Jeff Tyler is a reporter for Marketplace’s Los Angeles bureau and reports on issues related to immigration and Latin America. Tyler began his career at Marketplace producing and editing stories and in 2000 his desire to report allowed him to move to the other side of the microphone becoming a foreign correspondent for the program. Tyler admits that working for Marketplace has given him a crash course in world economics. His work has taken him from Argentina and Brazil to Indonesia and Pakistan. A California native, Tyler is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. After college, he worked for a travel guide company, writing a guide for Honduras and editing a travel guide for Mexico.
Features By Jeff Tyler
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Three-hour tarmac rule makes more delays
The Department of Transportation levied heavy fines against airlines that leave passengers waiting on the tarmac for more than three hours, which led to a decrease in long tarmac delays -- but increased flight cancellations.
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Obama wants jobless benefit extension
An extension of unemployment benefits didn't make it into the financial reform bill, but President Obama wants his Republican colleagues to consider an extension of benefits again -- but will it be the stimulus the economy needs?
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Time runs out for payday lenders in Arizona
Arizona is letting its license for payday loans expire today. But lenders will probably find a way around it.
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Day laborers take the stage
A theater troupe of day laborers for day laborers, Teatro Jornalero, performs educational plays about labor and immigration laws, mixed in with the challenges day laborers face.
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The challenges facing credit unions
Many people think credit unions are safer than banks. But they are not immune to the recession and some have been taken-over by regulators. Last weekend, the feds seized a large credit union in southern California. Jeff Tyler reports.
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Farm workers say: 'Take Our Jobs'
Farm workers are tired of hearing that illegal immigrants are stealing jobs from Americans. Now one group is turning the tables and offering to put Americans to work in the agricultural industry. Jeff Tyler reports on the "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
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CIA unusually public over need for Arabic, Farsi speakers
The CIA has been trying a less-secretive approach in order to hire more people fluent in Middle Eastern languages.
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Mexican shoppers steering clear of Arizona malls
Mexican nationals have long traveled to Arizona cities like Tucson on bi-annual shopping expeditions. But these days, Arizona's new immigration law is dissuading them from visiting the state malls.
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Arizonan town at crossroads over immigration and tourism
Thirty miles from Mexico, Tombstone, Ariz., is at a crossroads for illegal immigration and tourism. Jeff Tyler visited the home of the OK Corral to get locals' perspective on the showdown over Arizona's tough new immigration law.
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Hispanics leave AZ over immigrant law
Arizona's new immigration law has yet to take effect, but it's already been somewhat effective in driving undocumented immigrants from the state. Jeff Tyler reports.
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