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- The Rise of Protectionism
- The voices of ignorance ("Buy American") and prejudice ("Limit visas") have grown predictably louder during the current crisis. Fortunately, reason and the forces of globalization have managed to prevail. So far. Buy American Take the Buy American provisions. In the original House...
- Articles 2009-04-15
- How to Make the Financial Crisis Worse
- Trade barriers. "Buy American" rules. Anti-immigrant hysteria. The protectionist fever that helped make the Depression Great shows sign of reemerging here and now. Do bad times bring out countries' inner protectionists? Yes, and there are alarming signs that it could be happening again. "This has happened in the past,"...
- Articles 2009-04-15
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- Congress approves more visas for foreign workers
- WASHINGTON -- Congress gave final approval to an amendment that effectively will add to the ranks of seasonal immigrant workers granted H-2B visas. The measure, called "The Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005," was introduced by Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and was passed earlier by the Senate...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- Industry mulls H-2B strategies.(In the know: news you can use)(Landscaping industry)
- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Many U. S. businesses that depend upon seasonal immigrant labor will not be getting the workers they need in 2005. The annual cap for H-2B visas was reached on January 3. That means that any petition for H-2B workers not received by the U.S....
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Congress addresses high-tech worker issue.(US work visas for foreign professionals)
- Congress has approved the proposed H.R. 3736 or the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act which will increase the number of visas made available annually to foreign professionals with specific skills required by US businesses. The bill isCongress has approved the proposed H.R. 3736 or the American Competitiveness and Workforce...
- Research articles 1998-12-01
- Senate increases visa caps for skilled workers
- On May 18, by a vote of 78 to 20, the Senate passed the American Competitiveness Act (S 1723), a bill sponsored by Sen. Spencer Abraham (R.-Mich.) that is designed to increase the number of H-lB visas, which allow highly skilled immigrants to work in the U.S. for six years....
- Research articles 1998-06-19
- PLANET, ANLA seek H-2B fix.(In the know: news you can use)(Professional Landcare Network )(American Nursery and Landscape Association )
- Leaders of industry groups that count heavily on using immigrant labor--landscape, restaurant, cannery, horse training/breeding, resorts, etc.--convened in mid January in Washington D.C. They discussed strategy to convince Congress to pass legislation to help them with a serious labor shortage. This shortage became more critical with...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- Debate over H-2B visa cap threatens serious shortage of seasonal workers: operators dependent on immigrant workers push for exemptions
- WASHINGTON -- Foodservice and hospitality operators who rely on seasonal employees to fill their ranks could be facing severe labor shortages this summer if congressional action remains stalled on a vote to extend an expired provision enabling employers to hire more temporary help. Industry officials say political wrangling in...
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- Morton H. Halperin
- In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the following has taken place: wiretap and surveillance rules have been relaxed; suspects are being secretly detained; FBI checks are making it difficult, if not impossible, for men from Arab and Muslim nations to obtain U.S. visas; and, most recently, President...
- Research articles 2001-11-16
- Industry wants to lift cap on foreign labor
- The pool and spa industry is lobbying Congress to pass a bill that would lift a cap on the number of temporary foreign workers allowed to come to the United States through a special visa program. The current law limits the number of workers issued H-2B visas each year...
- Research articles 2005-04-25
- Working within the law
- By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL LENEXA - Outside of Hermes Landscaping in Lenexa, Evodio Torres- Valles, Francisco Javier Lopez-Marquez and Eduardo Jimenez- Hernandez push lawn mowers across the still-green grass. The three Mexican nationals are among the nearly 150 seasonal workers with H- 2B visas working...
- Research articles 2006-11-19
- Working within the law
- By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL LENEXA - Outside of Hermes Landscaping in Lenexa, Evodio Torres- Valles, Francisco Javier Lopez-Marquez and Eduardo Jimenez- Hernandez push lawn mowers across the still-green grass. The three Mexican nationals are among the nearly 150 seasonal workers with H- 2B visas working...
- Research articles 2006-11-19
- VIETNAM: INDONESIAN TOURISTS COULD RECEIVE VISA EXEMPTION - VAT.(Brief Article)
- According to ?VoV?, Indonesian tourists will probably be exempted from visas when entering Vietnam in the near future, according to the Vietnam Administration of Tourism VAT. VAT deputy head Nguyen Phu Duc said the Government and VAT had met to dis According to ?VoV?, Indonesian tourists...
- Research articles 2003-08-26
- Congress addresses high-tech worker issue
- In the end, it was attached to a bill so mammoth, so incredibly complex that even members of Congress who opposed it ended up voting for it. "It" was H.R. 3736, the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act, legislation to increase the number of visas made available each year to...
- Research articles 1998-12-01
- AssureTec Awarded Patent for Its Groundbreaking Identity-Document Authentication System
- MANCHESTER, N.H. -- AssureTec Systems of Manchester, N.H. Awarded U.S. Patent Number 6,785,405 Covering "Apparatus and Method for Document Reading and Authentication" Company Expects Several Pending Patents to be Awarded Soon AssureTec Systems, Inc. has been awarded a U.S. patent for its high-tech identity-document ID authentication system, which...
- Research articles 2004-09-07
- Coming to Work in the United States: The U.S. Department of Labor
- Foreign workers may obtain green cards to come to the United States only if their potential U.S. employer proves that no American worker is available to take the job. The requirements are much less for foreign workers seeking to enter the U.S. on temporary visas, such as H-1s, not covered...
- Research articles 2004-09-15
- The Seattle Times Economic Memo Column.
- By Stephen H. Dunphy, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 23--It was an early morning flight. I was trying to leave the house quietly. My bags were packed. Passport up to date with all necessary visas. I was on the...
- Research articles 2003-03-23
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