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New York Times Article Ties Immigration and Construction Together

1/26/2018

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This article was originally posted on Construction Citizen on January 22, 2018. To view the original article, please click here.

Construction is a relatively complex process that requires an enormous amount of preplanning, permitting, design, coordination, processing, bidding, purchasing, logistics, and approvals.
Immigration too, is a complex process and since the early 1890s when my grandfather came over from Europe, it has become more complex with a multitude of different colors, countries, preplanning, permits, certifications, bidding, coordination, chain migrations, DACA, dreamers, education visas, visitation visas, enforcement and approvals.
The American media and the politicians from the President of the U.S. down to the local elected officials and law enforcement officials are involved in the issue, which, like construction, is complex and in the end, very personal.

Construction is directly impacted by this immigration debate and has been since the immigration Law of 1892, if not before. Today, the debate rages on. In the construction industry, we are in the midst of a skilled craft shortage and are scrambling to build the new buildings and infrastructure the expanded economy demands.
In response to the immigration debate and comments from the President and his “colleagues,” The New York Times published a lead article titled From Offices to Disney World, Employers Brace for the Loss of an Immigrant Work Force about the Haitian workforce that has major impact on the construction business as well. This debate comes in the face of the highest demand for skilled construction workforce and the lowest unemployment rates in the last 17 years.
The article illustrates some of the stories we hear from contractors every day. Both the construction labor crisis and the immigration crisis are looking for reasonable workable solutions.
We would urge the politicians to listen to the voices of the Construction Industry and to consider their needs and views as this next solution is fashioned.
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CEM Construct link
12/5/2018 04:36:17 am

The construction industry needs vital elements such as skilled labors, experienced engineers and modern technology. It is very difficult for a company to survive in this industry without the adequate supplies.

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    These blog posts were originally written for the Construction Citizen website over the last few years and are published here so that you can see what my current focus has been. I trust that you will find something of interest that you might either repost of comment on either here or on our website www.constructioncitizen.com

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