US EditionTrump’s Immigration Crackdown Weighs Heavy on the US Labor Market
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown ended legal work permits for thousands and reduced monthly U.S. job growth to as low as 29,000, researchers say.
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Maria cleaned schools in Florida for $13 an hour.
Trump’s immigration crackdown hits Haitian and other immigrant workers hardest
By The Associated Press – Additional reporting and editing by The Haitian Times Maria, a house cleaner in Florida, used to earn $13 an hour scrubbing classrooms. Every two weeks, her $900 paycheck covered rent, electricity and groceries for herself and her 11-year-old son. But in August, her life collapsed when her employer told her she could no longer work. The Trump administration had ended President Joe Biden’s humanitarian parole program, wh…
'These are people who are in this country doing hard work that many Americans don’t want to do': Farmers, schools reel from Trump immigration crackdown
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus electricity, a cellphone and groceries. In August, it all ended. When she showed up at the job one morning, her boss told her that she couldn’t work there anymore. The Trump administration had terminate…
Immigration tightening comes at a time when recruitment was already slowing due to uncertainty about Trump's trade policies.
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