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After taking office, President Trump signed a number of executive orders targeting illegal immigration, including Executive Order 14159, which orders U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to conduct expedited removals of unauthorized individuals in the country. As of Feb. 3, the Department of Homeland Security has reported its agents have arrested 8,768 people. Historically, ICEās […]
Sometimes advocacy efforts are about debating big policy. Sometimes meetings with our elected officials and their staff are about building recognition of our industry and the many environmental, economic, and health benefits we provide society. Sometimes however, these meetings are more serious, more real.Ā April 15ās #SaveH2B fly-in was very much the latter. Itās April, […]
PLANET (soon to be the National Association of Landscape Professionals), is a member of the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition (EWIC), and supports the cause to create a guest worker program to strengthen not only our industry, but also the economy. Recently, the EWIC released a statement on immigration reform and a guest worker program. For […]
On December 15, 2009, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and several other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus held a press conference to introduce the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for Americaās Security and Prosperity (CIR-ASAP) Act of 2009 (H.R. 4321 ). The bill contains problematic H-2B provisions along the lines of those proposed in past legislation introduced […]
