She knows there’s a bigger pool of experienced workers out there, but she can’t hire them because they are undocumented immigrants.
The coalition argues Biden can do more through executive action under current law, including by expanding work permits to spouses of US citizens.
All of Indiana dairy farmer Steve Obert's employees are authorized to work, but he is among the business leaders advocating for more work permits for longtime undocumented residents.
Courtesy Steve ObertAll of Obert’s 15 non-family employees are foreign born and have work permits.
But he knows that undocumented workers contribute a lot to the industry, as well as to the communities where they live.
Persons:
Lisa Winton, Winton, Biden, ” Winton, ” Lisa Winton, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Trump, , ”, Karoline Leavitt, “, ” It’s, Steve Obert, Jessica Vaughan, Rebecca Shi, ‘, ’ ”, Shi, Vaughan, Tara Watson, Bush, Obama, Kerri Talbot, Trump’s, Steve, ” Obert
Organizations:
CNN, Winton Machine Company, American Business Immigration Coalition, Employers, Time, Trump, Pew Research Center, Labor, National Agricultural Workers Survey, Center, American, National Milk Producers Federation, Immigration Services, Center for Immigration Studies, Department of Homeland Security, Migration Policy Institute, Williams College, Immigration, Indiana Dairy Producers
Locations:
Suwanee , Georgia, Winton, Georgia, America, Indiana