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6 days ago | 
portside.org | Daniel Costa |Josh Bivens |Ben Zipperer |Ismael Cid-Martinez
Tidbits – Apr.17 – Reader Comments: First They Came for Kilmar; We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid; New Resource: Immigrants and the Economy; Lots of Cartoons As We Struggle To Make the World Better; and More; Published April 17, 2025 First they came for Kilmar -- Cartoon by Lalo AlcarazWhat were once trains...
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1 week ago | 
epi.org | Daniel Costa |Josh Bivens |Ben Zipperer |Ismael Cid-Martinez
Immigration FAQ home Immigrants and the economy Unauthorized immigrants and the economy Immigration enforcement in the workplace Immigrant workers in your state Note on terminology Get Immigration FAQ updates and new releases Download the FAQ Immigration is among the most important economic and political issues and a main topic of discourse and debate among policymakers and the public. But misperceptions persist about many fundamental aspects of this crucial topic, such as: the size and...
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1 week ago | 
epi.org | Daniel Costa |Josh Bivens |Monique Morrissey
Immigration is among the most important economic and political issues and a main topic of discourse and debate among policymakers and the public.
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2 months ago | 
epi.org | Naomi Walker |Celine McNicholas |Daniel Costa
The Trump administration issued a series of policies in its first week, largely focused on the federal workforce, immigration, and eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and protections. A few key policies are highlighted below, but you can find a comprehensive catalogue of all policies relevant to working people and the economy at Federal Policy Watch, an EPI online tool documenting actions by the Trump administration, Congress, federal agencies, and the courts.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
visao.pt | Daniel Costa
Como está a IA a redefinir a área de data e que competências são necessárias? Nos últimos anos, a Inteligência Artificial (IA) tem vindo a reconfigurar o mundo do trabalho a uma velocidade nunca vista. Já a integrar as operações de muitas empresas e a mudar a forma como as equipas realizam as suas tarefas diárias, ainda que os seus impactos sejam visíveis em muitos setores, verificamos, hoje, uma espécie de mudança de paradigma no setor tecnológico.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
rsn.org | David Dyssegaard Kallick |Daniel Costa
Mass deportations could spike inflation, lower the GDP and lead to massive job losses for U.S.-born workers. Former President Donald Trump is promising to deport millions of immigrants if he wins back the White House, and estimates put the cost of implementing such a move in the hundreds of billions. Trump’s mass deportation plan would also tear apart communities, put people into camps and break up families.
But what about the cost to all of our economic futures?
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
portside.org | David Dyssegaard Kallick |Daniel Costa
Trump’s Plan To Deport Millions of Immigrants Would Be a Nightmare for Workers and the Economy Published November 1, 2024 Former President Donald Trump is promising to deport millions of immigrants if he wins back the White House, and estimates put the cost of implementing such a move in the hundreds of billions. Trump’s mass deportation plan would also tear apart communities, put people into camps and break up families. But what about the cost to all of our economic futures?
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
inthesetimes.com | David Dyssegaard Kallick |Daniel Costa
The economic inclusion of immigrants — who typically come to the United States in prime working age — helps balance the number of people who are retiring, which stabilizes programs like Social Security. And retirement with dignity will require at least as many home health aides, nurses, and doctors (many of whom are immigrants) as we have today, and likely many more. These are all areas where immigrants play a significant role.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | David Dyssegaard Kallick |Daniel Costa
1 hour ago'Whether the women like it or not': Harris campaign uses Trump's own words against himVice President Harris slammed former President Trump's comments on women, calling them "offensive to everybody." NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard reports …9 hours agoProperty Manager Fired After Bragging About Committing Voter FraudCharles Pierce, 70, posted on Reddit that he received mail-in ballots of four previous tenants and used them to vote for Trump.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
portside.org | Daniel Costa |Josh Bivens |Ben Zipperer |Monique Morrissey
Introduction and executive summaryImmigration has been a source of strength for the U.S. economy and has great potential to boost it even more, but the current U.S. immigration policy regime squanders too many of its potential benefits by depriving immigrants of their full rights as workers and granting employers too much power to manipulate the system. It is crystal clear that immigration expands U.S. gross domestic product and is good for growth.
