VIDEO: Overstock.com President: Highly Skilled Immigrants Create Jobs and Innovation
Fox Business News July 12, 2012 In an interview on Fox Business News, Partnership member Jonathan Johnson, president of Overstock.com, makes the economic case for legal immigration reform and the need to remove federal caps on visas for highly skilled foreign-born students, inventors and entrepreneurs: “In my view, when… Read More
Help Wanted: 300,000 Jobs Unfilled
The Charleston Gazette July 12, 2012 Here’s a puzzle: High-tech U.S. businesses say they have 300,000 job vacancies but can’t find science-savvy American workers to fill them. They asked Congress to raise the ceiling on H-1B visas for special-skills workers so that 200,000 well-educated aliens can arrive each year. Read More
Small Businesses Owned by Immigrants Booming in Metro Orlando
Orlando Sentinel July 12, 2012 Blanca Mata has made arepas and other Latin American staples in the same shop for 17 years and still remembers her first order: pork chops with rice and beans, requested by an English-speaking American. Mata, owner of Arepas & More Café on North Bumby… Read More
Mayor Emanuel Introduces Ordinance to Make Chicago an Immigrant-Friendly City
The Examiner July 11, 2012 Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced his intention to introduce a Welcoming City Ordinance that builds on efforts to make Chicago the most immigrant-friendly city in the country by incorporating basic protections for undocumented Chicagoans who have not been convicted of a serious crime and are… Read More
Four Florida Schools ask Obama to Change Immigration Policy
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… Read More
Big Step Forward on High-Skilled Immigration Bill
National Journal July 11, 2012 Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Republican Chuck Grassley on Wednesday removed a huge barrier to legislation that could speed the doddering visa system for highly skilled immigration. He removed his “hold” on legislation that would ease the immense backlogs for applicants from India and China,… Read More
The Entrepreneurs We Can’t Afford to Lose
Washington Post July 11, 2012 Immigrant entrepreneurs have not only helped build the U.S. economy and, by extension, the country, they hold the key to our future success. We already know from the pioneering research of Singularity University vice president and Washington Post columnist Vivek Wadhwa and Berkeley’s School… Read More
Immigrants: Restless Dreamers, Economic Pillars
Benzinga July 10, 2012 The American dream is alive and well, at least to immigrants who are magnetized by it. It is they who challenge the rest of us to foster a culture of inclusion, access, opportunity, and empowerment. Moreover, they are the ones with the starkest sense of… Read More
American University Presidents Write Letter To Obama, Want Legislature Change For International Student Visas
Huffington Post July 10, 2012 The presidents of 122 American universities signed a letter addressed to President Obama and four other government officials requesting the creation of new legislature that would change the current policy surrounding international student visas. The letter, sent on July 2, begins by acknowledging the… Read More
Insourcing
Foreign Policy July 10, 2012 The U.S. presidential election quickly seems to be turning into a battle of “who-outsources-least.” President Barack Obama has taken to referring to Republican candidate Mitt Romney as an “outsourcing pioneer” during his tenure at private equity firm Bain Capital. The Republican National Committee has… Read More
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