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Fed Study Links Slump in Unauthorized Immigration to Slower U.S. Job Growth
A San Francisco Fed paper released on 17 February shows that falling unauthorized-immigrant inflows are closely correlated with slower job creation in construction and manufacturing. The study quantifies labor-supply strains arising from tougher immigration enforcement—information that could shape future visa policy and workforce-planning decisions.
Partial DHS shutdown pushes TSA agents to work unpaid, imperils spring-break travel
The DHS funding gap, now in its third day, has forced TSA officers to keep screening passengers without pay. Airlines and travel groups warn that even a small uptick in sick-outs could trigger cascading delays during the high-volume spring-break period, harming business travel and preparations for the 2026 World Cup. Corporates are urged to pad itineraries and leverage trusted-traveller programmes until Congress restores funding.
Canadian boycott of U.S. trips widens, hitting Disney parks and national-park tour operators
Canadian leisure travellers are cancelling or diverting trips to U.S. theme parks and national parks, extending a boycott tied to trade tensions and tougher U.S. border vetting. With Canadian bookings to some U.S. parks down more than 40 %, destinations and hotel groups warn of revenue shortfalls and urge the U.S. government to rethink proposed ESTA data-collection rules.
Nicaragua scraps visas on arrival for 120 nationalities—U.S. citizens remain exempt
Effective 16 February, Nicaragua ended visa-on-arrival privileges for more than 120 countries, but kept the United States on its visa-exempt list. The change, driven in part by U.S. concerns over migrant routes, imposes weeks-long consulted-visa requirements on many African, Asian and Latin American nationals—complicating mobility planning for U.S. companies deploying mixed-nationality teams in Nicaragua.