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LEP Workers & Access to Workforce Services: Perspectives on Current Barriers to Access and Prospects for Improvements Under WIA Reauthorization

In this webinar, experts discuss barriers immigrant and LEP individuals face in accessing the WIA system, how a revitalized WIA could address these barriers, and the extent to which the current Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee's WIA reauthorization proposal addresses these barriers.




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The Impact of Immigrants in Recession and Economic Expansion

A broad consensus exists that the long-term impact of immigration on Americans' average income is small but positive, improving employment, productivity, and income. In the short term, however, immigration may slightly reduce native employment and average income. This report provides an analysis of short- and long-run impacts of immigration over the business cycle.




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Immigrants: Contributors to the Economy or Competitors for American Jobs?

Briefing and discussion of the release of the latest paper by MPI's Labor Markets Initiative: The Impact of Immigrants in Recession and Economic Expansion.




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Immigrants: Contributors to the Economy or Competitors for American Jobs?

Briefing and discussion of the release of the latest paper by MPI's Labor Markets Initiative. Speakers are report author Giovanni Peri, UC Davis Professor of Economics; Ross Eisenbrey, Vice President, Economic Policy Institute; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President.




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Immigration and U.S. Economic Competitiveness: A View from the Midwest

At this release event in Washington, DC, co-sponsored by MPI, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and ImmigrationWorks USA, the Chicago Council's independent task force on immigration released its report, U.S. Economic Competitiveness at Risk: A Midwest Call to Action on Immigration Reform.




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : When did you stop believing in the keebler elves?




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[ Cooking & Recipes ] Open Question : My mom keeps putting me down and making fun of the meals I was making before using hello fresh and it hurts my feelings ?




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[ Other - Games & Recreation ] Open Question : A dnd session where the party killed a manticore and decided to bring the corpse back to town to sell. How much money should this give them?




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : T or F: We were in our fathers before we're in our mothers?




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : Do you think Beyoncé should go back to the kitchen?

Or better yet go back to Africa, we don’t need any feminazis ruining our society




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[ Politics ] Open Question : Are the people who are complaining about this "LOCKDOWN" and want things opened up, the MAIN REASON the US WILL DIE OF COVID-19 ?

I say - Lock everything down, as we are, and keep everything locked down for years  This way, what every these people are complaining about will be long gone 




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : Why are all the best tasting foods "for kids only"?




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : Is bring a girl home ok?

So once I went on a night out and I kissed a drunk girl and she was hinting she wanted to come home with me but I didn't let it happen. If this happens again will it be weird if I bring a girl home at like 3 in the morning and I live with my parents. Do I have to hide her? What if we have sex? In the morning my mum just come in and opens the door to get my washing. What if she does this and there is a girl in the bed? Will I get in trouble? I don't know anything about this stuff. I'm 21 do people this age even do this or is it only people in there 30s? It will be nice to spend the night with a girl. Is it a bad idea. I have no brothers or friends so I don't know what people do. I want to know for the next time?




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : What is your typical mood?

happy, sad, meh, mad, or what?




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[ Other - Food & Drink ] Open Question : Is there any food not allowed in your country that you want to try?

First, I would love to try Casu marzu and for dessert I am curious about durian. or a drink such as wormwood absinthe.




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : Girls, what do you think of guys in general?




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[ Politics ] Open Question : Should President Trump continue to have manufacturing sent to China???




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : Is this guy normal?

My friend the dumb joe will ask me for money and try and sell me his garbage because he needs money for a bus fare. He will talk to Asian girls because I think he is not good enough for white girls. He try's to many things. Let's go over some of them. The army the police an astronaut he worked at 5 different supermarkets he got a night job for about 3 weeks and never sleeper at all. He wanted to go to China but cancelled he wanted to go to Auckland but cancelled he wanted to go to Singapore but cancelled. He brought a moped and sold it a week later. He wanted a BMW but didn't get one after he told me he was getting it. He sold me a speaker for $20 and a month later he asked for it back for free and he did not get it. He was on his way to buy a computer and he runs in to a friend and asked him can I have your computer for $200 when the one he was going to buy was $180. He will never learn to drive when he drove into a lamppost. And meny more weird things as well. What is wrong with him?




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[ Politics ] Open Question : Trump says he will move the capital to Moscow to avoid the virus. what do you think of his plan?




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : Is it seen as wrong for women to be protective of themselves, and not reliant on a male protector?




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[ Languages ] Open Question : Improve to listen English.?

I'm a Japanese,struggling to catch English. Exa: V/B, we don't have the similar sound of V. so both sounds B. Can native English speakers always hear the difference of B/V even in France,Spanish or other Europe language?




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : What happens if you go to a concert just to stand in the corner and stink the place up with your farts?




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[ Politics ] Open Question : If Trump is such a genius, how come he says all those dumb things ?




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : I’ve been trying to feel pleasure with my eyes wide shut but it keeps on moving ?




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : Should I break up with my boyfriend?

I’ve liked him for a year and I told him, but he told me to date someone else. I started to forget about him, but then he told me that he liked me too. We’re dating now but I don’t think that I feel the same was as when I first started liking him. What should I do?




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[ Law & Ethics ] Open Question : If I change my legal name is there a chance my future employers would see my old name?

I just got sent an electronic message from one of the employers stating that I am unsuitable for the role based on my police record. I'm under the impression some people are still choosing to impersonate me on several job search engines by giving each employer the idea I'm an ex-con with work skills that came out of prison. Is there a chance they can see my old name?




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : I have an online gf i never met in person,is it cheating if i slept with someone irl?

I have an online gf it seems kind of serious but we've never really made attempts on meeting but i slept with someone irl,is that cheating? Should I tell her?




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[ Video & Online Games ] Open Question : Is my Sim thick?

is she thicc af? I made this in the Sims 4 lol 




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : How would fragrance companies benefit by the invention of smell-o-vision?




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[ Standards & Testing ] Open Question : Can you help me my exam question?




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : True/False: Your bank account is healing - turns out you're the virus all along?

????




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : You have a gun to your head and you have one phone call...?

If they answer you DIE, if they don’t you live. Who are you calling?




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[ Religion & Spirituality ] Open Question : The Epistles were written to the members of the body of Christ who'd been Holy Spirit baptized (I Cor 12:11-13). What are today's Christians?

....GOING TO DO WHEN THEY BELIEVE THEY APPLY TO THEM BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HOLY SPIRIT BAPTIZED? TODAY'S CHRISTIANS HAVEN'T BEEN "QUICKENED BACK TO LIFE" (EPHESIANS 2:1)  BY HIS "POWER THAT CAME UPON THEM" (ACTS 1:8) WITH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM (ACTS 1:5) AS THEY WERE "BORN AGAIN OF THE SPIRIT" (JOHN 3:5-7) FROM THEIR "DEAD SPIRITS" (ROMANS 5:12-14) AND WERE "RESURRECTED" (I COR 15) FROM THEIR GRAVES" (EZEKIEL 37:12-14). WHAT ARE THESE "DEAD SPIRITS" GOING TO DO? 




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[ Laptops & Notebooks ] Open Question : How can I connect senheisser $S 120 RF headphone to laptop?




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : How to you put an end to friends with benefits?

I have a fwb trade with this guy who doesnt respect me at all and hurts my feelings because I'm not as attractive as he is and gets annoyed if I dont meet his demands,how do I stop this fwb? I'm scared if he does he'll tell people or get mad at me.




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : Who's a user you wouldn't meeting in person?




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[ Religion & Spirituality ] Open Question : Why does God want me to kiss his a s s so much?

So I was talking to this cute Christian girl and she was apparently interested in me. We even set up a date and aal that. Then she found out I'm an atheist, and she said that "She's looking for someone to share her faith" and bailed out on me. Why does God want me to kiss his a ss so badly, for me to simply date a girl? Does he have a perverted crush on me?




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : If someone says youre not edgy is that a bad thing?




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A Tumultuous Decade: Employment Outcomes of Immigrants in the Czech Republic

This report assesses the labor market outcomes of new immigrants in the Czech Republic, focusing on trends according to year of arrival, country of origin, gender, level of education, and sector of employment. The analysis suggests that the challenge of reducing obstacles to immigrant workers’ progression into more skilled employment are worth significant policy attention.




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Danger Ahead for Aspiring Citizens as New Federal Workforce Law Is Implemented

Ahead of National Citizenship Day, this commentary examines how regulations for the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) at state and local levels could jeopardize citizenship preparation services for millions of immigrants across the United States.




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It is Time for Federal Agencies to Do More to Improve the Provision of Language Access Services

Whether driven by pragmatism, local laws, or federal civil-rights provisions, state and local governments and agencies across the United States increasingly have designed and implemented language access services (i.e. translation and interpretation) in response to growing Limited English Proficient populations. This commentary argues it is time for the federal government to follow suit.




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Prospects for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Testimony of Doris Meissner, Director of MPI's U.S. Immigration Policy Program, before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship, at its hearing: "Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2009, Can We Do It and How?" 




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Immigration and U.S. Immigration Policy: Medium-Term Fiscal Impacts and Long-term Fiscal Sustainability for the U.S. Budget

Testimony of Marc Rosenblum, MPI Senior Policy Analyst, before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.




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The Executive Proclamation Designating the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks a National Monument: Implications for Border Security

Testimony of Marc R. Rosenblum, Deputy Director, U.S. Immigration Program, before the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.




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An Examination of the Administration's Central American Minors Refugee/Parole Program

Testimony of Doris Meissner, Director of MPI's U.S. Immigration Policy Program, before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest regarding the Central American Minors Refugee/Parole Program that began in December 2014.




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ESSA Implementation in States and School Districts: Perspectives from Education Leaders

Testimony of Delia Pompa, Senior Fellow in Education Policy, before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for the February 23, 2016 hearing on the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).




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Edmonton police campus project needs new roof, $8M more funding: city report

The leaky roof on the Edmonton police campus facility needs to be replaced, adding $8 million to an already delayed and over-budget project, according to a report headed before city councillors on Monday. 



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AGS awards highest honor to West Health for visionary work to improve geriatric care

For only the second time in its near 80-year history, the American Geriatrics Society will award one of its highest honors typically reserved for individuals to West Health, a family of nonprofit organizations dedicated to lowering healthcare costs to enable older adults to successfully age in place.




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Texas A&M study offers hope for young children diagnosed with Menkes disease

A Texas A&M AgriLife Research team has good news for patients with copper-deficiency disorders, especially young children diagnosed with Menkes disease.




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Paraguay: Campaign Financing Law Amended

(May 7, 2020) On February 18, 2020, Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez signed Law No. 6501/2020, amending Law No. 4743/2012 Regulating Political Financing. Law No. 6501 creates a unit within the Superior Court of Electoral Justice (Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral, TSJE) to be in charge of arranging, coordinating, and supervising policies and procedures to prevent […]