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Government shutdown 2019

Trump says he’s declaring emergency to build border wall

by Associated Press
Feb 15, 2019
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will declare a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
President Donald Trump, repeating his claim that 'walls work,' announced that he will declare a national emergency in order to build a barrier on the US-Mexico border without funding from Congress.
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More than 600,000 American children born to Mexican nationals are living in Mexico

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 13, 2019
Even though they have the right to return to the U.S., they may not know it, a California Sunday reporter says.
Dusk falls over a section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence near Campo, California.
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Business on the Texas-Mexico border

Border life: Butterflies vs. walls along the Rio Grande

by Andy Uhler
Feb 5, 2019
A planned expansion of a border wall threatens a critical habitat in South Texas.
The three southern-most counties of Texas are home to more than 300 butterfly species. The National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX is holding out hope that a border wall won't be built on its property.
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Foreign workers with advanced degrees from American schools may have an easier time getting work visas

by Erika Beras
Feb 1, 2019
The Trump administration is retooling the lottery for H-1B visas.
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Business on the Texas-Mexico border

Border life: A rancher's economic argument for a wall

by Andy Uhler
Jan 31, 2019
“For us it’s more from an agriculture point of view. It’s not about politics.”
Rancher Richard Guerra stands in a hallway in his McAllen, Texas home on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.  Guerra supports a border wall as a way to help prevent fever tick-carrying animals from crossing into Texas from Mexico.
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Business on the Texas-Mexico border

Border life: In "Los dos Laredos," blurred lines between U.S., Mexico

by Andy Uhler
Jan 30, 2019
"We are so, like, one, that you can’t tell one city from the other."
Sandra Bernal helps run her parents’ restaurant,  El Meson de San Agustin, in Laredo, Texas. She’s behind the restaurant’s counter on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2018.
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Fertility and the economy

How immigration could help a shrinking American labor force

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Marketplace Staff
Jan 29, 2019
Young, productive workers "are the new scarce resource," one expert says.
Immigrants stand for the national anthem before becoming American citizens. Chris Farrell says that datasets often underestimate the positive impact immigrants have on the economy.
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Business on the Texas-Mexico border

Border life: The outlet mall in Laredo

by Andy Uhler
Jan 29, 2019
Here on the Texas-Mexico border, most people don’t think about the boundary as much more than an inconvenient passport check.
People driving across the border from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico are greeted by a massive outlet mall, Outlet Shoppes at Laredo in Laredo, Texas, that sells everything from sneakers and T-shirts to kitchenware and iPhones, shown here on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019.
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Undocumented immigrants quietly pay billions into Social Security and receive no benefits

by Nina Roberts
Jan 28, 2019
Undocumented immigrants contributed an estimated $13 billion into Social Security funds in 2016.
Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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H-2B visas need fixing, employers and immigration attorneys say

by Andy Uhler
Jan 18, 2019
You’ve probably heard of H-1B visas. Those are the ones lots of tech firms use to bring in highly skilled workers from countries like India. Lesser-known but still vital to the economy are visas like the H-2A. Those are temporary, seasonal visas handed out to the people who help grow and harvest our food. Then there […]
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