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  • Public schools woo foreign students to boost ranks

    seattletimes.com – By Clarke Canfield – Nov. 04 (Special Report) – Faced with declining enrollments and shrinking revenues, public school districts from Maine to California are seeking out students from overseas, particularly China, to attend their hig…

  • In Historic Move, AFL-CIO Expands Ranks With Vote to Include Non-Union, Immigrant, Low-Wage Workers

    Democracy Now – By Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez – Sep. 12 (News Report) – In what could be a major development for worker rights, the AFL-CIO has announced a new plan to enlist tens of millions of non-union workers, including immigrants and low-wage work…

  • The Messy Facts in Virginia

    FactCheck – By Lori Robertson – Aug. 24 (Fact Check) – The Virginia governor’s race is breaking our general expectations as fact-checkers: There’s strident attack galore, but much of it is accurate. We normally find the harsher the attack, the more likely it’s false. So much for that.NewsTrust Rating: Not rated yet – See Info » -…

  • MBAs Without Borders

    In These Times – By Cole Stangler – Aug. 18 (News Report) – As the House prepares to gut the immigration reform bill that passed the Senate, American trade negotiators are carving out their own deal behind closed doors that could allow multinational co…

  • Meet the Immigration Reformers in Steve King’s Iowa

    Mother Jones – By Tim Murphy – Aug. 12 (News Analysis) – “I think the biggest thing that the immigrant community gets a black eye for ends up being drug-smuggling and this type of thing,” says Gary Malenke, president of Natural Food Holdings, a meat pr…

  • Immigration Group Twists Ryan’s Words

    FactCheck – Aug. 12 (Fact Check) – A group that opposes the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill wrongly claims the Rep. Paul Ryan said “we have a labor shortage in Wisconsin.” Ryan, who supports an immigration overhaul, didn’t say there was a shortage now. Instead, he said there …and more »NewsTrust Rating: Not rated yet -…

  • Imprisoned U.S. Navy veteran fights deportation

    kpho.com – By Greg Argos – Aug. 09 (News Report) – John Ferron has been locked up in a federal prison in Eloy for the past three years as he fights with Immigration and Customs officials determining whether to deport the 57-year-old to his native count…

  • Rep. Labrador Spins Immigration Bill

    FactCheck – Jul. 17 (Fact Check) – But not all of them would become legal under the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. The CBO says “approximately 8 million of the unauthorized residents already in the country would obtain legal status” under the bill.NewsTrust Rating: Not rated yet – See Info » – Review It       …

  • Secret TPP Deal Would Void Democracy

    labornotes.org – By Jane Slaughter – Jul. 09 (Special Report) – Corporations could sue governments over laws not to their liking. They are already doing so under existing “trade” agreements, but TPP would vastly expand the number of corporations and countries involved. For example, Australia passed a law requiring plain packaging for cigarettes (no Joe…

  • Senate Immigration Bill’s Visa Rules A ‘Landslide’ For Tech Lobby

    Huffington Post – By Dave Jamieson – Jul. 01 (News Analysis) – The final Senate bill would expand the number of H-1B visas that allow U.S. tech companies to bring foreign workers here temporarily. Labor advocates have long maintained that unfettered gu…

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