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Program helps immigrant women launch child care businesses

Jul 28, 2021
The training enables them to help fill the child care gap as entrepreneurs, supporting Houston moms who want to enter or rejoin the workforce.
Ngoc Ho sings in English and Vietnamese with her young class at Dino Land Academy.
Lucio Vasquez

GOP legislators want to cut funds to so-called sanctuary colleges

Mar 9, 2017
Republican lawmakers in several states are moving to bar college campuses from offering sanctuary to undocumented immigrants. Several colleges have pledged not to cooperate with immigration officials or share information about their students without warrants. But what sanctuary means legally is far from clear.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

High-tech worker retention was difficult before Kansas shootings

Mar 9, 2017
Businesses and employees are stressed about the hate crime and Trump's travel ban.
Mira Mdivani, a business immigration attorney in  Overland Park, Kansas, says she's been flooded with calls since President Donald Trump was elected.
Peggy Lowe/KCUR

Liberians in U.S. feel Ebola's social, economic impact

Oct 21, 2014
We look at Ebola's economic impact on the Liberian community in America.