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The Washington Post: North Carolina needed 6,500 farm workers. Only 7 Americans stuck it out.
When I talked to him about the economic effects of immigration last month, Center for Global Development migration expert Michael Clemens mentioned that he was working on research on agricultural migrant workers. That research is finally out, in the form of a report released by CGD and the Partnership for a New… Read More
Have Degree, Will Work
Inside Higher Ed November 13, 2012 A new student-directed documentary explores the difficulties international students face in attempting to work in the United States after they graduate. Students interviewed for the film describe frustrations in finding employers willing to sponsor their visa applications, long delays in visa processing times,… Read More
The Immigrant Entrepreneurship Decline in the U.S.
ThomasNet.com November 13, 2012 A recently released report from the Kauffman Foundation, found that the percentage of immigrant-founded companies nationwide dropped from 25.3 percent in 2005 to 24.3 percent last year. A closer look at Silicon Valley start-ups also revealed a more drastic decline: while 52.4 percent of tech… Read More
Selling Massive High Skill Immigration with GOP Talking Points
Forbes November 10, 2012 Let me try, very very quickly to put the case for high-skilled immigration into current GOP rhetoric: high-skilled immigration is importing more makers. If you see the country as approximately divided this way, and believe that the greater proportion of takers we have the worse… Read More
Who’s Hiring? An Inside Out View of High Unemployment
Yahoo! Finance November 2, 2012 The latest snapshot of the U.S. labor market, as seen in the October employment report, underscores the current jobs crisis in America. The unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% from 7.8% in the prior month, and 171,000 payrolls were added to the workforce. While… Read More
Economist Calls For Complete Reform Of US Immigration System
Workpermit.com November 1, 2012 An economist has advised the United States government to increase immigration quotas in order to revive the economy. Charles Kenny, a fellow at the Center for Global Development and the New America Foundation, says that the US needs more unskilled migrants to work in agriculture… Read More
US Lags in Race for Tech Talent
The Epoch Times November 1, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO—From all appearances, Silicon Valley is booming, but it’s a deceptive image. The sources of innovation that have always powered the Valley are seeping away, taking with them the lifeblood of a giant technology wealth machine. A steady stream of immigrant innovators… Read More
Innovative Immigrants
The New York Times November 1, 2012 Some 70 million immigrants have come to America since the first colonists arrived. The role their labor has played in economic development is widely understood. Much less familiar is the extent to which their remarkable innovations have driven American prosperity. Indeed, while… Read More
Enact Rational Immigration Policies
Omaha.com October 23, 2012 Few issues come as politically charged as immigration, but on the ground here in the Cornhusker State, we must consider immigrants through a different lens. Restaurants and food service are a $1.9 billion industry in Nebraska, one that depends on all 67,000 of its employees. Read More
Immigration Reform is Good for Business
The Boston Globe October 21, 2012 For hardliners who refuse to consider a guest worker program for illegal immigrants, a moment of truth may be approaching. If undocumented workers are truly taking jobs that would otherwise go to Americans, then unskilled workers should be flocking to the fields of… Read More
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