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Forbes: Political Issues Take Center Stage At SXSW
Just a week after the election, 50 team members from the South By Southwest (SXSW) Programming Group gathered in Austin, Texas. Attendees included members from SXSW Interactive, SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Eco and SXSWedu. For the members, the election results hung in the air. Hugh Forrest, the Director at the… Read More
Farm Journal’s AG Pro: Trump Administration Immigration Policies Could Hamper Some Ag Sectors
In addition to trade issues, potential uncertainty associated with Trump administration immigration policies has some sectors of the agricultural economy anxious. Immigration Policies: Agricultural Implications Caitlin Dickerson and Jennifer Medina reported in Friday’s New York Times that, “Jeff Marchini and others in the Central Valley here [Merced, Calif.] bet their… Read More
Diverse Metros Mean Higher Wages For All
San Antonio, Texas. Gainesville, Florida. Gainesville, Georgia. These three metros have one thing in common: Between 1990 and 2011, each saw a significant expansion of its foreign-born population. If critics of immigration are to be believed, the native-born residents of these metros—especially the “the least-educated and poorest” ones—would have felt… Read More
Cotton and Trump plot crackdown on legal immigration
Overlooked in Donald Trump’s campaign crusade against illegal immigration was his vow to crack down on legal immigration, too. Now, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a reliable Trump ally, is taking steps to execute that part of the president’s immigration vision — and it could provoke a showdown between two competing… Read More
Making America great again
A nation founded by immigrants, each of whom had begun life anew, on an equal footing now shut its doors to refugees fleeing war-torn Syria and suspended entry from seven Muslim-majority nations in the name of national interest and security. Many questions have arisen about Trump during the election campaign-about… Read More
Trump’s travel ban sows uncertainty for healthcare and medicine
Dr. Saif Muhsin started thinking about Canada after President Donald Trump issued an executive order Jan. 27 barring people from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Muhsin’s native Iraq, from entering the U.S. for 90 days. Muhsin, 34, is halfway through a four-year nephrology fellowship in Boston in a joint program of… Read More
Silicon Valley vs Trump: Understanding The Effect Of Immigration Ban On The World’s Tech Hub
“Making America great again,” is one of the well-known catchphrases of Pres. Donald Trump. In his road to achieving this goal, one particular order issued by the president that many U.S. citizens have mixed feelings for is the barring of immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries. With this being said, how… Read More
How this garlic farm went from a labor shortage to over 150 people on its applicant waitlist
The biggest fresh garlic producer in the nation is giving its employees a hefty raise, reflecting the desperation of farmers to attract a dwindling number of farmworkers. Christopher Ranch, which grows garlic on 5,000 acres in Gilroy, Calif., announced recently that it would hike pay for farmworkers from $11 an… Read More
CNN: Immigrants Helped Save Akron, OH
Over the past several years, the city has become a virtual melting pot as a steady influx of immigrants and refugees from countries like Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Syria and Iraq have started calling Akron home. And they couldn’t have come soon enough. Like many Rust Belt cities, Akron was hit hard… Read More
Rubin: Refugees up, crime down in Southfield, elsewhere
Southfield has embraced 4,478 refugees across a 10-year span, and in that same period, its rates of violent crime and property crime have plummeted. No one is claiming a cause and effect. Across the same decade, from 2006-15, Southfield most likely embraced more cellphones and Netflix memberships, too. What’s interesting… Read More
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