquarters of Limoneira, one of America’s largest lemon producers, sits a row of small white clapboard houses with neat front lawns and American flags flapping over their doorways. The homes are rented to farm workers at 55% below the market rate in Santa… Read More
Hartford Courant (CT): Study Shows Immigrant Labor Essential For The Night Shift
When the workday ends, Martha Duque’s begins, cleaning the second and third floors of the New Britain courthouse from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Monday through Friday. She is one of nearly 5.5 million immigrants who work between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. or on weekends, according to a study… Read More
Albany Times Union (NY): ICE raids, rhetoric make America view farm workers ‘as criminals again’
Recent crackdowns by federal immigration agents have made communities more hostile towards minority farm workers, according to a new report. Farm owners, meanwhile, fear they’ll soon be unable to fill labor-intensive farming jobs that Americans no longer want. The report, from two Cornell University agriculture and labor experts, draws on surveys with New York… Read More
Hartford Business (CT): Visa delay adds uncertainty for CT immigrant- entrepreneurs
Getting a work visa in the United States can be difficult, and the federal government this month put up another roadblock for hopeful immigrants. The so-called International Entrepreneurs program, created under an executive order from former President Barack Obama, is now postponed until next March. An estimated 3,000 immigrant-entrepreneurs —… Read More
Bloomberg BNA: Need Employees for Unusual Hours? Seek Foreign-Born Workers
There are jobs in nearly every industry that require employees to work odd hours, and immigrants are increasingly more likely to fill these openings, research finds. Documented immigrants are willing to take these shifts and are an untapped pool to recruit for jobs that employers are likely having trouble filling… Read More
Immigration may be the biggest – and least expected – legislative victory this year
President Trump caused some head scratching when he told a plane full of journalists en route to France that “what I’d like to do is a comprehensive immigration plan.” But as the Russia investigations drag on, the prospects for health care reform are on hold,… Read More
The Washington Post: ‘They said I was going to work like a donkey. I was grateful.’
Like many immigrants, money drew Kazi Mannan to the United States. Making enough to support his father and nine siblings in Pakistan meant not only doing the jobs many Americans shun, but also working the hours many Americans won’t. So the day after he arrived in Washington in 1996, Mannan… Read More
CNBC: Tensions rising in Silicon Valley over Trump’s immigration crackdown
Tension over immigration reform is rising in Silicon Valley. The Supreme Court agreed Monday to let President Donald Trump’s immigration travel ban go into effect for some travelers, reversing the actions of lower federal courts that put the controversial policy on hold. The court agreed to hear the case involving travelers from… Read More
New York Times: One Ohio Town’s Immigration Clash, Down in the Actual Muck
Migrant workers arrive here every spring to work in the “muck,” which is what everybody calls the fertile soil that makes this part of Ohio the perfect place to grow radishes, peppers, cucumbers and leafy greens. The temporary workers can be seen planting, weeding and,… Read More
Growing Produce: Opinion: Give Tech Companies the Expertise They Lack
While I was eating lunch during United Fresh 2017 in Chicago, a venture capitalist for precision ag sat down next to me. He told me he and his firm are seeking specialty crop technology firms to invest in, but he’s running into a problem. Not many startups understand real-world growing. Read More
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