Alicia Caldwell

6 days ago | bloomberg.com | Alicia Caldwell |Augusta Saraiva

An influx of migrants has filled essential positions and helped keep a lid on wage pressures at a time of high US inflation. All over America, companies and communities that have come to rely on newly arrived immigrants to make their business models work are in for a rude wake-up call: President Donald Trump is intent on shutting down that labor pipeline.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Richard Clough |Alicia Caldwell

US travelers are facing additional complications from a new federal identification rule that threatens to snarl operations at the nation’s airports just ahead of the summer rush. Officials on Wednesday began enforcing a long-planned requirement that domestic passengers use what’s known as a REAL ID card, ending the longstanding practice of accepting standard driver’s licenses for air travel.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Richard Clough |Alicia Caldwell

Residents wait in line to apply for a Real ID in Chicago on May 6. (Bloomberg) -- US travelers are facing additional complications from a new federal identification rule that threatens to snarl operations at the nation’s airports just ahead of the summer rush. Officials on Wednesday began enforcing a long-planned requirement that domestic passengers use what’s known as a REAL ID card, ending the longstanding practice of accepting standard driver’s licenses for air travel.

1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Alicia Caldwell

Travelers who don’t yet have a new federally approved identification card should expect delays at the nation’s airports but will still be able to board domestic flights, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. The US government on Wednesday will begin enforcing the requirement that domestic travelers use a REAL ID card or other form of approved identification as required by a law passed by Congress 20 years ago.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Ellen M. Gilmer |Alicia Caldwell

Detainees inside a detention center in Texas. (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration wants to more than double the number of immigration jail beds as part of its ongoing push to carry out the largest deportation effort in US history, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told lawmakers Tuesday.