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☆ Donald Trump Is Unfit for a Second Term - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

If Mr. Trump has these qualities, Americans have never seen them in action on behalf of the nation’s interests. This record shows what can happen to a country led by such a person: America’s image, credibility and cohesion were relentlessly undermined by Mr. Trump during his term. Mr. Trump has shown, repeatedly, that he does not. The lack of moral grounding undermines Mr. Trump even in areas where voters view him as stronger and trust him more than Mr. Biden, like immigration and crime. But there are good reasons to worry about whether that would happen again, as Mr. Trump works harder to surround himself with people who enable rather than check his most insidious impulses.

Persons: Trump, Jan, Biden Organizations: Mr, Capitol, Justice Department, Republican Locations: United States

☆ Pakistan extends visas for 1.45 million Afghans but denies deportations on hold
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Lex Harvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Pakistan is extending the stay of nearly 1.5 million registered Afghan refugees – but its mass deportation of “illegal immigrants” will continue, authorities said. The fate of 1.45 million refugees whose PORs expired at the end of June had previously been in doubt, with many fearing they’d be deported. But Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs disputed the UN’s claims that Islamabad had put on hold its plan announced last October to deport undocumented Afghan refugees. Trucks transporting Afghan refugees and their belongings are seen along a road heading toward the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border on November 3, 2023. More than 3 million Afghan refugees, including registered refugees and more than 800,000 undocumented people were living in Pakistan as of March 2024, according to UNHCR data.

Persons: ”, Shehbaz, they’d, ” Filippo Grandi, Mumtaz Baloch, Abdul Majeed, They’re, Moniza, ” Kakar, Asif Hassan, Ruwanpathirana Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Pakistan’s, of Foreign Affairs, Trucks, Getty, Pakistan, Afghan, UNHCR, Taliban, UN, ” Police, South Asia, Amnesty International Locations: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Islamabad, AFP, Karachi, South

☆ France Is Busing Homeless Immigrants Out of Paris Before the Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Sarah Hurtes | Ségolène Le Stradic | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The French government has put thousands of homeless immigrants on buses and sent them out of Paris ahead of the Olympics. The immigrants said they were promised housing elsewhere, only to end up living on unfamiliar streets far from home or flagged for deportation. President Emmanuel Macron of France has promised that the Olympic Games will showcase the country’s grandeur. But the Olympic Village was built in one of Paris’s poorest suburbs, where thousands of people live in street encampments, shelters or abandoned buildings. City officials encourage them to board buses to cities like Lyon or Marseille.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Christophe Noël du Organizations: Olympics, Olympic Locations: Paris, France, Lyon, Marseille

☆ Here's the immigration firm that is helping "extraordinary" AI engineers qualify for an H-1B alternative visa
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Sri Muppidi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The US issues just 140,000 employment-based visas and 85,000 H-1B visas a year. The O-1 visa has eight criteria; applicants must meet three out of eight to qualify. "A lot of it is a storytelling exercise about yourself to meet the criteria of the O-1," Wehden said. AdvertisementGabriel Petersson, a Midjourney engineer and high school dropout, initially considered an H-1B visa before realizing it required a college degree. While 85% of the company's petitions have been for O-1 visas thus far, it also supports green card applications.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Lisa Wehden, Wehden, Lisa, Justin Bieber, Plymouth's, Gabriel Petersson, Petersson, Minn Kim Organizations: Service, Plymouth, Business, Immigrants, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, Immigration, Employers, O1, Institute for Progress, Schmidt, Emergent Ventures, Talent Mobility Fund Locations: Plymouth, America

☆ Biden buys time but every day tests his capacity to keep his campaign alive
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But the president’s abject debate performance and defiance in the aftermath have badly weakened his standing in a party already unenthusiastic about his campaign. Any slip ups or confusion would rip off the fragile patch Biden has fixed on the dam of Democratic Party support. Biden needs one of his classic comebacks more than everStill, it’s too early to count Biden out. “We concluded that Joe Biden is old; we found out, and the polling came back that he’s old,” Fetterman told CNN. Many of the CBC’s members are in solid blue districts and may be under less pressure than frontline Democrats who have criticized the president’s debate performance.

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☆ AI, immigration, and rich people will save the US economy from a recession, Wall Street strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe US economy will keep growing and ultimately avoid a recession thanks to artificial intelligence, immigration, and rich people. "The risks are growing that the stubborn Fed gradually then suddenly puts the economy in recession," he said. "But the economy may narrowly escape the dreaded recession outcome for these three reasons." 'Immigration delivers surprising economic benefits'Americans can thank immigrants for the continued progress in battling inflation, according to Arone. Arone also notes that the increase in immigrants can have a compounding impact on the US economy overtime.

Persons: —, Michael Arone, Arone Organizations: Service, State Street, Federal Reserve, Business, Fed, stoke, Research Partners

☆ In a town Biden won by 19 votes, debate stirs doubts he can win again this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Jacqueline Kalil/CNN A man walks in the Cedarburg Fourth of July Parade. Jacqueline Kalil/CNN A Biden/Harris campaign sign is displayed on a car during the parade. Jacqueline Kalil/CNN Biden/Harris and Sen. Tammy Baldwin campaign signs and stickers adorn a truck in Cedarburg's Fourth of July Parade. Jacqueline Kalil/CNN Pro pickleball player and undecided voter, Gina Cilento, served as parade marshal of Cedarburg's annual Fourth of July Parade. Jacqueline Kalil/CNN Cedarburg, Wisconsin, celebrates the Fourth of July Prev NextWe find dismay and disgust at the presidential choices everywhere we travel.

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☆ The Arizona primary where the MAGA movement is devouring itself
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

"He is running a very bigoted race," Hamadeh told me of Masters, "and MAGA and the America First movement is bigger than that." An anti-Hamadeh yard sign, paid for by the Masters campaign, beside one of Hamadeh's own signs in the 8th district. "This guy, he lost against Mark Kelly because he's a weirdo," Hamadeh told me. "I think that warrants some investigative journalism," Hamadeh told me. "I can't vote for you," one woman, apparently not a prospective constituent, told Hamadeh as she shook hands with him after the event, "but I'll give you a donation."

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☆ I lost my dream job in the US because I couldn't get a work visa. In Canada, the pathway has been much smoother.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I worked with major US news outlets during and after college and wanted to keep working in America, but couldn't secure an H-1B work visa. I spent the next five years in India, working in journalism before pivoting into a brand and communications position. AdvertisementI couldn't get a work visa in the US, but there was a clearer and more stable path to getting one in Canada. My understanding is that it's become harder to get a work visa in the US since. My work visa expires in October 2024, and I'm open to options for settling in Canada beyond that.

Persons: —, Vaishali Gauba, Stephen Colbert, I've, isn't, Donald Trump Organizations: Service, Business, Rutgers University, CNBC, NBC, CBS, Toronto Metropolitan University Locations: Gurugram, India, New Jersey, America, Canada

☆ Job scams surged 118% in 2023, aided by AI. Here's how to stop them
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ridvan_celik | E+ | Getty ImagesEmployment scams surged last year, as criminals leveraged artificial intelligence to steal money and personal information from unsuspecting job seekers, experts said. Consumer reports of job scams jumped 118% in 2023 from the prior year, according to a recent report by the Identity Theft Resource Center. How job scams can rip you offCon artists will "push you for money" during the hiring process, the FTC said. Job seekers should not expect to have to hand over personal information until after they've received and accepted a job offer, Velasquez said. How to protect yourself from job scams

Persons: ITRC, Eva Velasquez, Velasquez, Con, Robert Rodriguez, they've Organizations: Getty, Theft Resource Center, Social, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Google, Craigslist, Facebook, Finance, New York

☆ Yoshihiro Uchida, Peerless Judo Coach, Is Dead at 104
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Yoshihiro Uchida, the longtime San Jose State University coach who helped establish judo as one of the most popular martial arts in America — and who was widely regarded as the best college judo coach in history — died on June 27 at his home in Saratoga, Calif. The son of Japanese immigrants, Uchida, who went by the nickname Yosh, began coaching judo at San Jose State in the 1940s, while he was still a student there. Americans had long incorporated elements of judo into other combat sports, and returning soldiers from the Pacific Theater brought a new level of interest in martial arts to the country. Uchida, who had been practicing judo since he was 10, despaired over the quality of the training available, especially at the higher levels. Working with a judo coach at the University of California, Berkeley, he established standards for competition, including weight classes, and in 1953 won approval from the Amateur Athletic Union.

Persons: Yoshihiro Uchida, America —, —, Lydia Uchida, Sakai, Uchida Organizations: San Jose State University, San, Pacific Theater, University of California, Amateur Athletic Union Locations: America, Saratoga , Calif, San Jose State, Japan, Berkeley

☆ How Biden Can Win the Latino Vote in the 2024 Election - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Jean Guerrero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The possibility that Donald Trump could attract a significant share of Latino voters and shave down his margins against President Biden is one of the open questions of this election. But conservative Latino voters have taken up outsize space in the national imagination. The Biden campaign should worry less about a mass defection of Latinos to the MAGA camp than about motivating young Latinos to go to the polls. It is these youths who will determine the fate of the Latino vote. As of the 2020 Census, the median Hispanic in the United States was 30 years old.

Persons: Donald Trump, Biden, MAGA, They’re Locations: United, Arizona, Nevada, United States

☆ What to expect from the June jobs report
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

That said, the job market of today is far different than it was 30 months ago. “The labor market has normalized,” Luke Tilley, Wilmington Trust’s chief economist, told CNN in an interview. As such, Friday’s report could provide a crucial signal as to whether the jobs market is at a stable or even pre-pandemic state — or is perhaps weaker than advertised. The continued upswing in claims has Tilley closely watching an underlying datapoint of the monthly jobs report: Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment. The overall labor force participation rate dipped in May to 62.5% from 62.7%, reversing progress made earlier this year.

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☆ Who Is David Lammy, Britain’s New Foreign Secretary?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Jenny Gross | More About Jenny Gross | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

David Lammy, the son of Guyanese immigrants who grew up poor in working-class London, on Friday became Britain’s chief diplomat, taking the lead on British foreign policy at a time of significant challenges. Mr. Lammy, 51, has deep ties to the United States, having spent summers with relatives in Brooklyn and Queens and earning a master’s degree at Harvard Law School. He met Barack Obama 20 years ago at a gathering of Black Harvard alumni, and this year he had dinner with the former U.S. president when Mr. Obama visited London. Mr. Lammy canvassed in Chicago for Mr. Obama during his first presidential campaign, and he has developed a deep network of contacts within the Democratic Party. In an essay in Foreign Affairs magazine published in April, Mr. Lammy wrote that he would focus on rebuilding ties with the European Union, which have been strained by Britain’s decision to leave the bloc, and that his priority was backing Ukraine.

Persons: David Lammy, Lammy, Barack Obama, Obama Organizations: Queens, Harvard Law School, Black Harvard, Mr, Democratic Party, Foreign Affairs, European Union Locations: United States, Brooklyn, London, Chicago, Ukraine

☆ Who is Jordan Bardella and what might his far-right party do in power?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Handpicked as leader by National Rally (RN) doyenne Marine Le Pen in an effort to purge the far-right party of its racist and antisemitic roots, Bardella has taken it closer to the gates of power than ever before. Whether the RN forms a government and Bardella becomes prime minister after the July 7 runoff is not clear. So, who is Bardella, and what might his party do in power? Le Pen and Bardella address a crowd of RN supporters in Paris, after Macron called a snap election, June 9, 2024. When the prime minister and president belong to different parties – in a rare arrangement known as “cohabitation” – things can grind to a halt.

Persons: CNN — Jordan, –, Bardella, Emmanuel Macron’s, France’s, Denis, Le Pen, Le Pen’s, Louis Aliot, Le, Macron, Julien De Rosa, Freed, Jean, Marie Le Pen, Franco, Paris Anne Hidalgo, Luc Mélenchon, ” Bardella, Julien de Rosa, Gabriel Attal, ” Mujtaba Rahman, Mario Draghi, Giorgia Meloni, Benito Mussolini, Matteo Salvini, Vladimir Putin, Antonio Masiello, Hungary’s Viktor Orban –, Macron – Organizations: CNN, National Rally, National Assembly, Front, Sorbonne university, Getty, Macron’s Ensemble, Immigrants, Ministry of, Armed Forces, New Popular Front, EU, Eurasia Group, European Union Locations: Paris, France, Europe, Seine, Macron, AFP, Vichy, Spanish, Brussels, Italy, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia

☆ Parisian cafés are a cherished part of French culture. Here’s why they might be in trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Xiaofei Xu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A job French people don’t want? Half of the 86,000-plus chefs in the French capital are immigrants, according to data published by the French National Institute of Statistic and Economic Studies in 2022. Often in Paris, the kitchens are very small, so it’s a very strenuous job,” Mousson said. “For a small business like us, we cannot afford to hire multiple people in the kitchen,” Mousson said. While it remains to be seen if the party can capture an absolute majority in the French National Assembly, it will almost certainly become the biggest force in the new parliament.

Persons: Pinardier, It’s, Sazal Saha, Saha, He’s, ” Saha, “, I’m, ”, Xiaofei Xu, Olivier Dussopt, Florian Mousson, Le Pinardier, Mousson, ” Mousson, Le, he’s, Mousson’s, ‘ Organizations: Paris CNN —, Bretagne, Le, Curie School, CNN, European Union, French Labor, French National Institute, Studies, Rassemblement National, Mousson’s, Craigslist, –, Saha, National, French Interior Ministry, French National Assembly Locations: Paris, Kuhlna, Bangladesh, Joliet, France, Europe, Sri Lanka, Marseille, South Asia, Comoros, French

☆ Now we know how much it costs to make a $2,800 Dior bag
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Prosectors said these companies exploited workers to pump out bags for a small fraction of their store price. According to documents examined by authorities, Dior paid a supplier $57 to produce bags that retail for about $2,780, Reuters reported last month. Court documents showed that Dior, a subsidiary of LVMH, submitted a memo highlighting its supply chain improvements, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Advertisement"It's not something sporadic that concerns single production lots, but a generalized and consolidated manufacturing method," said court documents seen by Reuters about the decision to place Dior under administration. "The main problem is obviously people being mistreated: applying labour laws, so health and safety, hours, pay," Milan Court President Fabio Roia told Reuters earlier this year.

Persons: —, LVMH, Prosectors, Dior, Giorgio Armani, Armani, Fabio Roia, Bernard Arnault, Delphine Organizations: Service, Business, Reuters, LVMH, Wall Street, Bloomberg, Dior Locations: Milan, China

☆ Canada's bold plan to make housing more affordable is showing signs of working — and could be a model for the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Like the American federal government, Canada's national government doesn't have a lot of control over housing policy. Related storiesOverall, the federal push has already been quite successful in changing the housing policy landscape across the country, Moffat said. Over the last several years, an influx of new immigrants, rampant investor speculation, and rapidly rising construction costs have also sent prices up. It would also impose a fine on cities that tolerate "NIMBY" — the anti-development "Not in My Backyard" philosophy — opposition to housing construction. Some American fans of Canada's Housing Accelerator Fund suggest it could be a model for US efforts to incentivize denser and more abundant housing construction.

Persons: i'm, it's, Mike Moffatt, Moffat, —, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, Matti Siemiatycki, Siemiatycki, there's, densification, Pierre Poilievre, hasn't, Joe Biden's Organizations: Service, Business, Smart Prosperity, University of Ottawa, Housing, Liberal, Infrastructure Institute, University of Toronto's, of Cities, Concordia University, Conservative Party, Investment, Jobs Locations: Canada, Ottawa, British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, California, United States

☆ 'They want out': This company helps Americans experiment with expat living
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

She recently went on a 10-day scouting trip in Portugal with the travel group Expatsi. McGowan was part of the inaugural trip from Expatsi, a company that helps Americans move abroad through community groups and weeks-long guided scouting tours. The choose-your-own-stay model can help foster a stronger sense of community among the travel group. Expatsi hosted 30 Americans for a 10-day trip to Portugal and 12-day trip to Spain in May. She says she's still friends with some of the people she met while on the scouting trip while exploring on her own and thrift shopping — her hobby and side hustle.

Persons: Ikiah McGowan, McGowan, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, It's, Jen Barnett, Expatsi, Masha Sutherlin, she's, I've, She'd, that's, Barnett, Austin Organizations: CNBC, Google, Black Locations: Austin, Portugal, Expatsi, Spain, U.S, Malta, Guatemala, Colombia, Tiktok, Deel, Lisbon

☆ How Tom Hanks’s Son Spawned a Hateful Meme Online
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Steven Lee Myers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the spring of 2021, Chet Hanks, the singer, actor and son of Tom, posted a series of statements and a music video with a refrain that caused confusion, not to mention a fair bit of cringing. Thousands of posts using the slogan “white boy summer” have appeared on the Telegram app this year. It’s been used by far-right groups to recruit new followers, organize protests and encourage violence, especially against immigrants and L.G.B.T.Q. people, the report said. For many of those who use it now, the phrase represents an unapologetic embrace of white heterosexual masculinity, often at the expense of women and people of color.

Persons: Chet Hanks, Tom, It’s Organizations: Global

☆ The US will pay for migrants' flights out of Panama to close a route used by over 700,000 people to reach the US-Mexico border
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementMigrants arrive at the Reception Center for Migrant Care in Lajas Blancas, in the jungle province of Darien, Panama, on June 28, 2024. AdvertisementMigrants walk by the jungle near Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darien Province in Panama, on September 22, 2023. Migrants line up to receive food at the Reception Center for Migrant Care in Lajas Blancas, in the jungle province of Darién, Panama, on June 27, 2024. Authorities already struggle to manage the Darién GapYet closing the Darién Gap is no small feat. AdvertisementMigrants walk by the jungle near Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darién Province in Panama, on September 22, 2023.

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☆ US and Panama sign agreement that aims to close the Darién Gap to ‘illegal migrants’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Abel Alvarado | Omar Fajardo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The US and Panama have signed an agreement on immigration issues that aims to “close the passage of illegal migrants” through the Darién Gap, the Central American government announced Monday. Panama is home to the Darién Gap, a mountainous rainforest region connecting South and Central America, that has seen an increase in the number of migrants willing to risk their lives and safety to cross it. The 66-mile (106-kilometer) hike through the Darien Gap brings migrants from Colombia to Panama and is a crucial passage for those hoping to reach the United States and Canada. “The Darién must continue to be a great green lung, not only for us but for the entire region. Its biodiversity cannot be put at risk by illicit activities.”Panamanian figures show at least 174,513 migrants crossed the treacherous Darién Gap, from January to June 6 of this year.

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☆ Why the stock market's playbook for a Trump presidency will be completely different this time around
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meanwhile, Trump's policy proposals are headwinds for small caps and low-quality stocks. Instead, a Trump victory in November would best serve high-quality stocks — not the small caps or low-quality cyclicals that outperformed eight years ago. That day, energy, financials, industrials, materials and small caps all beat the broader market, Morgan Stanley said. Friday's small-cap outperformance following the debate was driven by expectations that this would repeat under Trump, Morgan Stanley said. Unlike 2016, investors today are focused on whether inflation and fiscal spending is going down.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, shouldn't, —, Donald Trump's, Michael Wilson, Trump's, Wilson Organizations: Service, Trump, Republican White House, bank's, Republican

☆ Trump's trade and immigration policies are an 'elixir for stagflation' that could tip the US into recession, JPMorgan strategy chief says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewDonald Trump's pledge to raise trade barriers and deport immigrants could be policy shocks that trigger a recession, JPMorgan's David Kelly told Bloomberg TV. On trade, Trump has announced plans for a universal 10% duty on all imports to the US, and has separately touted higher tariffs as a replacement for some income taxes. As for immigration, the Republican candidate has promised to carry out the largest deportation program in US history. "If you took his word on immigration, the economy would come to a halt because of deportation of unregistered immigrants or illegal immigrants."

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☆ Opinion: The most despicable things Trump said at the debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

He’s a Palestinian now.” The remark presumably meant to suggest that Schumer, who is Jewish, is somehow not supportive enough of Israel. Supporters hold up signs at former President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Virginia on June 28, 2024, one day after his historic debate against President Joe Biden. Some correctly noted that Trump revealed his view that Black Americans are relegated to working in low-paying, menial jobs that anyone could fill. Rep. James Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina, speaking Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, noted that Trump’s “Black jobs” remark shows that Trump has “a low opinion of Black people.” But that’s nothing new, Clyburn added. The only question is whether enough Americans will reject Trump’s vileness to ensure that he never gets there again.

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