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Weekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (March 7 – March 11)
This week, Democratic and Republican debates took place in Florida, a state where immigrants play a critical role in the local economy. In this CNN piece, Ione Molinares profiles multiple Hispanic leaders in Central Florida, including Karina Oyola, who owns a tax preparation business based in Plaza del Sol. Read More
Richard Estrada Wants Immigration Reform So Latinos Like His American-Born Son Aren’t Racially Profiled
Border tensions are an inescapable fact of life in Tucson, the city where Richard Estrada grew up and has spent most of his life. “We are a foot away from Mexico,” Estrada says. Everything about life in Tucson is shaped by the negative “us versus them” rhetoric around immigration—even in… Read More
Tanzanian-Born Entrepreneur: Immigrants Aren’t Just “Giving Back to the Country, We Are Very Much a Part of the Country”
Abbas Bandali and his younger brother lived nearly parallel lives: They were both born and raised in Tanzania and attended school in England. But afterwards, Bandali’s younger brother returned to Tanzania, and Bandali ventured into an unknown future in America. “I can very easily compare and contrast my life and… Read More
Prep for Florida’s Dem and GOP Debates: Immigrants in the Sunshine State
Results are in from yesterday’s primaries in Idaho, Hawaii, Michigan, and Mississippi, and today the presidential hopefuls head south to the Sunshine State for more debating. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders square off tonight at Miami Dade College (#DemDebate), while the remaining Republican candidates will face each other… Read More
America Needs Immigrant Scientists To Retain Its Competitive Edge: ‘Our Growth Is Constrained,’ Says Ohio Businessman
Dr. Ayman Salem is a metals engineer, though you won’t see him in a welding mask, standing amid flying sparks. His domain is the laboratory, where he examines nickel, titanium and steel alloys at the atomic level. “If we can understand how these metals are built, we can predict how… Read More
Immigration Reform Is ‘Fundamental to My Company,’ Says Finance Firm CEO
In 2013, Manu Smadja received an email from a desperate junior at his alma mater, the University of Virginia. The mechanical engineering major was $500 short on rent and about to get evicted, which would force him to drop out. In a last-ditch effort, he emailed Smadja asking… Read More
Weekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (February 29 – March 4)
This video from CNN illustrates the hiring challenges American dairy farmers face on their farms and the vital role that migrant workers play in filling job vacancies. “I cannot get local workers to do the jobs that these guys are doing, and every other dairy farmer will say… Read More
Immigration System Stands Between Doctor and Co-Founder of Revolutionary Health Technology and His Company
Platelets, the smallest of our blood cells, are critical to our survival. Key to wound healing, they stop us from bleeding out when we get a cut and are used in medical procedures ranging from surgery to cancer treatment. “Platelets are the Band-Aids of the bloodstream,” explains Argentine native Dr. Read More
Business Accelerator Executive Says Immigrants Add “Massive Societal and Economic Value” to U.S. Economy
Marc Nager believes that humans are hardwired for entrepreneurship. “With the right support, almost anyone can start their own business,” he says. And he should know: As the Chief Community Officer at Techstars, “a global ecosystem that helps entrepreneurs build great businesses,” Nager has helped… Read More
Immigration System “Has Not Kept Up with the Times” Says Successful Korean-Born Lawyer
“Immigrants—the risk takers and the entrepreneurs—built this country and made America great,” says Sung Je Lee. “But today’s immigration system doesn’t acknowledge that history at all, and the United States loses job creators every year.” Lee, who is originally from South Korea but grew up in Indonesia, first came to… Read More
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