DHS, July 2, 2024 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Council on Combating Gender-Based Violence (CCGBV) has two announcements to share with you. Building on DHS’s commitment to improving...
CMS, July 5, 2024 "President Biden’s recent decision to extend parole-in-place to the undocumented spouses of US citizens who entered the country without inspection is a significant first...
DHS OIG, July 3, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) did not adjudicate affirmative asylum applications in a timely manner to meet statutory timelines and to reduce its existing...
Miliyon Ethiopis, July 8, 2024 "I feel like I have been born again, after a U.S. immigration court made a remarkable ruling in my “statelessness” case in June . I hope that my case will...
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Nebraska Chamber Foundation, Jan. 2024
"Workforce is the top competitive issue facing business in America. First, there is a lack ofworkers with specific skills that has created severe shortages in critical occupations. Across thecountry, states and communities are struggling to staff positions such as teachers, mechanics,nurses, police officers, childcare workers, brick masons, carpenters, and engineers. Second, inaddition to a lack of workers with specific skills, there are not enough workers to meet currentdemand. Survey after survey names finding enough workers with the right skills as a persistenthindrance to business growth. In Nebraska, in a manufacturing focus group, the consensus wasa common refrain heard across the country: "Our business will look anywhere and everywhereto find more workers."
The lack of available workers is a complex issue with no simple solution. Our country entered2023 with near record low unemployment. Then, over the past twelve months, the economycreated almost 2.8 million additional jobs and the participation rate of prime working age adultshit a 20-year high. In Nebraska, the workforce need is even more acute. The state has one of thecountry's lowest unemployment rates and highest labor force participation rates, yetconsistently has well over 50,000 listed job openings. Nebraska's lack of workers is part of anational crisis demanding bold action.
Without action, there are not, and will not be, enough young people coming into the workforceto replace those that retire."