Industries
Paul Ryan: Immigrants ‘Bring Labor to Our Economy So Jobs Can Get Done’
Nancy Cook, The National Journal July 25, 2013 In the past month, Rep. Paul Ryan, normally so focused on fiscal matters, has shifted his attention to immigration. He isn’t pitching reform as a humanitarian or budget-cutting move, though other advocates say it would be both. Instead, the House Budget Committee… Read More
Labor Shortage Hastens Push for Immigration Reform
Krista Almanzan, Local NPR for Monterey Bay Area July 25, 2013 Nearly a month after the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill, the debate in the House drags on. Meanwhile, local farmers are eager for a solution. They’re facing an ongoing labor shortage that many feel could be solved by… Read More
Why Peach Lovers Should Support Immigration Reform
Johnna Miller, American Farm Bureau Federation July 22, 2013 Fresh, juicy peaches. One of the most delicious things about summer. But South Carolina peach farmer Chalmers Carr explains that without the foreign workers he needs to pick, they’ll never make them to your grocery store. AFBF’s Johnna Miller has the… Read More
Immigrant bill could allow Canadians longer stays, boost Arizona economy
Beth Duckett, The Republic July 22, 2013 Every fall, Canadian snowbirds Lyle Pederson and his wife make the trek to Arizona, trading the bitter cold for sunny skies. This year, they stayed a little longer, returning north in May. And while they plan to come back this fall, the 180-day… Read More
Florida tourism may get boost if immigration bill passes
William Gibson, Florida Sun Sentinel June 28, 2013 WASHINGTON — Anybody in Florida who makes a living from tourism stands to gain from a surge of foreign visitors – and their spending money – if an immigration bill passed by the U.S. Senate last week becomes law. Little-noticed provisions would make… Read More
Ankit Agarwal, PhD
The world’s cutting edge research is happening right now at US Universities. That’s why I came to do my PhD at the Iowa State University, and continued postdoctoral research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I worked to find innovative ways to help the 2.1 million US burn victims in… Read More
Cheryl Yeoh
My startup Reclip.It is a personalized list-making app featuring weekly ads and digital coupons from top retail stores like Walmart, Macy’s, Walgreens, Target, BestBuy, Home Depot, CVS, and others. The company had raised about $1 million in funding from 500Startups, Great Oaks Venture Capital, and angel investors in Silicon Valley… Read More
Klaus Kleinfeld
For Alcoa to a remain America’s leader in Aluminum research, innovation, and production, we increasingly rely on our ability to hire, train, and keep a diversified workforce that draws upon talent from this country as well as from abroad. I joined the Partnership for a New American Economy as I… Read More
Zvi Or Bach
MonolithIC 3D Inc., my latest company, has developed a breakthrough technology to enable practical monolithic 3D chips with the potential to extend Moore’s Law for the next two decades with significant benefits in power, speed, density and price. The U.S. Patent Office granted our chip research five patents, and more… Read More
Rich Beyer
The semiconductor industry is constantly reinventing itself with technology innovations that create new markets and evolve the features and performance of existing products. Our products touch virtually every aspect of the economy from communication and transportation to medical and consumer electronics. American-based companies like Freescale have been leaders in the… Read More
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