Current location:opinions >>
How immigrant workers helped stave off a US recession
opinions157People have gathered around
IntroductionMIAMI (AP) — Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets ...
MIAMI (AP) — Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car — and send money home to her parents.
Reaching the United States was a harrowing ordeal. Silva, 25, her husband and their then-7-year-old daughter braved the treacherous jungles of Panama’s Darien Gap, traveled the length of Mexico, crossed the Rio Grande and then turned themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol in Brownsville, Texas. Seeking asylum, they received a work permit last year and found jobs in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
“My plan is to help my family that much need the money and to grow economically here,” Silva said.
Her story amounts to far more than one family’s arduous quest for a better life. The millions of jobs that Silva and other new immigrant arrivals have been filling in the United States appear to solve a riddle that has confounded economists for at least a year:
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Global Gleam news portal”。http://russia.liveandunplugged.org/content-52e699923.html
Related articles
Liverpool confirms Arne Slot as Jurgen Klopp's replacement
opinionsArne Slot will take on one of the most daunting challenges in soccer by replacing Jurgen Klopp as Li ...
【opinions】
Read moreXi Focus: A Sports Fan Championing Exchanges and Fitness for All
opinionsContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【opinions】
Read moreXi Focus: Xi Calls for Striving to Realize Economic Goals in 2023
opinionsContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【opinions】
Read more
Popular articles
Latest articles
California congressman urges closer consultation with tribes on offshore wind
Farmers work in fields across China
Emerging young talents carry forward traditional Chinese culture
Xi: The Strait cannot sever kinship
Children are evacuated from school 'during an exam' after threat made via email
China's sci
LINKS
- Sylvester Stallone breaks silence amid Tulsa King 'toxic workplace' scandal
- NPR suspends editor who criticized his employer for what he calls an unquestioned liberal worldview
- NPR suspends editor who criticized his employer for what he calls an unquestioned liberal worldview
- Alabama lawmakers OK bill barring state incentives to companies that voluntarily recognize union
- Taylor Swift's New Heights Coachella cap is back in stock
- The Dallas Stars can still score. They are now deeper and more balanced going into the NHL playoffs
- America's electric vehicle push happened 'too soon and too fast,' warn ex
- Oshie scores game
- Barry Keoghan sports a Burberry bandana on his face as he playfully poses with Stormzy at Coachella
- Taylor Swift enjoys another loved