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The Supreme Court’s TPS Ruling: The High Cost of Trump

Trump deports immigrants

by Mark M. Bello The United States Supreme Court has delivered a decision that should jolt every voter who has ever underestimated what’s at stake in recent presidential elections. The Court sided with the Trump Administration’s right to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans—despite the fact that the program was created by the Biden […]

Trump Puts Home Construction in Crisis

Construction industry faces a crisis

A severe labor shortage in the construction industry is being worsened by Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions, duties, and federal workforce firings and threatens to dramatically increase the cost of housing and other construction in the U.S., says Brian Turmail, vice president of public affairs at the Associated General Contractors of America.

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