foreign workers

by Paul Garilao, ABS-CBN News FLORIDA — Across the U.S., Filipino J-1 visa holders have not been spared from economic hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While their visas have not yet expired and their contracts...

Immigrants seeking U.S. visas have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic — from the Trump administration’s travel restrictions, to a new executive order that temporarily halts immigration. J-1 visa holders are particularly having a tough time....

True to the Trump administration’s efforts to focus on merit-based immigration — Republican Senator Rand Paul recently introduced a bill that aims increase employment-based immigration nearly fourfold. Sen. Rand paul’s immigration proposals: Expand employment-based immigration visas...

The impact of H2-B workers is most felt on the island of Guam, as the military and some commercial projects depend solely on Philippines’ skilled workers. It was in 1947 when thousands of skilled and unskilled Filipino...

While lawmakers discuss ways to address the country’s problematic immigration system, the Trump administration conducted its largest operation against an employer. Today, US immigration agents targeted about a hundred 7-Eleven stores nationwide — and before dawn,...

By Marjorie Carmona Newman, ABS-CBN NEWS EDMONTON, CANADA — Vicky Venancio entered Canada in 2011 as a foreign worker, seeking a better future for her family. But in 2011 she was struck by a vehicle that rendered her...

The Philippines continues to be known as the “rising tiger of Asia,” with a consistent economic growth and stable business environment — despite political uncertainty with the aggressive war on drugs and even under the shadows...

By Marjorie Carmona Newman, ABS-CBN North America Bureau EDMONTON, Cananda – Good news for some temporary foreign workers in Alberta who are safe from the looming April deadline for TFWs. Marjorie Carmona Newman tells us more about...