But they are taking our jobs!!! Hmm No.
In a tight labor market, some states look to another type of worker: Children
“Legislators in Iowa and Minnesota introduced bills in January to loosen child labor law regulations around age and workplace safety protections in some of the country’s most dangerous workplaces. Minnesota’s bill would permit 16- and 17-year-olds to work construction jobs. The Iowa measure would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work certain jobs in meatpacking plants.
The Iowa bill, introduced by state Sen. Jason Schultz (R), would permit children as young as 14 to work in industrial freezers and meat coolers, provided they are separate from where meat is prepared, and work in industrial laundry.
At 15, they would be able to work as lifeguards and swimming instructors, perform light assembly-line work after obtaining a waiver from state officials, and load and unload up to 50 pounds of products from vehicles and store shelves with a waiver “depending on the strength and ability of the fifteen-year-old.”
The Iowa proposal would also expand hours teenagers can work during the school year, and would shield businesses from civil liability if a youth worker is sickened, injured or killed on the job.”
Instead of paying adults more, some states might let companies hire kids as young as 14 to fill the labor shortage
- “Republicans in some states are proposing exceptions to child labor regulations.
- That’s because the labor shortage has impacted industries like meatpacking and construction.
- Research shows that those industries could attract adult workers if they increased pay and benefits.”
Kids are DYING!
Nativism….
My Immigration Thoughts:
A Simple Plan: Treat everyone with dignity and compassion. Honor their Rights (yes, immigrants are covered by the 14th Amendment!) An Immigration System that makes sense. Treat refugees and immigrants with respect. Utilize existing asylum laws and guarantees everyone a timely, fair and just hearing. How? More immigration judges. More staff. More courtrooms. No Detainment. 90% DO SHOW UP! We can find the rest…
“To be an American means to have been an outcast and a stranger, to have come to the exiles’ country, and to know that he who denies the outcast and stranger still amongst us, he also denies America.” —Robert F. Kennedy, 1967
A great twitter thread:
Why The U.S. Is Losing Immigrant Entrepreneurs To Other Nations
“At its core, immigration is a sign of a confident and successful nation. Immigrants’ talent and hard work and love of freedom have helped us become the leader of the world.”
https://www.bushcenter.org/explore-our-work/fostering-policy/immigration.html
—President George W. Bush
https://www.bushcenter.org/immigration/index.html
IMMIGRATION HISTORY Timeline
U.S. Annual Refugee Resettlement Ceilings and Number of Refugees Admitted, 1980-Present
The 14 Most Common Arguments against Immigration and Why They’re Wrong
UN: Nearly 71 million now displaced by war, violence at home
Figures at a Glance
An old and dear friend that lives in Austin, Texas shared this on Facebook with me:
“You’re running for President… come to the borders of Texas and see this for yourself.. talk to the landowners who have basically had to post armed guards around their property to protect themselves. See the kids who were abducted and forced to come with these people pretending that they are a family.. I don’t disagree there is a humanitarian disaster happening here but the facilities are overwhelmed by the shear numbers coming across daily.. we can’t absorb them all.”
I do plan on going to the Border. I love to travel and I want to see what the facts are first hand.
UPDATE! I went to El Paso!
No Need for a Wall (and other stories)
A Dangerous Dream
We are supposed to be a loving, compassionate, nation!
ANOTHER CRITICAL WATCHDOG REPORT: ROTTEN FOOD, DECAYING MATTRESSES AT NEW JERSEY ICE CONTRACT LOCKUP
I have been reading the Texas Tribune, that has been documenting this situation from day one.
Family & Diversity Immigrants Are Far Better Educated Than U.S.-Born Americans
Immigrant Founders of the 2017 Fortune 500
New American Fortune 500: The Legacy of Immigrants and Their Children
These John Oliver videos are NSFW – I apologize for the dirty words (HBO) but they are MUST-WATCH
We need more Noujain Mustaffas! Please be sure to watch the ending!
Update to refugees (more dirty words, sorry)
This is CRIMINAL! (more dirty words…)
Judges, lawyers say video justice is just adding to the mess within U.S. immigration courts
We Did This (more dirty words)
How Trump Broke the Immigration Courts
Please understand, delayed hearings means longer DETENTIONS, i.e Inventory for GEO Group and CORE Civic!
The Trump Administration Will Pause Its Hiring Of Immigration Judges Amid A Massive Backlog Of Cases
UPDATE! Trump administration ending in-person interpreters at immigrants’ first hearings
Our Asylum Laws (No Port of Entry Required!
We are better than this
How many migrants show up for immigration court hearings?
FACT CHECK: Asylum Seekers Regularly Attend Immigration Court Hearings
Most Released Families Attend Immigration Court Hearings
8 U.S. Code § 1158. Asylum
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1158
(a)Authority to apply for asylum(1)In general
Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225(b) of this title. (2)Exceptions (A)Safe third country
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien if the Attorney General determines that the alien may be removed, pursuant to a bilateral or multilateral agreement, to a country (other than the country of the alien’s nationality or, in the case of an alien having no nationality, the country of the alien’s last habitual residence) in which the alien’s life or freedom would not be threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, and where the alien would have access to a full and fair procedure for determining a claim to asylum or equivalent temporary protection, unless the Attorney General finds that it is in the public interest for the alien to receive asylum in the United States.(B)Time limit
Subject to subparagraph (D), paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien unless the alien demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the application has been filed within 1 year after the date of the alien’s arrival in the United States.(C)Previous asylum applications
Subject to subparagraph (D), paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien if the alien has previously applied for asylum and had such application denied.(D)Changed circumstances
An application for asylum of an alien may be considered, notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) and (C), if the alien demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Attorney General either the existence of changed circumstances which materially affect the applicant’s eligibility for asylum or extraordinary circumstances relating to the delay in filing an application within the period specified in subparagraph (B).(E)Applicability
Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to an unaccompanied alienchild (as defined in section 279(g) of title 6).(3)Limitation on judicial review
No court shall have jurisdiction to review any determination of the Attorney General under paragraph (2).
Some dirty words (John Oliver, HBO) but a Great Video explaining Our Immigration Laws:
Immigrant Population Growth in the U.S. Slows to a Trickle
SAD!
Trump Administration Drastically Cuts Number Of Refugees Allowed To Enter The U.S.
Even as President Trump slams the door on refugees, there is reason for hope
Mendota
Rotten meat. Chicken pox. Tearful separations. Migrants describe their experience in federal custody.
Trump’s Executive Order Rewards Private Prison Campaign Donors
We are better than this
We ARE better than this!
Trump’s latest immigration move actually puts America last
South Dakota will continue to accept refugees in 2020
Afghan refugee finds peace in WV amid national immigration debate
Cato’s 2018 Immigration Research in Review
I Believe in America
U.S. Customs officer loses job and citizenship over his Mexican birth certificate
Trump admin. wants to raise costs to become a U.S. citizen by 83 percent
The Trump Administration’s Plot to End DACA Faces a Supreme Court Test
The Trump Administration Is Proposing To Become One Of Just Four Countries In The World To Charge A Fee For Asylum
MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IMMIGRANTS MAKE THE U.S. ‘A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE’: POLL
Trump calls on Supreme Court to strike down DACA, says deal possible
The world has the capacity but lacks the political will to manage migration
Trump again says he’s looking ‘seriously’ at birthright citizenship despite 14th Amendment
Not ‘invaders’: Some Hispanic families in the Southwest predate the US entirely
Trump Is Admitting So Few Refugees This Florida Resettlement Agency Is Shutting Down
Ex-Foreign Service officer rips Trump administration ‘cruelty’ after resignation
Migration – Why do people migrate?
THIS IS ILLEGAL and USCIS KNOWS IT:
