Ricardo Garza was just a few footsteps from freedom when the trouble started. He had posted bail and was on his way out the door of the Grand Prairie Police Department Detention Center — where he had been booked on charges of driving while intoxicated — when a jailer began […]
A phony STEM shortage and the scandal of engineering visas — how American jobs get outsourced
29 Feb
by Foster, on News
Michael Hiltzik The Economy Hub Perrero’s story is becoming woefully familiar — in fact, several congressional committees have been hearing testimony like it for more than a year. It’s the story of how a visa program designed to allow high-tech companies to find foreign workers with advanced degrees and […]
By Zoë Henry After escaping from what was then Czechoslovakia as a political refugee in 1986, Jiri Stejskal dreamed of starting a company that could foster better communication across cultures. Today, Stejskal’s Cetra Language Solutions is a 35-person translation company based outside of Philadelphia. His company’s competitive edge is the same […]
The superintendent of Arlington Public Schools is seeking to reassure immigrant families who are afraid to send their children to school amid threats of deportation. “Teachers, administrators and Board members have heard reports that some families in our community are fearful to send their children to school,” Superintendent Patrick K. Murphy wrote […]