Not directly. But the Constitution does guarantee a trial “by an impartial jury,” widely interpreted to mean juries that reflect the community where the alleged crimes occurred rather than just a narrow segmen
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phenomenon. But according to McKinsey’s 2022American Opportunity Survey, a full 36 percent of employed respondents—roughly 58 million Americans—identify as independent workers. That’s a significant increase from 2016, when McKinsey research estimated that 27 percent of the workforce was independent....
HERNANDEZ: Immigrants today are responsible for 36 percent of all patents in the U.S. They tend to be mostly Asian immigrants, but not exclusively. And so, had the U.S. not allowed those immigrants in, we wouldn’t have those patents. And immigrants are 80 percent more likely than the...
The workforce will need more legal immigration Fewer legal immigrants coming to the U.S. means that critical sources of talent for American businesses are drying up, contributing to the significant workforce problems companies are currently facing. Many of tomorrow’s innovators are today’s foreign...
"Mass deportation would exacerbate ongoing U.S. labor shortages, especially in industries that rely heavily on undocumented immigrant workers," Wu said, citing AIC's research that shows the construction industry would lose one in eight workers, citing AIC"s research that 14 percent of construction...
As of 2022, 8.3 million undocumented immigrants take part in the United States workforce, This represents 4.8 percent of the workforce according to Pew Research. Removing this number of workers from the labor pool could have a dramatic impact on businesses and the economy as a whole. The impact...
It led to an empathy for immigrants and is why Van Dusen was quick to take in new arrivals bused to Illinois from Texas a few years ago. “The governor called and asked,” Van Dusen said of Pritzker, adding he didn’t hesitate to say yes. ...
Globally, a productivity boost of roughly one percentage point annually, as well as the upskilling of 10 percent of the workforce to move into more productive sectors, could address as much as two-thirds of the empowerment gap within the coming decade. This upskilling depends on businesses ...
reported there was no time at all for “free play”. Increased academic pressures have left 30 percent of U. S. kindergarten classes without any recess. Such findings prompted the American Academy of Pediatrics to issue a policy statement in 2013 on the “crucial role of recess in school.”...