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The Economic Benefits of Fixing Our Broken Immigration System
The White House blog June 10, 2013 America has always been a nation of immigrants, and throughout the nation’s history, immigrants from around the globe have kept our workforce vibrant, our businesses on the cutting edge, and helped to build the greatest economic engine in the world. However, America’s immigration… Read More
Obama Immigration-Reform Campaign Will Challenge House GOP
Sandy Fitzgerald, Newsmax President Barack Obama is heading to some of the battleground states he won in November — with strong Latino support — in an attempt to push immigration-reform legislation through the Republican-controlled House. According to The Wall Street Journal, Obama is planning trips to Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado,… Read More
Analysis: House immigration legislation won’t look anything like Senate’s reform plan
The Houston Chronicle Congress returns next week from a hot July 4 recess and faces another scorcher: immigration reform. Following an overwhelming 2-to-1 vote in the Senate for comprehensive reform that includes a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants, the House will now decide how to proceed. The tact… Read More
The economic benefits of free trade in people
Linda Nazareth, The Globe and Mail If you believe that free trade in goods and services enhances growth (I do, as do all but a seriously select group of economists), then it is not much of a stretch to say that free trade in people should do the same thing. Read More
Texas Republican Personifies Challenge for Immigration Bill
The New York Times July 3, 2013 GONZALES, Tex. — The questions about immigration at Representative Blake Farenthold’s town meeting were urgent and to the point. So were the answers. Mr. Farenthold, a Republican, told an audience here on Tuesday that the overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws that recently… Read More
Follow the Money: Immigration Reform
Anne Spear, The Huffington Post Comprehensive Immigration Reform has passed the Senate hurdle and is still on the front burner. Now is the time to look at the issue through an economic lens; an approach that is meaningful to all. Here are some voices that have been raised recently that… Read More
Varied Alliance to Press House on Immigration Bill
Julia Preston, The New York Times WASHINGTON — Even as they were popping corks on Thursday night after a strong bipartisan vote in the Senate to pass an immigration bill, supporters of the overhaul were laying plans for the far more difficult task of moving something similar through the Republican-controlled… Read More
Senate Passes Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation
The following is the statement of Mayor Bloomberg on the Senate passing comprehensive immigration reform legislation: “Today we are one step closer to the biggest overhaul of our immigration laws in a generation. This bill will allow us to attract the talented and hard-working people who want to come and… Read More
Progress on an Immigration Overhaul in 5 Areas
Alicia Parlapiano and Julia Preston, The New York Times The Senate has passed its version of an immigration overhaul with bipartisan support. The bill now goes to the Republican-controlled House, where it faces significant opposition from conservative members. … Click here to see the entire interactive post describing the… Read More
For Indian engineers, H-1B visa is key to career growth
Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post BANGALORE, India — For the past three years, 32-year-old Jagadish Kumar has worked in India testing software systems before they are installed in slot machines in American casinos. Now the curly-haired, round-eyed Indian software engineer is weeks away from appearing for a U.S. Consulate visa… Read More
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