employment
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The processing of work permits has already been slowed, leaving many immigrants who still qualify for employment authorization unable to work.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
“Stronger employment momentum has helped existing home sales reach a five-month high,” says Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
As Bessent noted, “One in five … will become homeless after aging out of the system, while only half will obtain gainful employment by the time they turn 24.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Collecting employment information could improve “market surveillance analysis, early-stage investigative review, and deterrence.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
When in Mr. Gardner’s employment, I was kept in such a perpetual whirl of excitement, I could think of nothing, scarcely, but my life; and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
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