Immigration

The unemployment rate is just 2.4 percent in Japan; the country is filling the job gaps with a controversial program for foreign interns.

The lives of many educated, skilled people have essentially been put on hold by a pile of changes to immigration policies.

Supply and demand of the workers, many of whom are unauthorized, hasn't diminished in many cities in spite of the White House's immigration crackdown.

Author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh looks at the plight of undocumented workers in the United States.

The U.S. government has always been wary of immigrants who might be a drain on the economy, but soon even legal immigrants who’ve enrolled in Obamacare could be disqualified from citizenship if proposed new rules take effect. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

The country needs a legal way to allow more high- and low-skilled workers in to fill jobs, one expert says.

A fluid border was key to a Texas town's economy, until it wasn't.

In March, the Trump administration ordered prosecutors to charge every person illegally crossing the border and separate children traveling with their parents. The children are kept at detention centers.

"The Trump factor has caused a lot of uncertainty" in IT, one writer says.