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Agribusinesses seek legal presence for unauthorized workers in the U.S.

by Peggy Lowe
Dec 5, 2017
With an employee shortage, the agricultural sector needs immigrant labor to fill all open positions.
Two Spanish-speaking cowboys check cattle at one of the largest feedlots in the U.S., located in southwest Kansas. The owner of the feedlot would like federal immigration reform to allow for a “legal presence” for undocumented workers.
Peggy Lowe for Marketplace
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President Donald Trump is considering eliminating diversity lottery visas. What would be the economic impact?

by Reema Khrais
Nov 22, 2017
Today is the last day for people around the world to apply to what’s known as the diversity lottery program. That’s the program that gives U.S. visas to people from countries with low rates of immigration. The recent round of applications is for fiscal year of 2019. The program made recent headlines after a recipient […]
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For two DACA entrepreneurs, it may be the end of business as usual

by Reema Khrais
Oct 25, 2017
One couple in San Diego confronts an uncertain future for themselves and the businesses they've built
Dulce Garcia and Luis Tinoco have been dating for more than 15 years. They're both DACA recipients who own businesses just a few blocks away from each other.
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Study shows children of color, particularly immigrants, face post-recession chronic poverty

by Ryan Kailath
Oct 24, 2017
The 2017 Race for Results report shows the disparities and barriers immigrant families face.
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Crowdsourcing to help DACA recipients renew their status

by David Brancaccio
Oct 4, 2017
MacArthur "genius" grant winner Jose Quinonez of Mission Asset Fund in San Francisco talks about his efforts to help DACA recipients renew their permission to stay in the U.S.
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How Latinos are transforming the economy of a small rural town

by Reema Khrais and Daisy Palacios
Sep 8, 2017
Immigrants drawn by jobs at the local meat-packing plant are making their mark in business and politics.
Norma Corral, an immigrant from Mexico, worked at Cargill's beef processing plant in Schuyler, Nebraska for a decade before opening up her business, Paleteria Oasis, in downtown.
Daisy Palacios/Marketplace
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Is it ever OK to ask children to translate for their parents in emergency situations?

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 15, 2017
Immigrant parents often depend on their children to translate for them.
Ft. Wayne police now carry language identifier notebooks with them as a way to determine and locate appropriate interpretation services. 
Erika Celeste/for Marketplace
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Pink boxes: the unsung icon of LA's doughnut scene

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 13, 2017
The containers were popularized by Cambodian immigrants in the 1970s.
“Good things come in pink boxes.”
EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images
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Mushroom farmers dependent on immigrant labor fear worker shortage

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 13, 2017
Growers say fears of immigration enforcement under Trump may already be hitting their bottom line.
A bed of white agaricus mushrooms, commonly known as button mushrooms, at Pietro Industries in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
Laura Benshoff
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Philly enforces law protecting immigrants from non-attorney advice

by Emma Jacobs
Jun 1, 2017
Some businesses promising help with immigration applications have taken advantage of clients or simply offered bad advice.
The storefront office of Ricardo Mejia, located in a heavily immigrant neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Emma Jacobs
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