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Closing Economic Windows: How H-1B Visa Denials Cost U.S.-Born Tech Workers Jobs and Wages During the Great Recession

Closing Economic Windows: How H-1B Visa Denials Cost U.S.-Born Tech Workers Jobs and Wages During the Great Recession

New American Economy‘s new report, “Closing Economic Windows: How H-1B Visa Denials Cost U.S.-Born Tech Workers Jobs and Wages During the Great Recession,” shows how existing H-1B visa lottery caps disproportionately hurt American-born tech workers by slowing job and wage growth in more than 200 metropolitan areas across the… Read More

Poll Majority Oklahomans Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Poll Majority Oklahomans Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform

  Data shows 69 percent would vote for a candidate who supports comprehensive immigration reform over one that focuses only on border security OKLAHOMA CITY — New American Economy released the results of a recent statewide survey showing that 75 percent of registered voters in Oklahoma… Read More

Poultry Federation president: Lack of immigration reform hurts agriculture

Poultry Federation president: Lack of immigration reform hurts agriculture

LITTLE ROCK — The agriculture industry will face an increasing labor shortage and consumers will see food prices soar if Congress does not pass comprehensive immigration reform, Poultry Federation President Marvin Childers said Tuesday. “What I can tell you from visiting with the poultry companies in… Read More

Time for Congress to modernize immigration system

Time for Congress to modernize immigration system

As a member of both the agricultural and business community in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Agribusiness Council and its members have witnessed first-hand the benefits of new business generation in our great state. New business generation is inherently the best catalyst to driving job creation, especially in Wisconsin. Wisconsin… Read More

Immigration Reform Needed Now, Not Later, For American Food Chain to Remain Intact Industry Leaders Say

Immigration Reform Needed Now, Not Later, For American Food Chain to Remain Intact Industry Leaders Say

Industry leaders involved in all aspects of America’s food supply met in Provo to discuss the immediate need for immigration reform and how the current system negatively impacts the U.S.’s food industry. Staffers from the offices Representative Jason Chaffetz and Chris Stewart met representatives from the… Read More

Farmers and local businesses call for immigration reform

Farmers and local businesses call for immigration reform

PROVO — If you think immigration reform doesn’t have anything to do with you, think again the next time you look at your dinner plate. It is possible an immigrant worker played a role in getting the food you are eating from the farm, to the store… Read More

Utahns say lack of immigration reform hurts farmers, consumers

Utahns say lack of immigration reform hurts farmers, consumers

Jake Harward, a Springville farmer, has a hard time finding help to plant, tend and harvest his crops and says the need for immigration reform is urgent. “The argument that we’re taking jobs away from others just doesn’t fly in my mind,” Harward said Monday… Read More

GOP immigration reformers shouldn’t be afraid of vocal minority

GOP immigration reformers shouldn’t be afraid of vocal minority

Three major conservative organizations recently released the results of a new national survey of Republican Primary voters who identify with the Tea Party movement. Their findings pour a lot of cold water on what both the liberal and conservative media are telling us. Seventy-one percent of… Read More

Home builder rep: Immigration bill needed now

Home builder rep: Immigration bill needed now

Rebuilding efforts due to tornadoes have sparked a surge in the construction industry throughout Oklahoma. In Norman, Moore and Oklahoma City, contractors were already stretched thin to keep up with the demand for new housing; the need to rebuild neighborhoods pressed the construction industry to its limits. This has driven… Read More

Young workers, entrepreneurs need pro-growth reform

Young workers, entrepreneurs need pro-growth reform

A great thing about my job is I spend time working with Florida’s higher education institutions. Our colleges and universities create graduates and spur economic vitality. Florida has an excellent balance of both private and public institutions working in service for the people of Florida. Higher education is the springboard… Read More

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