Are foreigners “taking Americans’ jobs”? Or are employers once again exploiting cheap labor and vulnerable people?
Maria Echaveste
Maria Echaveste is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
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Color, Values, America
Our next president must restore the United States as a nation of laws and of rights, rooted deeply in values. This effort must appeal to all Americans and transcend race — but cannot ignore race.
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Target Employers
While people choose to risk life and limb to enter this country illegally for many reasons, the vast majority come to seek employment — and they find it. What would happen if employers were effectively penalized for hiring the undocumented? Would there be fewer job opportunities for those who should not be here and, consequently, […]
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Nacho Man
When May rolls around, the people who work in the Bush White House Scheduling Office know it’s time to show Hispanics that the president cares about this growing community. And for the last three years, the Bush White House has invited Latino leaders from across the country (or at least those who support this administration) […]
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Nacho Man
When May rolls around, the people who work in the Bush White House Scheduling Office know it’s time to show Hispanics that the president cares about this growing community. And for the last three years, the Bush White House has invited Latino leaders from across the country (or at least those who support this administration) […]
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Worked Over
Yesterday the president proposed a massive new temporary program for undocumented workers living and working in the United States. The proposal would allow these people (and future foreign workers) to live and work in the country for a three-year period — with another three-year extension if specific jobs are available to them at that time. […]