Governor Newsom signed AB 2240 to give farm workers living in the 24 farm worker housing centers that are open from April to November priority for permanent housing. The Office of Migrant Services is ...

Finland. Finland enacted a law in July 2024 that allows border guards to refuse entry to asylum seekers who cross its 830-mile border with Russia. Finland accused Russia of weaponizing migrants by ...

Bird flu or H5N1 spread in dairy cows in summer 2024, infecting up to 20 percent of cows and dozens of dairy workers. H5N1 can be spread by wild birds to wild animals, who then transmit the flu to ...

Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau has been in power since 2015; the next election must be held by October 20, 2025. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre blames Trudeau for admitting too many ...

The H-2A program allows US farm employers who anticipate shortages of seasonal workers to be certified by DOL to recruit and employ H-2A workers to fill seasonal farm jobs for up to 10 months.

Florida’s SB 1718 in 2023 imposed state sanctions on employers who hire unauthorized workers. In April 2024, Florida enacted HB 433 to block local governments such as Miami-Dade from requiring ...

UN leaders met in New York City to discuss global issues amidst record temperatures and wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Since the Paris agreement of 2015 to restrict carbon emissions, China has ...

US meatpacking (NAICS 31161 animal slaughtering and processing) includes 2,564 establishments that employed an average 545,000 workers in 2023 who earned an average $1,020 a week or $53,000 a year if ...

President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump sparred over immigration in June 2024. Biden said he was managing migration and respecting American values, while Trump decried the border chaos that ...