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Immigrants play vital role in caregiving industry with meager reward

by Elizabeth Trovall
Mar 21, 2025
Experts worry that restrictions on immigration could lead to a shortage of caregivers as the U.S. population grows older and more infirm.
“America is going to be Florida,” said MIT economist Jonathan Gruber. “We have no plan for credibly meeting that massive change in the long-term care needs of our population.”
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LA fires spur economic hardship for migrant workers

by Erika Soderstrom and Ariana Rosas
Feb 27, 2025
Despite the personal and economic toll of the LA fires, migrant workers have mobilized to help their communities.
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How are businesses coping and preparing for Trump's immigration policies?

by Michelle Fleury
Feb 26, 2025
There are many small businesses that are owned and operated by undocumented immigrants.
If President Trump follows through on his promised deportations, that could hurt local economies that depend on the labor, tax revenue and business of undocumented immigrants.
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The economic forces behind Canada's ongoing political drama

by Sam Gruet
Feb 24, 2025
Falling productivity, immigration and a high cost of living all set the stage for Canada's general election this year.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's popularity has sunk amid economic frustrations.
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By The Numbers

Let's do the numbers on the end of protected status for Venezuelan immigrants

by Ellen Rolfes
Feb 7, 2025
President Donald Trump is ending a program that's allowed hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants to live and work in the U.S.
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Immigration is tied to food security, farmer says, and food security is tied to national security

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Jan 22, 2025
Patrick Smith of Loftus Ranches relies on temporary workers to tend his crops. Immigration policy has broad impact, he says.
Patrick Smith grows apples and hops at Loftus Ranches in Yakima, Washington.
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Trump's Second Term

President Biden used humanitarian parole in "unprecedented" ways. What's next under Trump?

by Elizabeth Trovall
Jan 15, 2025
Trump officials have called President Joe Biden's use of humanitarian parole illegal. Even without policy changes, pathways to stay in the U.S. legally are limited.
People approved for humanitarian parole wait to board a bus from Mexico into the U.S. in August 2022.
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Pre-inauguration immigration bill is sign of GOP's eagerness to act

by Kimberly Adams
Jan 13, 2025
Congress and President-elect Trump's staff are readying executive orders and legislation that can be signed as soon as he enters office.
"What we're seeing here, even before Trump takes office, is immigration is not just a talking point," said UC-Irvine's Sara Goodman.
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How politics could derail the world economy in 2025

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Jan 10, 2025
Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group says a volatile Mideast, Russian disruption and a strained U.S.-China relationship could all prove harmful.
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Threats of tariffs on Mexican goods stresses relationship with key U.S. trade partner

by Will Grant
Dec 26, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has threatened 25% tariffs on Mexican goods unless more is done to stop illegal immigration and illegal drugs.
Mexico is now the United States' biggest trading partner, sending roughly $500 billion worth of goods to the U.S. each year.
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