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Still No Resolution on VAWA, Protections for Immigrants at Risk
Despite the recent controversy over amendments to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), there is still no resolution on its reauthorization. The bill remains stalled in Congress due to conflicting versions passed by the House and Senate. As one source put it, while the current impasse is technically procedural (due to a revenue-related procedural rule), […]
Read MoreMayor Bloomberg Shows the Way to Real Immigration Reform
NY Daily News May 27, 2012 Immigration know-nothings gasped when Mayor Bloomberg said the federal government “should deliberately force some places that don’t want immigrants to take them” as a way to revitalize America’s “big, hollowed-out cities.” Experience teaches that he’s right. Imagine what New York would have been like had the city not benefited […]
Read MoreIn California, Lawmakers Mount New Challenge to Secure Communities
Last year, lawmakers in California were poised to pass a bill—known as the TRUST Act—to let local jurisdictions opt out of Secure Communities, the federal program that routes fingerprints taken at local jails to federal immigration authorities. Before final passage, however, federal officials rendered the bill moot by declaring that participation in the program was […]
Read MoreAdministration Takes Step to Keep Talented Foreign Students in the U.S.
BY HEATHER M. STEWART, COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION POLICY AT NAFSA: ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS. Current U.S. immigration law provides few options for foreign graduates of U.S. universities with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (“STEM” degrees) who want to stay here to contribute their skills and knowledge. Not enough American students are […]
Read MoreAnti-Immigration Group Blames Students for Maryland’s Budget Gap
In a case of very creative accounting, the nativist Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is blaming students for Maryland’s fiscal woes. In a new report, FAIR lumps together students who are unauthorized immigrants with U.S.-born students who have unauthorized parents and claims that they are all costing Maryland taxpayers astronomical sums in educational expenditures. […]
Read MorePress 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 a first-ever comparative study of how foreign countries are […]
Read MoreExpansion of Proposed Waiver Rule Could Help More Families Stay Together
As previously noted, the administration recently proposed a new rule that would help keep American families —the “Proposed Rule on Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives.” This proposed rule would streamline the application process for many relatives of U.S. citizens currently eligible for a green card by minimizing the amount of […]
Read MoreHighly 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 success in the global economy […]
Read MoreTourism 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, a record 62 million foreign […]
Read MoreWhat Facebook Says About America
Facebook’s $104 billion initial public offering comes at a time when the United States is suffering a bout of self-doubt. Many wonder if America is falling behind as other countries are catching up fast. And yet the Facebook phenomenon did not occur in a vacuum. You might say it could have happened anywhere. But it […]
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