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Investors would be wise to track the flow of immigrants as they assess the future direction of interest rates and the US economy.

Migrants living in at-capacity emergency shelters are packaging cooking oil in Ayer, caring for patients with developmental disabilities in Waltham, and gearing up to clean hospital rooms in Salem. But getting to that point has required a massive undertaking.

Visas were offered for roles with start dates on or before March 31, as per a temporary final rule implemented in November.

Investors would be wise to track the flow of immigrants as they assess the future direction of interest rates and the US economy.

Some 1,029 New York companies signed up to express interest in hiring immigrants and asylum seekers with work authorization. But how many jobs have been filled through the Department of Labor initiative is less clear.

Even when they get into the country, they become exposed to 3-D jobs — dirty, dangerous and demanding.

The grinding and sanding of synthetic engineered stone exposes workers to high levels of lung-scarring silica. Experts say the health risk should have been clear long before workers began falling ill.

The Justice Department in a statement said Apple did not recruit US citizens or permanent residents for jobs that were eligible for a federal program allowing employers to sponsor immigrant workers for green cards, in violation of a federal law that bars discrimination based on citizenship.

After the New York metro area, Dallas-Fort Worth can claim the most highly skilled foreign worker visa approvals in the country.

Much, much more resistance will be needed.