A recently released report by the Fiscal Policy Institute “Immigrant Small Business Owners: A Significant and Growing Part of the Economy,” portrayed immigrant entrepreneurs as vital…
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How Much do ‘Immigrant Entrepreneurs’ Really Contribute to the U.S. Economy
A Dearth of Agricultural Workers?
Press accounts abound of the problems of agricultural producers who cannot find workers to harvest their crops. Even NYC Mayor Bloomberg, who has a penchant for…
Pity the Farmers?
The media tend to echo the wails of farmers who claim they cannot find the workers to harvest their crops because of enhanced border enforcement and…
Many Farmers Ignore Facts and Continue Practice of Exploiting Farm-Hands
Last week Fox News ran a story about asparagus growers who were complaining about a lack of workers who are willing to endure brutal conditions for…
Foreign Workers Permeating the U.S. Job Market
A new report on the growing presence of foreign workers in U.S. jobs was recently released by the Brookings Institute. Audrey Singer, the demographer who wrote…