Emma Jacobs
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Canada's Aluminum Valley grapples with U.S. tariffs
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Emma Jacobs
Sep 17, 2018
A 50-mile stretch along the Saguenay River in Quebec produces roughly half of Canada's aluminum; residents are anxious.
Canada protects its dairy industry. President Trump is tired of that.
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Emma Jacobs
Aug 30, 2018
The president has given Canada until Friday to sign on to a new trade agreement, but the dairy industry has been one of the prime sticking points during negotiations.
As trade tensions with the U.S. escalate, some in Canada are turning toward products made at home
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Emma Jacobs
Aug 22, 2018
In May, the Trump administration announced import tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. Canada retaliated with its own, longer list of tariffs that includes steel and aluminum but also products from bourbon to strawberry jam. With the risk of an escalating trade war, a father-son team has created a website for Canadians to find products […]
Food wars escalate in Boston and Philadelphia ahead of Super Bowl Sunday
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Emma Jacobs
Feb 2, 2018
Philadelphia and Boston ban each other’s foods leading up to Super Bowl Sunday.
As refugee admissions fall, nonprofits lay off staff
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Emma Jacobs
Jan 3, 2018
Nonprofits worry about the loss of institutional knowledge as offices are forced to close amid a slow down in refugee admissions.
Fearing deportation, families prepare custody paperwork
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Emma Jacobs
Jun 28, 2017
Parents living in the U.S. illegally are confronting the possibility they could be separated from their children.
Philly enforces law protecting immigrants from non-attorney advice
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Emma Jacobs
Jun 1, 2017
Some businesses promising help with immigration applications have taken advantage of clients or simply offered bad advice.
College students consider what it would mean to work for Homeland Security
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Emma Jacobs
Mar 2, 2017
Traffic is heavy at the agency's table at a Temple University career fair.
Calais refugees set sights on UK rather than France, for economic reasons
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Emma Jacobs
Oct 25, 2016
Unemployment in the U.K. is lower than in France, and many of those in Calais also speak some English already.
Paris begins construction of urban refugee camp
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Emma Jacobs
Aug 23, 2016
The camp will provide shelter for more than 1,000 people.