Just Fyi, speaking as a former refugee resettlement worker and ESL teacher, a field that I miss working in BTW, Walmart has an amazing history, at least locally, of hiring recently arrived people often with limited English. In fact, I have been told by people assisting refugees with job placement that Walmart's #1 priority with hiring refugees has been availability, not English or other skills. Sadly, we will have to see how Walmart copes without low paid, newly arrived refugee labor. Gee. Walmart prices might even increase. Imagine
That's great to hear, and I did not know that about Walmart. So many people are unaware of just how much net positive impact on the economy is made by immigrant workers.
I hope I am not out of bounds here, but my column this week deals with the death of a SE Asian refugee resettled in Buffalo, New York. It's important to understand that this sort of resettlement was intended not just to help the refugees, and not just to assist the nations that the refugees flee to (in this case, Malaysia) and want them to leave, but also to assist, no joke, places like Buffalo that could benefit from an influx of people interested in buying homes, attending schools, getting jobs, starting businesses, and paying local taxes.
I am confused by the comment: "This was made into law in §1977 of the Revised Statutes". That passage comes from the Civil Rights Act of 1866, specifically what is now codified as Section 1, later incorporated into 42 U.S.C. §1981.
Just Fyi, speaking as a former refugee resettlement worker and ESL teacher, a field that I miss working in BTW, Walmart has an amazing history, at least locally, of hiring recently arrived people often with limited English. In fact, I have been told by people assisting refugees with job placement that Walmart's #1 priority with hiring refugees has been availability, not English or other skills. Sadly, we will have to see how Walmart copes without low paid, newly arrived refugee labor. Gee. Walmart prices might even increase. Imagine
That's great to hear, and I did not know that about Walmart. So many people are unaware of just how much net positive impact on the economy is made by immigrant workers.
I hope I am not out of bounds here, but my column this week deals with the death of a SE Asian refugee resettled in Buffalo, New York. It's important to understand that this sort of resettlement was intended not just to help the refugees, and not just to assist the nations that the refugees flee to (in this case, Malaysia) and want them to leave, but also to assist, no joke, places like Buffalo that could benefit from an influx of people interested in buying homes, attending schools, getting jobs, starting businesses, and paying local taxes.
https://peterhuston.substack.com/p/needless-refugee-death-in-buffalo?r=as7cl
I am confused by the comment: "This was made into law in §1977 of the Revised Statutes". That passage comes from the Civil Rights Act of 1866, specifically what is now codified as Section 1, later incorporated into 42 U.S.C. §1981.
Not to single you out, but can everyone stop with this “soil” business? It sounds so Nazi every time.