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An Insider’s View of Illegal Immigration and the Building Trades Loren C. Steffy with Stan Marek

Deconstructed unravels the challenging and divisive issue of illegal immigration and its human toll through the eyes of Houston businessman Stan Marek. A descendant of Czech immigrants himself, Marek runs one of the largest specialty subcontracting fi rms in the U.S. He has seen construction work devolve from off ering middle-class careers to trapping illegal immigrants in the shadows of the economy— paid in cash, without overtime or access to health care. Marek sees a burgeoning crisis for his industry, the national economy and the undocumented immigrants themselves—a crisis he has vowed to prevent. In Deconstructed , award-winning business journalist Loren Steff y traces Marek’s own family history, intertwined with changes in immigration law for more than a century. Steff y examines the economic forces driving illegal immigration and outlines solutions that could enhance our economy, the construction business, and the lives of immigrants.

LOREN STEFFY is a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly, executive producer for Rational Middle Media and managing director for the communications fi rm 30 Point Strategies, where he heads the 30 Point Press Publishing imprint. He is the author of four other nonfi ction books. STAN MAREK is the president and chief executive offi cer of the Marek Family of Companies, one of the largest interior contractors in the Southwest.

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2021 Mark A. Shank Edited by Greg McAllister and Dave Wishnew Th is book att empts to do something not done before in Texas: bring together a summary of law, procedure, and forms to aid litigation counsel handling cases involving departing employees. Subjects include non-competition covenants, trade secrets, confi dentiality agreements, and injunction practice. Th e ebook includes links to legal forms related to the topics covered in the books. Th e forms are for legal practitioners only.

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