Feb 7 Economy Uncertain Status: Immigration Changes Leave Some In Limbo With Congress in a heated immigration debate, the Ohio Valley region is adding to its immigration courts. Sources within the Justice Department say Kentucky will have a new immigration court operating in Louisville as soon as April, and Ohio is adding additional judges to handle deportations and other immigration cases. Recent immigration changes and heated […] By Nicole Erwin Feb 7 Economy Uncertain Status: Immigration Changes Leave Some In Limbo Nicole Erwin
Nov 17 Agriculture Gutting Guest Worker Rights: Migrant Labor Bill Cuts Protections Roberto Gonzales and six other workers came from Nayarit, Mexico, to work on a Garrard County, Kentucky, tobacco farm using a guest worker program called the H-2A visa. The Department of Labor program guarantees a wage in Kentucky of $10.92 an hour. But Gonzales said the workers were only getting between $3 and $8 per […] By Nicole Erwin Nov 17 Agriculture Gutting Guest Worker Rights: Migrant Labor Bill Cuts Protections Nicole Erwin
Dec 2 Agriculture Growing Concerns: Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Sows Anxiety In Agriculture On Nelson Key Road in Murray, Kentucky, lies a 30-acre tobacco farm and there sits the road’s namesake, Nelson Key himself. He’s just at the end of this year’s harvest, which was brought in with the help of migrant workers. “I used American workers up until 1991 then I went to the migrant workers and […] By Nicole Erwin Dec 2 Agriculture Growing Concerns: Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Sows Anxiety In Agriculture Nicole Erwin
Sep 30 Economy New Kentucky Home: From Battle Zone Refugee To Business Owner The international refugee crisis caused by people fleeing the war-torn Middle East has been a high-profile issue in the presidential campaign. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton told CBS’s “Face the Nation” last year that “the U.S. has to do more” to meet what she called the worst refugee crisis since the end of WWII. Republican opponent […] By Becca Schimmel Sep 30 Economy New Kentucky Home: From Battle Zone Refugee To Business Owner Becca Schimmel