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Trump is deporting way fewer people than Obama did. Why?

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The Obama administration started subjecting a greater proportion of them to formal deportation proceedings, utilizing an expanded federal immigration enforcement workforce that had grown from 12,700 in 2003 to 22,000 in 2008 with an influx of congressional funding. If they tried to reenter anyway, they could be permanently barred.

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Judge Freezes Trump’s Buyout Offer for Federal Workers

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Another Trump lieutenant, White House budget director Russell Vought, has ordered the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, an independent federal agency created after the 2008 global financial crisis, to cease its activities. humanitarian and development aid agency.

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Mass Firings Sweep U.S. Agencies As Trump Wins Legal Victory Over Buyout Offers

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” Republicans have railed against the CFPB since its creation in the wake of the 2008 financial crash, declaring it an example of liberal overreach. The agency has been shuttered and full-time staff sent home. “We all feel that we will be next.”

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Clean Bathrooms and Small Menus: Here's How to Run A Successful Restaurant, According to An Industry Insider

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Hes worked with some of the biggest restaurant companies, such as The Smith & Wollensky Group, Restaurant Associates/Patina Group, Le Meridien Hotel Group, and more, and opened his own consulting firm JK Consulting in 2008. Kaplan specializes in openings and turnarounds, and services clients around the world.

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Why it’s taking LA so long to rebuild

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In 2008, California updated its building codes to make structures more resistant to wildfires , but bringing burned-down old homes to new standards in high fire risk areas adds to the timeline and the price tag. People who can’t get property insurance can’t get a mortgage from most lenders.

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Is salutogenic design the next big issue for the workplace?

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This subject has already been explored by designers and researchers but the current focus on wellbeing and design may mean that its real time is yet to come.

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India’s True Jobless Rate May Be Double The Official Figures

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. “Unemployment is one of our big challenges and I don’t believe the government data reflects the true ground situation,” said Duvvuri Subbarao, Reserve Bank of India Governor from 2008-2013. Subbarao said the kind of jobs being created also matters.