US workforce

A STAT News survey reports that recent US immigration policy changes are prompting foreign-born scientists and researchers to leave the country. Respondents describe visa uncertainty and a hostile environment as factors affecting their decisions to continue working in the US. Commenters note the potential long-term damage to American science and innovation if international talent keeps departing.

The Trump administration has moved to rescind federal funding from a range of higher education programs, according to Community College Daily. The decision redirects or cancels money previously allocated to colleges and universities, prompting concern among education leaders about the impact on students, workforce training and campus services, and adding to ongoing friction between the administration and the higher education sector.

The Economic Policy Institute is arguing that mass deportations amount to an anti-worker agenda that ultimately harms everyone, not just the immigrants targeted. The labour-focused think tank's position adds to ongoing debate in the United States over immigration enforcement, with critics contending that removing large numbers of workers damages industries, wages and conditions across the workforce.

US cattle industry organizations are publicly opposing immigration enforcement raids, arguing that aggressive deportations threaten an already strained agricultural workforce. Ranchers and feedlot operators rely heavily on immigrant labor, and industry groups warn that sudden enforcement actions disrupt operations, raise labor costs, and put food production at risk, putting parts of the farming sector at odds with the administration's crackdown.