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Business
Senate unlikely to adopt ID card for legal worker verification due to high costs
Senators working on an immigration bill are not likely to adopt a high-tech ID card for workers because of costs, the Washington Post reported. The legislation is intended to regulate employers who hire illegal immigrants. It will likely seek to expand E-Verify, a currently voluntary but little-used system which uses Social Security numbers to check […]
March 13, 2013
Workforce
Opinion: Jeb Bush’s immigration solution “elegantly simple”
One might have known that the best idea to come forth on immigration in decades is now being trashed by partisans in both political parties. Jeb Bush, older brother of former president George Bush, has written a book that details what he thinks is the best way to handle illegal immigration and the some 12-million […]
March 11, 2013
Workforce
Undocumented workers make up half of Texas’ construction workforce
A report released Thursday alleges that half of the construction workers in Texas are undocumented, aka illegal aliens. Why is nobody surprised? If you drive around Austin and San Antonio as I often do, you’ll see plenty of billboards advertising new homes for $90,000. And Texas governor Rick Perry flaunts the state’s low cost of […]
February 26, 2013
Business
Caterpillar CEO: Growth, immigration and tax code reforms key to job creation in U.S.
After receiving a mention during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, Caterpillar’s CEO Doug Olberhelman was invited to share his thoughts on the U.S. economy and job creation on CNBC’s Squawk Box. Olberhelman said he was “surprised” but “happy” to hear Obama’s kudos for bringing jobs back into the country from Japan. And […]
February 14, 2013
Construction Equipment
Homebuilder exonerated three years after immigration raid
In May 2006 federal officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE” to you and me, still the same old “la Migra” to immigrants) swept down onto jobsites being run by Fischer Homes in northern Kentucky. They arrested 76 undocumented workers and hauled four supervisors off in handcuffs. Agents locked down the company headquarters and carted away […]
January 10, 2010
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