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Experts on immigration policy made the case for bipartisan legislation that includes border security, a solution for DACA, and an ID and Tax policy that would create a method for unauthorized immigrants to earn legal status. After some questions and discussion, most if not all of the roughly 100 business leaders in attendance seemed to agree that these reforms were sensible

The United States is in a global contest to attract and retain talent. To that end, providing permanent legal status to Dreamers makes sound economic sense. Our policies must allow us to compete for the workers we need to fuel our economy and retain the young talent that already exists here but lacks the security of permanent legal status.

A recent presentation at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston highlighted how challenges associated with the outdated US immigration system have cultivated an inefficient, unethical, and unsafe shadow economy that threatens the sustainability of the construction industry.

This event can be viewed at this zoom link: https://stthom-edu.zoom.us/j/94546730224A free event dealing with immigration reform and titled “Immigration: Taking Mercy on the Stranger” will be held online and in person April 28, 2022, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., in Cullen Hall on the campus of the University of St. Thomas-Houston. This presentation is part of UST’s Fratelli Tutti

It would benefit the U.S. economy to adopt a more practical, common-sense immigration policy, especially regarding the 11 million undocumented immigrants already living and working in the U.S., including about 1.6 million in Texas

When I opened my morning paper a few days ago, the front page featured an article about yet another caravan of Hondurans heading to Texas.Many are fleeing

Stan Marek is a writer for Texas Monthly.

Construction companies that break laws to underpay workers shift $1.9 billion burden onto...

The construction industry is no stranger to labor shortages, with over 410,000 open jobsin October. As a result of labor shortages, high consumer demand, and COVID-related shutdowns of ports and factories, it has experienced extraordinarydelivery delays and materials cost increases over the last year.

Construction CEOs in Arizona are pressuring Sens. Krysten Sinema and Mark Kelly to back the Democrats' wage-cutting amnesty.