On Sept. 19, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that adds a $100,000 fee for new applicants for H-1B visas. The administration hopes the new fee will encourage employers to prioritize hiring domestic workers, but opponents warn that the policy could backfire.
I’m no expert in international relations or economics, but it seems to me that if you want to encourage foreign direct investment in the U.S., you might want to play nice with the folks who are writing the checks.
SEOUL—
The U.S. has agreed to release the workers, who will be flown home once paperwork is finalized. President Trump defended the raid, saying the workers were in the country illegally and that the U.S. should train its own citizens for advanced manufacturing roles.
ELLABELL, GA—
Officials say the action represents one of the largest single-site operations in the 22-year history of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
SANFORD, NC—Federal agents detained at least 30 people during a raid at a firearms assembly plant here last week, an event that led to the arrests of 27 people.
TIGERTOWN, TX—With new enforcement priorities under the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are taking aim at employers that knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants. The most recent — and largest — bust happened at a trailer manufacturing plant here.
All four of my grandparents were European immigrants. Two came from southern Italy; one from Poland; another from Ire-land. They were poor with no skills and little or no education. They became a shoemaker, a baker, a sewer worker, and a full-time mom.
NEW YORK—Refugees in the United States, some 15 percent of whom work in manufacturing jobs, stay in those jobs longer than do other employees, according to a new study by the Fiscal Policy Institute.
SOCIAL CIRCLE, GA—The Goodyear tire factory here was raided early Wednesday morning by local law enforcement in search of possible drug activity and illegal immigrants working at the facility.
JACKSON, MS—A transformer manufacturer here will pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that it gave preferential treatment to illegal Hispanic immigrants over local residents.
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