INTRO TEXT Every summer, Chuck Rigg, owner of The Commons, in Provincetown, counts on an influx of Jamaican workers to staff the 19th-century hotel and bistro he operates with partner Carl Draper. But a surprise decision by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services to limit the number of foreign workers admitted to the US […]
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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The feds crackdown on undocumented workers creates headaches for local employers
INTRO TEXT Organizers of the Boston janitors’ strike last fall thought they had a great slogan (“Justice for Janitors”) and compelling arguments, but they wondered whether a work force composed largely of immigrants would be willing to walk picket lines. And if the foreign-born workers did take a stand, would the INS come after those […]