Businesses depending on a summer boom in tourists, beachgoers and other seasonal clientele to pull them out of the pandemic slump are struggling to bring enough foreign workers to the U.S., holding them back from a recovery. Employers in tourist…
Some of them are billionaires who have funded Republican campaigns and reached conservative members of Congress with a simple phone call. Others have difficulty finding employees in the agriculture, construction, or technology field. There are hundreds of businessmen from around…
JCR had been a cook for 15 years, never struggling to find a job in New York city, where his friends would always find a place for him in a restaurant’s kitchen. But when Covid-19 hit the city in March…
There is no single answer for why the United States, Wisconsin included, is experiencing a shortage of workers in most industry sectors. “Baby Boomers” calling it quits; fewer young people entering the workforce to replace them; troubles finding child care;…
The U.S. does not have enough high-skilled workers to meet demand for computer-related jobs, and employers are seeking immigrant talent to help fill that gap, according to a new report released Thursday. For every unemployed computer or math worker in…
New York (CNN Business)As businesses grapple with record-high job openings, the US Chamber of Commerce is loudly calling on Washington to allow more foreign workers to legally enter the country. Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the Chamber of Commerce,…
Texas chambers of commerce and business leaders around the state, including some of the biggest companies in El Paso, are calling on Congress to establish a path to citizenship for “Dreamers,” people who were brought to the country illegally as…
Many families suffered food insecurity but decided against using government benefits over concerns of their immigration status. Low-income immigrants in the US who struggled to afford basic needs during the coronavirus pandemic avoided seeking government benefits and other assistance because…
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, South Dakota’s unemployment rate is 2.9%, the lowest since March 2020. But with nearly 23,000 job openings across the state, there simply aren’t enough people to fill all those jobs. That’s why…
A group of nearly 30 tech companies and other organizations filed a legal brief Friday to defend a program that gives work authorization to the spouses of high-skilled immigrants. The Obama-era rule lets nearly 100,000 spouses of H1-B visa holders…
