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OnPoint on WACH Fox: Impact of possible Trump tariffs on SC small businesses

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OnPoint WACH-TV January 5, 2025 Watch 30-minute program OnPoint on WACH Fox: Impact of possible Trump tariffs on SC small businesses by Brian Mcconchie COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) – This week on OnPoint on WACH Fox we look at how tariffs that are expected during the Trump administration will affect small businesses. On the campaign trail, […]

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South Carolina small businesses brace for potential tariff impact under new administration

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WLTX-TV January 2, 2025 Watch video South Carolina small businesses brace for potential tariff impact under new administration Small business owners say the increase in tariffs under a new presidential administration is concerning. Author: Shelly Garzon COLUMBIA, S.C. — With a new administration set to take office in less than three weeks, small businesses in

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Thousands of SC residents at risk of deportation as immigration protections hang in limbo

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The State July 7, 2022 Watch recording of entire forum By Stephen Pastis South Carolina advocates for immigration reform called on the state’s two Republican senators Wednesday to continue their support for immigrants brought to the U.S. as children as their protections against deportation hang in the balance. “We look to South Carolina Sens. Tim

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Business panelists: Congress Must Disregard Parliamentarian’s Opinions and Immediately Pass Immigration Reforms to Save Economy

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  Today the president and CEO of the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce took part in a national video news conference organized by the American Business Immigration Coalition.  Citing the critical labor shortage the participants called for the U.S. Senate to ignore the opinion of the Parliamentarian and include immigration reform in the upcoming

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South Carolina Exempts Nannies, Farm Laborers and Pastors from Mandatory Immigration Checks Business

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Published March 20, 2012 By Alexandra Vilchez, EFE News A provision in South Carolina’s SB 20 immigration law exempts farm workers, nannies, fishermen and pastors from immigration checks, which some Hispanic leaders describe as hypocrisy. The legislation, which went into effect Jan. 1, obliges all companies operating in the state to use the federal E-Verify

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Farmworkers, nannies can sidestep immigration checks

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Critics say it’s an unfairloophole; others say it avoids labor shortages By NOELLE PHILLIPS, The State Published March 18, 2012 A loophole in the S.C. immigration law exempts farm workers and private maids and nannies from a mandatory immigration status check. The law, which went into effect Jan. 1, requires all private employers in South

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