Immigrants

It turns out immigrants are doing more than just working hard; they’re also strengthening our financial foundation. This story reveals a powerful truth.

Washington farmworkers will gather in Olympia Monday to discuss workplace conditions.  For the sixth year, laborers from across the Evergreen State will deliver testimonies to tribunal judges.  Their views on issues like workplace retaliation and the heath risks of pesticide use are expected to be big topics.   ...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, as well as the Secretaries of State, Labor, and Homeland Security are working together to streamline and simplify the H-2A agricultural visa program. The goal is to reduce cumbersome bureaucracy and ensure adequate protections for U...

A Texas man has been sentenced to three years in prison after scamming immigrants by saying he could get them legal status for money.  Federal prosecutors in Seattle said that from late 2011 until spring 2015, 50-year-old Alejandro Gurany of El Paso falsely claimed to work for a government immigration office.  ...