FAQ: The New Push in Congress to Increase STEM Visas
ComputerWorld May 25, 2012 There is a bipartisan push for legislation to automatically give green cards to foreign students who earn a master’s degree and above in science, technology, engineering and math, the so-called STEM degrees. In the past two weeks, three green card STEM bills were introduced in… Read More
America’s Immigration System Has Caused ‘Self-Inflicted Economic Wounds,’ New Report Says
Global Post May 23, 2012 America’s immigration system has caused “self-inflicted economic wounds,” allowing other countries to outpace the US by recruiting American-educated expatriates back to their native countries, according to a new report released on Tuesday. The study, done by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Partnership for a… Read More
Not Coming to America: Why the US is Falling Behind in the Global Race for Talent
“Not Coming to America: Why the US is Falling Behind in the Global Race for Talent” is a first-ever comparative study of the immigration reforms other countries employ to boost their economies and lure the high and low-skilled workers needed for continued economic growth. The report by the Partnership for… Read More
Press Release: Not Coming to America – New Report Shows How Other Countries Are Attracting the Immigrants That Drive Economic Growth
Partnership for a New American Economy and Partnership for New York City Release Study on Successful International Recruitment Strategies and Ways the U.S. Can Fix Its Broken Immigration System The Partnership for a New American Economy and Partnership for New York City today released the results of… Read More
Highly Skilled Immigrants
Highly skilled immigrants help drive the innovation economy, but the US’s lack of visa often shuts the door. In an increasingly globalized economy, an order from Seattle can be filled at a factory in Shenzhen by a company based in Sao Palo. Companies, revenue, and jobs are increasingly mobile, and… Read More
Tourism and Hospitality
International tourists, a potential economic boon, are being deterred from the US by American bureaucracy. And during peak season, businesses must be able to hire the immigrant staff they need. Visitors already know that the United States has it all: beaches, mountains, world-class cities and shopping. That’s why in 2011,… Read More
America’s Demographic Challenge
The US faces an aging population, fewer workers and a slower economy. Immigrants can reverse that. The United States needs immigrant workers as its workforce ages. In 2012, the median age of the American worker will be the highest in its history at 41.6 years old. As birth rates fall… Read More
Lawmakers Want High-Tech Foreigners to Stay in the U.S.
Top American universities attract some of the planet’s brightest minds to pursue graduate degrees in the U.S. But thousands of those best and brightest head for the exits almost immediately after they complete their academic programs. Why? American student visas only allow foreigners to stay in the U.S. for the… Read More
Could a Visa Auction Fix Immigration?
The plan would go like this: Companies that want to hire immigrants would bid for a number of visas made available by Congress. They could trade or resell the permits. Immigrants could move between companies as needed. This plan — which would be rolled out in phases, starting with a… Read More
TechNet Applauds Bipartisan Coons-Alexander High-Skilled Immigration Legislation
TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today hailed the U.S. Senate introduction of the SMART (Sustaining Our Most Advanced Researchers and Technology) Jobs Act, offered by Senators Chris Coons (D-Delaware) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) that would make it… Read More
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