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Immigrant Entrepreneurs Open for Business
Des Moines Register November 3, 2012 Betty Garcia embraces the term “immigrant entrepreneur” as a badge of pride. She says her family hasn’t had it as easy as native-born Americans in turning Tortilleria Sonora, whose name hints at both the product and her family’s origins, into a successful business. Read More
What The Election Means To Silicon Valley
Silicon Beat November 3, 2012 Silicon Valley is and will continue to be the world’s epicenter of technology innovation and entrepreneurship. It’s very small but extremely diverse population of 2.9 million residents enjoy the second highest per capita income (only DC is slightly ahead) and highest educated people in… Read More
Immigration Reform Touted as Way to Close Skills Gap
WUWM News – Milwaukee Public Radio November 2, 2012 We conclude our Project Milwaukee series Friday on the skills gap. One solution some business people have suggested is immigration reform. For instance, a company owner told WUWM’s LaToya Dennis that he would have an easier time filling jobs, if… 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
Why My Colleagues In Congress Shouldn’t Wait On Immigration Reform
TechCrunch October 31, 2012 In Washington, D.C., conventional wisdom says nothing gets done during an election year – and thus far Congress and the President have proven that wisdom correct. With more than 23 million Americans unemployed, elected officials have been more concerned with keeping their own jobs than… Read More
DREAM Act Youths Might Be Worth Billions To Texas
San Antonio Express-News October 30, 2012 The hundreds of thousands of illegal U.S. immigrants who would be eligible for the DREAM Act could generate billions of dollars. A study this month by the Center for American Progress and the Partnership for a New American Economy — a bipartisan group… Read More
Bloomberg View: America’s Real Immigration Crisis
Bloomberg Businessweek October 25, 2012 Immigration policy has barely surfaced in the U.S. general election. The larger picture remains contentious—and unavoidably so.How to deal with 12 million illegal immigrants, most of them productive and otherwise law-abiding residents of long standing? How to make the border more secure and how… Read More
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