Immigration
Feb. 1, 2024
Lax TN Visa rules expose workers to abuse
Federal officials vet prospective TN visa applicants before they come to the U.S., but there is no subsequent monitoring of employers or working conditions to ensure compliance with labor laws.
Temporary visas for skilled foreign workers have long been controversial in the United States.
These visas were created to temporarily help fill labor shortages in specialized fields. But federal oversight is too often woefully inadequate, leaving immigrants vulnerable to unscrupulous employers who know they can skirt labor laws with impunity.
Consider what happened to Ana Morales, an animal breeder from Mexico...
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