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New revisions to the H-2A visa program wont make the financial burden on farmers better, according to Northwest Horticultural Council Vice President Kate Tynan.

New revisions to the H-2A visa program wont make the financial burden on farmers better, according to Northwest Horticultural Council Vice President Kate Tynan.<p>

>> yep. im listening to all of this and im thinking, it is always been ping-pong. im a person that grew up on the border. i grew up in el paso. this is my home town. theyve shouldered this burden for years now. ive seen this firsthand. is it a tough issue. i see ping-pong between democrats and between republicans as well. look, great. go to the border, go and visit. i saw this during the trump administration numerous times, with republicans going to the border, looking at people in cages like th...

To the nearly 2 million cases that are in a backlog right now that need to be heard. immigration judges continue to be overwhelmed. this is nearly 2 million before title 42 officially ends. that number will only swell. i spoke with a number of former immigration judges over the past year and a half who warned that ending title 42 will put a tremendous burden on the court system. judges are simply not addressed to deal with this influx. right now, rich, there is already a six-year backlog of case...

In 2013 was a sign of how much of a burden that high office was for him. that was michael kelly, managing editor of the irish catholic newspaper. if there is any update in terms of the condition of pope benedict, we will obviously bring that to you. those of the live pictures coming to us from the vatican city. a male university professor in afghanistan has torn up his academic certificates live on television in solidarity with women banned by the taliban from studying. ismail mashal ripped up h...

>> on media platforms dropped immediately. going down because we offered the chase as opposed to message of get vaccinated. >> reporter: a time funding is stretched to the limit putting resources towards fighting misinformation is adding to the strain. >> public health funding has been cut by almost 20% in the decade leading up to covid. public health departments does not have enough people and did not have enough money and that made their response really difficult. >> reporter: she finally lear...

Spread, because of vaccine hesitancy. >> kristen, youre right. some of what weve already seen is so concerning. polio, more cases of that in rockford county just north of new york city. the measles with a recent outbreak in columbus, ohio as well. this has real wide ramifications. doesnt it? >> reporter: absolutely. you know, in many cases like polio, these are diseases that weve had under control, that public health officials say theyre under control, because of vaccinations. so if fewer and fe...

Bone-chilling cold. venezuelan luis soler says hes not accustomed to temperatures in the 20s. many staying warm in churches over christmas, connected through song but also pain. others were left outside like this little boy with just a few blankets. "weve come for a better life," he said. at this el paso convention center theres 1,000 beds inside. refuge for some but only for those migrants who have the proper paperwork. the chaos against the backdrop of an unprecedented number of undocumented i...

- thats congresswoman ayanna pressley. she wanted to clear up some misconceptions about whos really affected by student debt. - within my district, i have senior citizens living on fixed incomes, 76 years old, still paying on student loans. its an economic justice issue. its a gender justice issue in that women disproportionately bear the burden. and black student borrowers are five times more likely to default on their loans than our white peers. so its a racial justice issue. - i think especia...

Connective tissue. people are arriving with toddlers, in t-shirts and shorts, and while its a political potent argument for a red state governor to say this shouldnt just be our problem, its a human safety problem. >> absolutely. i mean, i think it seems to make sense to ease the burden on the border to move people closer to where theyre going, but to do so in the freezing cold, children with barely any clothing on at all, i think it really raises some questions about the cruelty of it all. marg...