The politics around undocumented immigrants continues unabated, no matter the abject need for workers in the United States. The Democrats use the lack of reform as a recruiting tool, while the Republicans use the possibility of change as fear bait. All the while American businesses scour the landscape for employees, hanging signs outside their offices broadcasting job openings, as my company has done for several years. Emerald Packaging entered the pandemic in March 2020 with 25 openings, and still has 18 today, a stark contrast from most of my years in business, when we could hire freely and rarely had any unfilled positions. { read more }