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Sick From Eating That Salad? Blame Trump’s Immigration Policies
In 2018 alone, the Center for Disease Control has been called to investigate 24 instances of foodborne disease outbreaks, marking the highest number of investigations since 2006. These recent outbreaks have tainted much of the United States’ food supply, from salad to beef to everyday breakfast cereal. Some experts have pointed to the Trump administration’s […]
Read MoreUptick in Worksite Enforcement Hurts US Businesses and Economy
In its battle against undocumented immigration, the Trump administration appears to be focused on looking tough rather than addressing real problems. Judging from the latest official statistics on the worksite enforcement actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency is devoting its resources to capturing large numbers of low-level undocumented workers who are […]
Read MoreThe Government Failed to Conduct Background Checks on Staffers at Migrant Child Tent City
Thousands of migrant children are currently being held at a tent city in Tornillo, Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border. Most of the children traveled alone in order to flee from violence in their Central American home countries and to reunite with family members already in the United States. An investigation released this week by the […]
Read MoreUSA Today Opinion: Thanksgiving without the sides: Lack of farm labor could make fruits, vegetables unaffordable
This Thanksgiving, as your family gathers together to eat classic holiday sides like green beans, sweet potatoes, corn and apple pie, imagine what it would be like to not have those dishes on your table. Because unless something is done about the lack of qualified agriculture workers that growers like myself are facing, we are headed […]
Read MoreElection Recap 2018: Demographics and Education Levels in Flipped Districts
*This post has been updated to include updated vote total numbers as well as to include more districts that have flipped since November 20, 2018. The vote totals and districts include reflect the numbers as reported by the New York Times as of December 14, 2018. A month after the midterm election, the immigration narrative […]
Read MoreEconomic Impact of Proposed Change to Public Charge Rule: State-Level Analysis
Taking our analysis of potential national impacts of the proposed public charge rule change, NAE now takes a look at what the economic effects could be in 11 different states. New York About 92 percent of all adults active in the labor force who would be affected by the public charge rule are employed. More […]
Read MoreNominee for ICE Director Refuses to Back Down on Family Separation
Ronald Vitiello, President Trump’s nominee to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), had a nomination hearing in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Thursday. He had previously served as the former deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), so he faced a committee eager to grill him about his […]
Read MoreIn the 2018 Races That Decided the House, the Anti-Immigrant Platform Lost
NEW YORK — While many candidates in competitive House races doubled down on harsh immigration rhetoric — five times as many immigration ads ran this cycle than ran just four years ago — the anti-immigrant strategy proved to be a losing bet in many of the districts that decided the House. Candidates who might have […]
Read MoreEnding Birthright Citizenship Could Put All Americans’ Nationality in Jeopardy
On Monday night, President Trump told reporters that he intended to end birthright citizenship and claimed that he could do so with an executive order. Birthright citizenship comes from the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which states that “Any person born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, is a […]
Read MoreHow the “Public Charge” Rule Change Could Impact Immigrants and U.S. Economy
The Trump Administration has proposed a new regulation that would potentially bar millions of working-aged, aspiring immigrants in key industries from being able to come to America and gain permanent residency, and potentially bar millions more who are working legally in these industries now from being able to stay. The new proposed regulation would do […]
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