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Targeting H-1B visas won’t help fight COVID-19, but will delay recovery

  By Oliver McPherson-Smith, American Consumer Institute     The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a significant blow to America’s economy and countless Americans will be looking for jobs in the coming months. To ease competition in the labor force, four senators are pushing for a ban on certain temporary workers. But the plan would also block highly-educated […]

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Mini Schengen: a small step to better cooperation in the Western Balkans, but don’t expect too much

    By Mihailo Gajic, TES Contributor     The leaders of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania recently declared their willingness to ensure closer economic cooperation in the region through the ’’Little Schengen’’ mechanism, which will increase connectivity in the Western Balkan region.   A short history   The region, historically plagued with political instability […]

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Agricultural labor law’s “touchback” provisions make absolutely no sense

  “The H‑2A Touchback Requirement Makes No Economic or Security Sense” By David Bier, courtesy of the Cato Institute   The House of Representatives passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 5038) last month. The House bill made some improvements to the H-2A program, which allows farmers to hire foreign guest workers, but it incorporated […]