Published: March 15, 2011
Tags: architects, Culver, Dill, engineers, H-1B, hiring, immigration, Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS, Mead & Hunt, Quarles & Brady, Sovern, visa, Xiong
By Jack Zemlicka The search for qualified candidates is taking some construction companies outside Wisconsin and the U.S. even though in-state workers are desperate for jobs. “We’re not a country that turns out as many architects and engineers as needed for the future,” said Wendy Culver, human resources director at Mead & Hunt Inc., Madison. [...]
Published: June 11, 2009
Tags: border, Brownsville, fence, immigration
Christopher Sherman AP Writer Brownsville, TX — Nearly six months after the U.S.-Mexico border fence ordered by the Bush administration was supposed to be finished, its completion is in limbo while a judge waits for answers to questions about private property in the fence’s path. About 630 miles of the promised 670-mile-long vehicle and pedestrian [...]
Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com The rising tide of unemployment in Wisconsin is drowning out the voices of those who support a bill setting tough penalties for companies that hire illegal immigrants. State Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, and author of the bill, cannot figure out why. “I don’t understand the rationale, especially now with the state [...]
Published: April 30, 2009
Tags: Halliburton Co., immigration, KBR Inc., Milwaukee Health Department, Obama administration, swine flu, unemployment, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court asked to rule on release of personal e-mails Madison (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is being asked to consider whether personal e-mails sent by public employees are subject to the state’s open records law. The case involves five employees of the Wisconsin Rapids School District. A citizen asked for e-mails they [...]
