Strict U.S. Immigration Policies Contribute to High Unemployment
Russia Today August 4, 2012 As the US struggles with prolonged high unemployment, the country’s immigration service is protecting American jobs by forcing foreign workers out of the country. Experts say these policies actually raise – not lower – jobless rates. Some 720,000 foreign students are currently studying in… Read More
Silicon Valley Leads in H-1B Visa Demand: Study
India West August 6, 2012 The leading metro area in the U.S. for H-1B worker demand, based on the number of requests as a percentage of available jobs in the area, is California’s San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara corridor, according to a new Brookings Institute study released July 18. The H-1B… Read More
U.S. Companies Hiring the World’s Geniuses
24/7 Wall Street August 7, 2012 The story of American business has been about shipping the country’s manufacturing jobs overseas. However, there is another part of the story. Every year, American companies hire thousands of highly skilled foreign workers. Since 1990, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued visas… Read More
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Leahy Bill Approved by Senate
Digital Journal August 7, 2012 The EB-5 Visa program has already created literally thousands of jobs across the United States since the program inception in 1993. The newly passed “Leahy Bill” insures its continuation. Last week, the United States Senate approved the “Leahy Bill” which continued the U.S. Immigration’s… Read More
Demand Soars for Foreign Tech Workers
The Tennessean August 3, 2012 Pietro Valdastri visited Nashville for the first time almost a year ago, not as a tourist but as a new hire. Valdastri joined Vanderbilt University as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in September. In doing so, he left the university where he taught… Read More
Monterrey Native Spotlighted for UTPA Tech Startup
The Monitor August 3, 2012 The University of Texas-Pan American’s first technology startup company can teach the nation how foreign-born graduates can reinvent the U.S. economy, according to a report from the Partnership for a New American Economy. That organization — whose members include hundreds of mayors and business… Read More
H1B Dilemma: As Feds Talk, Skilled Foreign Workers Walk
Boston Business Journal August 3, 2012 It’s been about a year since Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas spoke at length about a new plan to ease work-visa rules and “fuel the nation’s economy and stimulate investment by attracting… Read More
DHS Announces Application Process for Deferred Action, IPC Provides Data on Where Eligible Individuals Reside
Washington D.C. – Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released important details about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process, which will temporarily allow some eligible youth to go to school and work without fear of deportation. A recent Immigration Policy Center (IPC) report,Who and… Read More
Five Keys to the H-1B Debate
Brookings July 26, 2012 Last week’s research release event for “The Search for Skills: Demand for H-1B Immigrant Workers in U.S. Metropolitan Areas” was a spirited and intelligent debate about national policy combined with some thoughtful analysis by regional actors. The conversation highlighted differing opinions about the need for… Read More
Microsoft Hosts Skilled Immigration Roundtable
The Washington Post August 1, 2012 The sleek conference room at Microsoft’s Washington, D.C., office was packed Wednesday morning with industry and policy leaders. The conversation topic: The skilled worker pipeline in the U.S., particularly the cap on H-1B visas. Talk ranged from policy prescriptions to where the demand… Read More
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