Pietruszka said he only hires builders here in the country legally, but that he also relies on companies that employ highly ...

American businesses are struggling to operate amid the destabilizing whiplash of immigration enforcement proposals, and ...

A Texas congresswoman has filed legislation to revamp a temporary workers program to help with farm labor shortages.

news Immigration. As labor shortages deepen, bosses ask, ‘Where are the immigrant workers?’ “This is so hard to just turn around quickly,” said economist Giovanni Peri.

The United States is suffering two kinds of labor shortage, one immediate and the other longer term. There is little immigration can do to relieve immediate shortages, even given the numbers of ...

Shaun Staller, a business immigration partner at law firm Obermayer, said he has “certainly” seen a substantial increase in ...

The South Texas Republican’s “Bracero 2.0” legislation — named after a 1940s temporary labor program — comes as the Trump ...

Current economic conditions, however, offer up a glimmer of optimism that Congress could act on narrower immigration bills targeting key sectors of the economy facing labor shortages. Data ...

After nearly two decades of a critical labor shortage, they turned to the H-2A visa program to keep their operations running. The popularity and demand of the visa program have grown exponentially.

The labor shortage results from a combination of factors. (1) Since the 1970s the labor force has been riding the wave of baby boomers that sprang up after WWII.

How immigration can fix labor shortages — without hurting U.S. workers. December 14, 2023. 5 min. A worker passes a hiring sign at a construction site in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 25.

Labor Shortage Makes Immigration a Tough Topic for Republicans in Iowa. Some local officials are voicing the benefits of bringing more foreign workers into the US while sticking to the party line ...