NEW YORK, June 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. public companies have reduced their white-collar workforces by a collective 3.5 percent over the past three years, according to employment data-provider Live Data ...

News media confirmed those fears. For example, Bloomberg News reported on May 20 that pre-dawn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sweeps at four Arkansas poultry plants temporarily shut ...