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Guest workers are key to debate

Source: Arkansas Online, Nov 25 2012, 2:34am CST

WASHINGTON As Congress resumes talks on immigration-policy changes, the public debate is once again zeroing in on the merits of granting some type of so-called amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants. But another, more complicated dispute is bre ...

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Facebook Posts and Tweets That Can Get You Fired

Source: The Street  |   May 25 2013, 8:20am CDT

At OnBoard you will receive no health insurance, sick days, vacation days or one single benefit. You will ride around on unsafe buses, without the benefit of a PA system, or sometimes even a seat. You may know tha ...

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Iowa View: Gang of 8 have right idea on immigrants

Source: Des Moines Register  |   May 25 2013, 4:11am CDT

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25 weeks ago


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"It’s also critical that whatever we do on legalizing folks that are here today is not done in a way that will incentivize folks to do that in the future"


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Undocumented workers face mass deportations, employers rarely punished

Source: ABC-KVUE Austin  |   May 24 2013, 10:40pm CDT

MATAMOROS, Mexico -- At shelter run by the Catholic Diocese in Matamoros, immigrants get a place to rest and a meal on the risky journey north. Migrants at the shelter say they will cross the border illegally for o ...

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Worker Bill Could Hit Au Pair Trade

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 24 2013, 8:25pm CDT

By Kristina Peterson WASHINGTON—The email sent ripples of fear among upscale parents: Au pair programs are in danger of ending, a possible victim of legislation now moving through Congress.The Senate immigration bill ...

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Fresno County in-home care workers reach settlement over wages

Source: Fresno Bee  |   May 24 2013, 6:26pm CDT

A judge has approved a settlement protecting wage levels of in-home care workers that Fresno County tried to slash four years ago, the union representing the workers said Friday. At issue was the county's In-Home Supportiv ...

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17 hours ago

Republican leaders press Obama to meet with border enforcement union

Source: United Press International  |   May 24 2013, 3:17pm CDT

WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- Two Republican legislators criticized President Barack Obama in a letter for failing to meet with unionized immigration and customs officers. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Sen. ...

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22 hours ago

Where are the STEM jobs?

Source: Baltimore Sun Blogs  |   May 24 2013, 9:45am CDT

Republicans and Democrats appear to agree on at least one thing: that the United States is facing a STEM (science, technology engineering and math) crisis. In his most recent State of the Union address, President Barack Ob ...

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1 day ago

Some unions now angry about health care overhaul

Source: San Diego Local News 1  |   May 24 2013, 8:37am CDT

(AP Photo/David Kohl, File). FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic at Coney Island in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds). FILE - In this July 28, 2004, f ...

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Immigration reform: N.D. chamber, companies call on Congress for new proposal

Source: Jamestown Sun  |   May 24 2013, 6:28am CDT

More from around the web BISMARCK — Don Morton, a senior director with Microsoft Corp. in Fargo, said Thursday the country’s immigration laws are archaic and need to be reformed to meet the workforce demands of the state’s growing and high-tech industri ...

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