Illegal Alien Labor
In Florida, on July 1, a new law, SB 1718/Chapter No. 2023-40, cracking down on the employment of illegal aliens, took effect. A recent article by Axel Turcios for Scripps News tries to scare the reader into thinking that this is a Bad Thing. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by […]
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Mollie Tibbetts was a 20-year old student in the University of Iowa who worked at a children’s day camp. On July 18th, 2018, in the summer before what would have been her sophomore year, Mollie went jogging in the countryside near Brooklyn, Iowa. Mollie didn’t show up at her job the next day, so a […]
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The recent raids in Mississippi were well-executed, detaining hundreds of illegal alien workers. Of course, about half were released, which was a mistake, but the government did show what it can do. In Georgia, poultry workers were afraid it was about to happen in that state, so many workers walked off their job. In the […]
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I grew up on a dairy, and I can appreciate a recent article on NPR (National Public Radio) about robots on dairy farms. It’s estimated that 5% of U.S. dairy farms now use robots to milk cows. How is this going to effect labor arrangements? For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by […]
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