by piecenter | May 22, 2013 | Public opinion surveys
By Laura Gorham Most Floridians are unaware of E-Verify, the employment verification system used to track workers’ employment eligibility status, but they still want to significantly increase its usage, according to recent research conducted by the UF/IFAS Center for...
by piecenter | May 22, 2013 | Public opinion surveys
By Mickie Anderson, IFAS News GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Floridians have negative feelings about undocumented immigrants, but an overwhelming majority favor policy that would allow such immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship, a new University of Florida Institute of...
by piecenter | May 20, 2013 | Trends & Topics
Once and for all — do undocumented immigrants take away jobs from unemployed Americans? Or are they willing to work where Americans are not? Floridians who responded to the PIE Center’s survey seem to think the former (but more on that tomorrow). Researchers in North...
by piecenter | May 18, 2013 | Easy as PIE, Recorded
May 2013 Watch this session to learn about immigration reform and what it means for agriculture in Florida. Mike Carlton, director of the Labor Relations Division with the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, will share his experiences working on this topic at the...
by piecenter | May 14, 2013 | Trends & Topics
We know immigration is a hot topic. But why? An immigrant does not have to be an illegal alien. An undocumented immigrant didn’t necessarily enter the country by fleeing across a border or stowing away on a ship. With such stigma and polarization associated with...
