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Trump’s border czar pick supports using Texas ranch for mass deportations
November 19, 2024
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said the state’s recently-purchased 1,400-acre ranch in Starr County could be used as a deportation hub.
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US could rely more on foreign ag workers under Trump. High demand is already straining the government.
November 15, 2024
A new GAO report warns that rapid growth of H-2A program could impact workers’ rights. These workers might be even more important under a second-term Donald Trump, who supported the program in the past.
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‘Haitians are not eating pets’: Springfield faith leaders stand with embattled migrants
September 16, 2024
‘It was a tough week,’ said Harold Herard, a Haitian community leader in Springfield and visitor at Central Christian Church on Sunday. ‘But today, we feel free.’
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Second 2024 US presidential debate: We check what Harris and Trump said about immigration, abortion and other issues
September 10, 2024
At Factchequeado, Conecta Arizona is carrying out live checks and verifications of the statements of both candidates for the 2024 United States Elections during the presidential debate.
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Nebraska Evolving
September 06, 2024
The perception is that Nebraska’s smaller communities are dying. The reality is that many rural Nebraska counties are now growing for one reason. Immigration.
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Quick Hit: Immigration is changing, and maybe saving, some small Nebraska communities
September 06, 2024
A new FFP series, “Nebraska Evolving” will dig deep into several smaller Nebraska cities and small towns – places like Wakefield, the star of the first story, and also Columbus, Madison, North Platte, South Sioux City and Schuyler.
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Undocumented and Undiagnosed: The Fight to Ease A Health Crisis Among North Carolina’s Farmworkers
August 14, 2024
Some clinics strive to bridge gaps in healthcare despite systemic challenges.
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Nicaraguans made central Vermont home in the past year, but they may not be able to stay
August 11, 2024
Dozens came to the Montpelier area under a time-limited humanitarian program, but its expiration date is fast approaching.
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GRAPHIC: Hiring foreign visa workers skyrockets at meatpacking plants
August 06, 2024
The modern meatpacking industry was built on immigrant labor, but some of the biggest US meatpacking companies are filling labor shortages with foreign workers.
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Michigan’s thousands of farmworkers are unprotected, poorly paid, uncounted and often exploited
July 15, 2024
Beneath its picturesque facade of crop fields and fruit trees, lies a harsh reality of precarious work and exploitative labor practices for Michigan’s farmworkers, who are often invisible to people who enjoy the fruits of their labors, according to the Michigan Farmworker Project’s ongoing research.
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Why are kids from Guatemala coming to Culpeper?
February 23, 2024
How the pandemic accelerated the immigration of Guatemalan children in this rural Virginia town.
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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar says three migrants are dead near Eagle Pass park after Border Patrol was denied access
January 13, 2024
Texas officers took control over Shelby Park against the city’s wishes on Wednesday and have since blocked U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering.
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Cosechando desigualdades: la realidad sistémica de los migrantes en los campos de Carolina del Norte
December 11, 2023
La muerte de José Arturo González Mendoza destaca problemas más amplios en el programa de visas H-2A para trabajadores agrícolas estacionales en Carolina del Norte.
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Food and Environment Reporting Network
A tell-tale tragedy
October 26, 2023
Two Mexican farmworkers died in a trailer fire in North Carolina. Their story illustrates how the nation’s most important agricultural visa program is failing the workers it is supposed to protect.
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Underpaid and overlooked, migrant labor provides backbone of Maryland Eastern Shore’s local economy
August 14, 2023
For generations, African American women from Maryland’s rural, maritime communities have labored for crab houses on the Eastern Shore. Over 2.1 million migrants and immigrants work in jobs growing and processing food in the United States, playing an essential role in feeding Americans.
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