Stay updated with breaking news from Dyssegaard Kallick. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Applicants would be asked to verbally describe three color photographs showing "ordinary usage scenery, such as daily activities, the weather or food," according to a notice in the Federal Register by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
It is estimated 50,000 West Virginia children are once again living below the poverty line, since families received their final expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) payment at the end of last year. The American Rescue Plan increased the CTC in 2021, with families receiving up to $3,600 for each child younger than age 6, and $3,000 for children between 6 and 16, split up into monthly payments. Experts say most families used the extra cash to buy food and pay bills, and save up for emergencies. ...
A new report makes the case for New York to continue its Excluded Workers Fund, which was started during the pandemic to provide payments to undocumented workers and others who lost income but were not eligible for unemployment benefits. Applications opened last August and closed in October, after the $2.1 billion allocated to it were spent. David Dyssegaard Kallick, director of the Immigration Research Initiative and co-author of the report, noted the fund has helped 130,000 people, which is about 40% of those who are eligible. ...
Nearly 15,000 workers benefited on Long Island, with a boost to the local economy of about $224 million, according to the report.
A lobbyist in Mark Zuckerberg's investors' group is promising an amnesty for millions of illegals will actually raise wages for Americans.