Stories
A Successful Hairstylist from France is Held Back by US Immigration System
Philippe Ma, a Hong Kong native who grew up in France, started a successful hair salon in the Orlando area. Unfortunately, the uncertainties of the E2 visa – which doesn’t put him on a path to getting a green card – have kept him from expanding and… Read More
An Immigrant from Mexico Makes a Big Impact through Nanofiber Technology
Karen Lozano, the first Mexican national to earn an engineering PhD from Rice University, invented a spinning technology while working at UT-Pan American that could manufacture nanofibers 900 times faster than technologies currently on the market. That technology eventually was incorporated into FibeRio Technology Corporation, a firm that’s… Read More
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
Entrepreneurs and Investors Urge Congress to Support Reform
Entrepreneurs and investors across the country are adding their name to a letter to House leadership in support of immigration reform. Take a look at the letters and add your names before we deliver them to Congress. Read and sign the entrepreneurs letter. Read More
FWD.us and New American Economy Launch National #iCodeImmigration Series
Leading Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Experts Will Discuss the Critical Need for Immigration Reform in 9 Cities Across the U.S. and Call on Congress to Act This Year. New York, NY – New American Economy and FWD.us today launched #iCodeImmigration: Accelerating Immigration Reform, a series of events… Read More
More than 100 College and University Leaders Call for Immigration Reform
Leaders from more than 100 colleges and universities across the country urged their Congressional state delegations to support sensible immigration reform that will strengthen America’s economy. The nation’s institutions of higher education have long been magnets for bright, young minds from around the world. Leaders in academia depend on immigrant… Read More
Cheryl Yeoh
My startup Reclip.It is a personalized list-making app featuring weekly ads and digital coupons from top retail stores like Walmart, Macy’s, Walgreens, Target, BestBuy, Home Depot, CVS, and others. The company had raised about $1 million in funding from 500Startups, Great Oaks Venture Capital, and angel investors in Silicon Valley… Read More
Klaus Kleinfeld
For Alcoa to a remain America’s leader in Aluminum research, innovation, and production, we increasingly rely on our ability to hire, train, and keep a diversified workforce that draws upon talent from this country as well as from abroad. I joined the Partnership for a New American Economy as I… Read More
Zvi Or Bach
MonolithIC 3D Inc., my latest company, has developed a breakthrough technology to enable practical monolithic 3D chips with the potential to extend Moore’s Law for the next two decades with significant benefits in power, speed, density and price. The U.S. Patent Office granted our chip research five patents, and more… Read More
Rich Beyer
The semiconductor industry is constantly reinventing itself with technology innovations that create new markets and evolve the features and performance of existing products. Our products touch virtually every aspect of the economy from communication and transportation to medical and consumer electronics. American-based companies like Freescale have been leaders in the… Read More
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