Four Florida Schools ask Obama to Change Immigration Policy

Published: July 12, 2012

WLRN Miami Herald News
July 12, 2012

The presidents of more than 100 research universities all across America have sent a letter to President Obama demanding changes to the U.S. immigration system. As Luc Cohen reports, four Florida schools have signed the letter.

In regard to this story, John Feinblatt, Chief Policy Advisor to Partnership co-chair Mayor Michael Bloomberg, explains why the United States must enact legal immigration school to retain highly skilled foreign-born talent and says we must start viewing immigration as an “economic issue.”

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