Au pair program changes could leave families priced out of ... - ABC News
Jan 26, 2024 · Launched by the U.S. State Department in 1986 as a cultural exchange visa program, au pairs have become an affordable child care option for tens of thousands of U.S. families. Davis and Glen ...
Will proposed au pair program changes price U.S ... - Deseret News
Dec 12, 2023 · Significant changes may be coming to the U.S. au pair program. But critics say it may price families out of participating in a cultural exchange that has helped working families manage child care needs. Au pairs are foreign nationals ages 18-26 who come to the United States on a visa that lets them live with a host family for up to two years.
Au pair charged in double homicide pleads guilty to manslaughter
Oct 30, 2024 · A judge in Virginia has accepted a guilty plea in what prosecutors say was an elaborate double-murder scheme involving a Brazilian au pair, an IRS agent, a pediatric nurse and a man who had been lured into their home with promises of rough sex.
Au pair program: Almost no one likes proposed State Department …
Mar 18, 2024 · Au pairs, all of them young people between the ages of 18 and 26 and more than 90 percent women, come to the United States under a visa program that places them with a host family for one to two years. The family provides room and board; the au pairs provide child care.
Brazilian au pair Juliana Magalhaes charged in Virginia ... - CBS News
Oct 29, 2024 · A Brazilian au pair who fell in love with an IRS agent pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Tuesday in what prosecutors say was an elaborate double-murder scheme to frame another man in the...
Au Pair Takes Plea Deal In Fairfax County Killings | HuffPost Latest News
Oct 30, 2024 · After initially claiming self-defense, an au pair changed her story on Tuesday, pleading guilty to manslaughter and admitting her role in her employer’s alleged plot to kill his wife and another man.
Virginia au pair pleads guilty to manslaughter in connection ... - ABC News
Oct 29, 2024 · A Virginia au pair pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter in connection to the 2023 murders of her employer's wife and another man. Juliana Peres Magalhaes' employer, Brendan Banfield, was charged with murder last month in the case -- a year after Magalhaes was arrested and charged.
Brazilian au pair takes plea deal, cooperates in Virginia ... - NBC News
Oct 29, 2024 · A Brazilian au pair involved in a Virginia double-murder case took a plea deal Tuesday, cooperating with prosecutors as they prepare to go to trial against her former boss.
Au Pair Program Clarifying Regulation | Alliance for International …
Feb 8, 2024 · On October 30, 2023, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the Department of State (DOS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) outlining significant regulatory changes to the federal au pair cultural exchange program.
Au Pair Program Eyed for Wage, Hour Revamp in New US Proposal
Oct 27, 2023 · The US State Department aims to modernize the au pair program by overhauling compensation rules, updating working hour structures, and strengthening other protections for foreign exchange workers employed in child care.