Young workers, entrepreneurs need pro-growth reform
A great thing about my job is I spend time working with Florida’s higher education institutions. Our colleges and universities create graduates and spur economic vitality. Florida has an excellent balance of both private and public institutions working in service for the people of Florida. Higher education is the springboard… Read More
More Than A Third Of The Top US Tech Companies Were Founded By People Born Outside The Country
In this year’s “state of the internet” presentation, Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker noted that more than a third of the top tech companies in the U.S. were founded by foreigners. According to a report from the … Read More
Why Washington’s farms need immigration reform
ACCORDING to conventional wisdom, elected officials avoid controversial issues in election years. So far this year, our political leaders in Washington, D.C., have lived up to those expectations. Posturing between U.S. House Republicans, the Democratic Senate and the White House has again revealed how difficult and frustrating the… Read More
Florida needs immigration reform
The U.S. immigration system is broken and failing our economy. Meaningful immigration reform will ensure our nation’s security and drive economic growth. This is why Florida business leaders, many of them conservatives, are asking Congress to tackle immigration reform this year. In the state of Florida, 3.6 million residents are… Read More
CEO of Melaleuca works to pass immigration-reform legislation
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Melaleuca CEO Frank VanderSloot is working with Republicans and Democrats to try to get immigration-reform legislation passed. VanderSloot said the United States should allow immigrants to work, cross the border freely and pay taxes. One way to do that is with good legislation. Read the… Read More
Immigration Council Urges Broad Interpretation of § 212(h) Hardship Waiver
On May 19, 2014, the American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to rehear Roberts v. Holder, 745 F.3d 928 (8th Cir. 2014). In that case, the court narrowly interpreted the hardship waiver… Read More
Immigration Reform Needed This Year
Most of us in agriculture have known for many, many years that our country’s immigration system needed to be revised and updated. A recent survey of the Partnership for a New American Economy found that voters want Congress to act on immigration reform this year with 71 percent… Read More
Tech Leaders Join the Fight for Immigration Reform
For decades, immigrants from all parts of the world have come to the United States, bringing with them their unsurpassed talents and ground breaking innovations. This entrepreneurial spirit was first fostered by our founding fathers and later matched by such brilliant minds as, telecommunications magnate Alexander Graham, Google founder and… Read More
Poll: GOP voters back immigration reform
Comprehensive immigration reform enjoys broad bipartisan support, but is particularly intense among Hispanic voters, who are most likely to weigh the issue heavily as they assess candidates, according to a new POLITICO poll of voters in places with the most competitive House… Read More
Dog bites man: Tea party group backs immigration reform (!)
Putting one more nail in the coffin of the game labeling conservatives ”tea party” and “establishment,” a cross-section of GOP groups came out in favor of passing immigration reform this year. In a memo entitled “Partnership for a New American Economy, Americans for Tax Reform, and… Read More
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