Ep. 161: Border Talks and a Data-Driven Approach to Workforce Shortages
This Week in Immigration · Bipartisan Policy Center
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Show Notes
In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown runs through the latest negotiations on Capitol Hill for a potential border security deal. If Congress fails to reach a deal, we could see a government shutdown. Then, Theresa and BPC Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde interview Lindsay Milliken, an immigration fellow at the Institute for Progress, who is lead author of a new report detailing a data-driven method to identify workforce shortages and update DOL's Schedule A Shortage Occupation List.
Institute for Progress Research Report: Help Wanted: Modernizing the Schedule A Shortage Occupation List
In this episode:
(00:00) Opening
(01:10) Theresa on the latest negotiations on border security
(18:33) Lindsay Milliken on workforce shortages and Schedule A