But because her helper is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, both women increasingly fear that she’ll be detained and deported. (I’m withholding their names for that reason.) ...
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How the immigration debate hits a restaurant kitchen
But right now, you can hear the most important conversations if you walk past the tables out front and into my kitchens. There — amid the din of knives chopping, plates clattering and chefs calling out a staccato stream ...
Without immigration progress, America loses big
DACA employees boost our economy. According to the Center for American Progress, 91% are employed and 75% of America's biggest companies count a DACA recipient among their employees. If the program ends, almost 700,000 w ...
Who Gets to Live in Fremont, Nebraska?
A few dozen Fremont residents were crowded into a library meeting room to discuss the Costco chicken plant, a $300 million facility that broke ground this summer and will, starting in 2019, slaughter and ship nearly 400, ...
Undocumented Workers Are The Backbone Of Dairies. Will Trump Change That?
On a recent summer evening, dozens of farmers, public officials, dairy workers and rural residents took their seats in the lofty pole barn of Ripp’s Dairy Valley farm to talk about the health of Wisconsin’s dairy industr ...
Trump says banning immigrants helps US workers. A leading economist says he’s wrong.
"It's frightening to see such large policies being contemplated on such flimsy data." ...
History Suggests Trump Immigration Plan Won’t Boost US Worker Wages
A White House adviser appealed to common sense, but a recent study indicates it won’t work. ...
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