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Blog Post
December 14, 2023
The US labor market has changed a lot since 1991, but the federal list of shortage occupations, which impacts employers and immigrant workers alike, has not. Now, for the first time in decades, the US Department of Labor (DOL) will soon be seeking information on how the Schedule A shortage occupatio...
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November 27, 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law last year, will provide the United States with $370 billion in direct investments in clean energy, and possibly spur far more through tax credits. The IRA is expected to stimulate a green transition in the US. And it will turbocharge the US green l...
Blog Post
December 10, 2021
The Biden-Harris administration has made addressing the “root causes” of irregular migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras a top policy priority. Its first budget request included $861 million for the region, a level nearly triple previous commitments. Though Congress hasn’t yet finalize...
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May 24, 2021
US President Biden has proposed an ambitious plan to reduce US emissions to 50 percent of their 2005 levels by the year 2030. Biden’s plan is targeted only at US emissions, but climate change is a global problem. What would happen to global emissions of CO2 if every country in the world took a simil...