Immigration

Yvette Fernandez, a reporter for Nevada Public Radio, discusses some of the big economic news stories out of her state.

Five years after tens of thousands of Afghans were airlifted to U.S. cities, many have built careers as dental assistants, mechanics, and attorneys.

One major factor is that the population is aging — and therefore retiring out of the workforce. Another factor is the crackdown on immigration, since immigrant communities have some of the highest labor force participation rates.

While fewer people from the European Union are living and working in Northern Ireland since Brexit, overall immigration has actually gone up.

Garrett Epps, the legal affairs editor at the Washington Monthly, talks about a small Oregon town’s fight against ICE.

The yarn industry isn’t quick to meet a spike in demand.

The rate of people either working or looking for work in the U.S. ticked down to 62%.

Over the last five years, millions of people moved to Sun Belt states, chasing jobs and affordability. Now, southern cities are seeing a flurry of supermarket construction.

A new study out of the Cato Institute finds that immigrants pay more in taxes and receive less in benefits than the average.

Facing harassment from passersby, some construction workers have reduced their hours or opted out of work altogether.