Stories
U.S. Men’s Soccer Team: 23 Players, 12 Nationalities
On June 16, Clint Dempsey and Gyasi Zardes scored two goals against Ecuador to push the U.S. Men’s National Team forward in the Copa América, the oldest international continental football competition. The star players’ efforts propelled the U.S. team into the semi-final match against Argentina, which takes place… Read More
Founder of $1 Million Startup Forced to Scrap Business Due to U.S. Immigration Policy
Indian-born immigrant Ketaki Desai has made important contributions in her adopted home in America. As executive director of eCenter@LindenPointe, a business incubator in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, she has helped create more than 45 jobs and coached 50 startups, all while maintaining a $300,000 annual budget. She says the incubator’s largest contribution… Read More
Republican Congressional Candidate from Tennessee Wants to See Immigration Reform—Not a Wall
Hunter Baker, an associate professor of political science at Tennessee’s Union University, is concerned about the future of the American economy, specifically as it relates to immigration. As one of 13 Republican candidates who competed to replace Congressman Stephen Fincher in Tennessee’s 8th district, he sees that “People are buying… Read More
A Consultant to Fortune 500 Companies Says Restrictive Immigration Policy Keeps Her From Referring Top Talent
As a consultant who helps businesses solve staffing problems, Letty Velez has worked with several Fortune 500 companies, including Walmart, Macy’s, and Hyatt Hotels. But she’s frustrated: When those companies need to hire personnel, she can’t recommend the most talented people she knows. “I’m meeting incredible people, but I can’t… Read More
Time to Give Back: Working to Send Latino Americans to College
Roger C. Rocha Jr., the national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), was raised in a poor part of Laredo, Texas, where he saw his peers struggle to help their families survive. “We all knew that education and hard work were the keys to getting ahead,… Read More
Entrepreneur says Immigration Policy Makes It Harder for him to Grow His Business and Create American Jobs
The technology firm FreshAir Sensor recently won a New Hampshire pitch competition sponsored by AOL founder Steve Case that netted the small startup a $100,000 investment and a glowing compliment from the venture capitalist. “If they innovate successfully, they can build a great company, create a… Read More
Weekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (June 13-17)
What does it take to win? Find out in today’s Weekend Reading post. In the Financial Times, Silicon Valley titan Michael Moritz offers a powerful argument on immigration policy and what it will take to win the White… Read More
Belgian Entrepreneur’s Innovation Tracks Vital Health Stats; Company Creates American Jobs
From a young age in Belgium, Pierre-Jean Cobut felt inspired by America’s rags-to-riches stories and was sure he belonged in Silicon Valley. In Europe, he says, “There’s not the same culture of risk taking.” Two years of undergraduate study in the United States confirmed his infatuation, and Cobut got the… Read More
When Delaware State Needed Computer Science Professors, Few Americans Even Applied
David Pokrajac, a math prodigy from the former Yugoslavia, is a success by any country’s standards. After earning a PhD in computer science with a specialty in spatial data mining from Temple University in Philadelphia, he’s now a professor at Delaware State University, where he also serves as assistant vice… Read More
Immigration System Says ‘No’ to Developer Eager to Work at His Own Startup
At the University of Pittsburgh, a small team of software developers has created a clinical data sharing technology that is changing the way researchers access data across institutions. The platform will encourage partnerships across the globe and, in turn, potentially reduce the time it takes to cure many forms of… Read More
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