12 days ago · Randy Thanthong-Knight and Monique Mulima
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(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 180-degree turnaround in immigration policy has rattled Canada’s higher education sector, providing a glimpse into the shock expected to hit other newcomer-reliant industries over the next few years.
Trudeau’s government capped foreign student permits earlier this year to help curb record population growth that had strained housing, the job market and public services. More recently, it has cracked down on temporary workers and even shrunk permanent resident targets.
This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural, construction and hospitality industries humming.On one hand, we simply cannot function without them. On the other, xenophobic politicians whip up fear and mistrust of workers on the...
More than a dozen U.S. universities have issued guidance to their international students urging them to be back on campus before the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Trump.Trump has repeatedly threated a mass deportation effort when he returns to office, potentially including revoking the sta...
Immigration accounted for 84% of recent US population growth between 2023 and 2024, the Census Bureau said Thursday, with Florida, California, and Texas seeing the largest gains from international arrivals.The US annual population growth rate was the highest since 2001, but "well within historical n...
