Undocumented Workers, Fearing Deportation, Are Staying Home
The railroad tracks that slice through downtown Freehold, N.J., used to be lined by dozens of men, waiting for work. ...
Tag: Immigration and Emigration
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Disrupt St. Louis’s Growth Strategy
Early evidence is promising. In 2023, the region added 30,000 foreign-born residents, amounting to a 23.2 percent increase in the ...
Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook
President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders. Wages, consumer spending and corporate ...
What 6 Americans Thought of Trump’s Speech
In an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump denounced Biden-era policies, mocked Democrats and ...
Mexico Gave Trump Much of What He Wanted. Tariffs Came Anyway.
Facing the threat of tariffs from President Trump after he took office, Mexico bent over backward to comply with his ...
Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?
Watch out for interest rates.Not the short-term rates controlled by the Federal Reserve. Barring an unforeseen financial crisis, they’re not ...
U.S. Hiring Slowed to 143,000 Jobs in January
Can a labor market be hot and cool at the same time? That’s the picture painted by the latest federal ...
Trump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order
President Trump’s move this weekend to slap sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China is threatening to fracture the global ...
Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump
Quietly but unmistakably, the tampons, liners and pads reappeared in many of the men’s bathrooms at Meta’s offices.Days earlier, Mark ...
As Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Looms, Restaurants’ Undocumented Workers Fear the Worst
As the Trump administration rolls out its changes to the immigration system, fear is surging in the food-service industry as ...
The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Apps and ankle monitors that track asylum seekers in real time wherever they go. Databases packed with personal information like ...
Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations
Perdue Farms and JBS, two of the country’s biggest meatpackers, will pay a combined $8 million after the Department of ...
How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits
The Social Security Administration receives billions in free money each year from an unexpected source: undocumented immigrants.This group paid an ...
Investing in Stocks and Bonds Will Be Trickier Under Trump
Financial markets have been choppy since the November election, and for good reason. With the next presidential administration promising sharp ...
Tax Cuts or the Border? Republicans Wrestle Over Trump’s Priorities.
Republicans are preparing to cut taxes, slash spending and slow immigration in a broad agenda that will require unifying an ...
As Elon Musk Embraces the Far Right, Some of Its Leaders Reject Him
When Laura Loomer, a far-right activist, regained control of her Twitter account in late 2022, she knew whom to praise ...
A Far-Right Government in Austria Would Be a Jolt, but Not Unexpected
The political party on the verge of leading Austria would take an already conservative country into a growing group of ...
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