HIGH-SKILLED IMMIGRANTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Learn more about the need for high-skilled immigration reform at www.LetPJStay.com NEW HAMPSHIRE FACES A LARGE STEM SHORTAGE There are more STEM job openings than unemployed STEM workers: From 2009 to 2011, 2.3 STEM job openings were posted online in New Hampshire for every 1 unemployed STEM worker… Read More
IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL ECONOMY WHILE LAWMAKERS STRUGGLE WITH REFORM EFFORTS
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Immigrants in the United States started 28 percent of all new businesses in 2011 and businesses owned by immigrants employed approximately 4.7 million people in 2007, according to the Partnership for a New American Economy and the Fiscal Policy Institute. Although the immigrant population in Nebraska is significantly smaller… Read More
Twelve Multi-Industry Associations Release Joint Guide to Understanding and Improving the H-1B Visa Program
CONTACTS Kasey Pipes, Compete America, [email protected] Ryan Williams, Partnership for a New American Economy, [email protected] Blair Holmes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, [email protected] Washington, D.C. — Compete America, New American Economy, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, along with… Read More
HIGH-SKILLED IMMIGRANTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Learn more about the need for high-skilled immigration reform at www.LetPJStay.com NORTH CAROLINA FACES A LARGE STEM SHORTAGE There are more STEM job openings than unemployed STEM workers: From 2009 to 2011, 1.7 STEM job openings were posted online in North Carolina for every 1 unemployed STEM worker in… Read More
U.S. Immigration Policies Force Romanian Entrepreneur to Start Tech Company in Canada
Mircea Pasoi is one foreign entrepreneur who heard Canada’s call. After interning at Google and Microsoft and then landing a job offer from Facebook in the United States, the Romanian-born computer scientist decided he’d be happier starting his own technology venture. But he quickly realized that settling in Silicon Valley… Read More
HIGH-SKILLED IMMIGRANTS IN MISSOURI
Learn more about the need for high-skilled immigration reform at www.LetPJStay.com MISSOURI FACES A LARGE STEM SHORTAGE There are more STEM job openings than unemployed STEM workers: From 2009 to 2011, 3.1 STEM job openings were posted online in Missouri for every 1 unemployed STEM worker in… Read More
Entrepreneur from the UK Creates and Supports Jobs in Missouri
Amit Kothari is the exact sort of entrepreneur that many cities would love to attract to their area. With a degree in computer science, the United Kingdom native has been at the helm of various startups, including QuotationsBook.com — “a startup that tries to be for quotes what… Read More
The Sessions Complaint
Jeff Sessions’s media spear-carriers say we misrepresented the Senator in our April 25 editorial taking on his claims that Americans with college degrees in science and tech can’t find jobs in their fields. Their complaint doesn’t help his case. One of the Alabama Republican’s favorite talking… Read More
HIGH-SKILLED IMMIGRANTS IN MINNESOTA
Learn more about the need for high-skilled immigration reform at www.LetPJStay.com MINNESOTA FACES A LARGE STEM SHORTAGE There are more STEM job openings than unemployed STEM workers: From 2009 to 2011, 2.4 STEM job openings were posted online in Minnesota for every 1 unemployed STEM worker in the… Read More
HIGH-SKILLED IMMIGRANTS IN MICHIGAN
Learn more about the need for high-skilled immigration reform at www.LetPJStay.com MICHIGAN FACES A LARGE STEM SHORTAGE Demand for STEM workers is outpacing supply: The Center for Michigan, an independent, nonpartisan think tank, revealed that Michigan graduated 20 percent too few computer and math professionals and 14 percent… Read More
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