This fall, SPN teams will take on projects with the Atlantic Council, the Pulte Institute for Global Development at Notre Dame, the National League of Cities, Freedom Network USA, the Economic Policy Institute, the Indiana Immigration Project, and the Denver mayor’s office. Additional teams will study education policy, environmental policy, public health, immigration and financial literacy, along with democratic engagement in Chicago.
Notre Dame OBserver
September 29, 2025
35:31 – Economic Policy Institute counterargument about jobs lost due to mass deportations
David Lin Report (YouTube)
September 29, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the typical worker in the residential long-term care industry earns $15.22 per hour; the typical worker across all sectors earns $20.07. Access to benefits, such as health insurance or employer-sponsored retirement plans, is also less common among working caregivers.
Investopedia
September 29, 2025
A study from the Economic Policy Institute showed that 60 percent of H-1B workers made below the local median wages for their industries. The study also found that Amazon, Microsoft, Walmart, Google, Apple, and IBM were among the top employers of H-1B workers.
Daily Caller
September 29, 2025
Some solutions would require congressional action. Lawmakers have proposed fixes like requiring employers to look harder for domestic applicants before recruiting outside the country, or banning layoffs of workers who are replaced by visa holders. They have also considered more targeted measures to crack down on wage suppression by outsourcing companies.
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The White House said the fee would ensure that employers only submit petitions for workers they need so much that they’re willing to pay an extra $100,000 to get them. But the employers that profit the most from H-1B workers — including workers who are relatively low-paid — would still have an incentive to request visas.
“If they keep the H-1B worker for six years, it’s a worthwhile investment,” said Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research at the labor-aligned Economic Policy Institute.
New York Times
September 29, 2025
In a 2020 report, the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that 60% of the H-1B positions certified by U.S. Labor Department are assigned wages below the median for the job.
Newsmax
September 29, 2025
- Average CEO pay, including stock awards and options, at the top 350 U.S. companies was $22.98 million in 2024, an analysis by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute showed — a nearly 6% increase from 2023. The rise came after “two uncharacteristic years of decline,” EPI said.
HR Dive
September 29, 2025
However, the H-1B program has not been without criticism. A 2020 study by the Economic Policy Institute found that most H-1B employers pay migrant workers below market wages, and Tesla has been specifically accused of using this practice to underpay workers. This is despite the fact that companies that apply for them must attest to paying the worker the same as they would a US counterpart.
Tech Republic
September 29, 2025
Per the Economic Policy Institute, childcare for one infant in the U.S. costs more than public college tuition in 38 states.
Fast Company
September 29, 2025
While some businesses and think tanks have advocated an expansion of the H-2B visa program, the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is arguing a much different fix to the U.S. labor squeeze.
“The H-2B visa program has ballooned without being fixed,” EPI stated in a new report. “Expanding it to year-round jobs like meatpacking would lower wages and revenue.”
Current H-2B employment, the EPI reported, is nearly 170,000 workers, approximately 2.5 times the original limit of 66,000. Indeed, to solve a 2022 labor crunch, the Biden administrations DHS approved an additional 20,000 H-2B visas.
Meating Place
September 29, 2025