Author: Tyler Hicks
Published on: 18/04/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Camila* had shown up at a home in North Texas to meet the new family. In her experience, many families like to pay their childcare workers in cash. The interior of the home was filled with more Trump paraphernalia. “People are not showing up for work because they’re concerned about raids happening in their workplace,” says Lori Smetanka, executive director of the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care. Some industries are uniquely vulnerable to shifts in immigration policy. For example, about one in five US childcare workers are immigrants. The government is also denying or delaying H-1B visa permits, which continues a decade-long trend of diminishing access to a program that helps immigrants find work. Despite this rhetoric, the president’s administration has limited legal pathways by freezing the US refugee resettlement programme. Trump proposed a new pathway by which “great people” could be eligible to re-enter the US if they first leave the country, then receive sponsorship from an employer. The president has also proposed the creation of a “gold card” visa that would cost applicants $5m. More than 1,000 people showed up, driven by the “stress and fear” created by the new administration’s approach to immigration. As a result, administrators in fields like childcare are learning about the intricacies of warrants: Which kind of documentation is needed, and what information an immigration officer needs to provide to be legally allowed on the premises. Cervantes wants people to realise how much their lives are shaped by immigrants. The average hourly pay for direct care workers increased by less than $3 between 2014 and 2023. Camila, the nanny from North Texas, is one of those people willing to work long hours, without complaint, and for little pay. In many cases, she feels as if she spends as much time with her clients as their parents do.
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