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BostonHerald.com November 13, 2012 President Obama had a convenient excuse for failing to pursue a comprehensive immigration reform bill in his first term — those darn Republicans in the House, they were just out to obstruct him at every turn. That ignored the fact that Democrats held the House for the first two years, when […]
Read MoreEvangelical Coalition Sees Opportunity For Immigration Reform
Deseret News November 13, 2012 A broad coalition of evangelical leaders, seeing a political opportunity to address immigration on the federal level, on Tuesday renewed its call for President Obama and Congress to begin tackling the historically divisive issue within the first three months of next year… …These coalitions of strange bedfellows in faith, business […]
Read MoreThe Immigrant Entrepreneurship Decline in the U.S.
ThomasNet.com November 13, 2012 A recently released report from the Kauffman Foundation, found that the percentage of immigrant-founded companies nationwide dropped from 25.3 percent in 2005 to 24.3 percent last year. A closer look at Silicon Valley start-ups also revealed a more drastic decline: while 52.4 percent of tech start-ups were founded by immigrants in […]
Read MoreGOP Talks About Immigration Reform But Will It Change Its Tone?
The Huffington Post November 13, 2012 We made history. After all the doubts and questions about Latino voter turnout, the fastest-growing minority group in the country squashed all hearsay and pundit-talk in record numbers, carrying President Obama to reelection and giving other Democratic candidates the push they needed. Now, we are hearing a wave of […]
Read MoreThe Business Plan for American Revival
Wall Street Journal November 13, 2012 Four years ago, it was said that the incoming Obama administration aspired to the dynamic that existed in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet, where former competitors and antagonists came together to help the country through the Civil War. If Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals” was the historical aspiration then, the […]
Read MoreUnderstanding the Important Symbolism of the Maryland DREAM Act Victory
While much of last week’s energy was focused on Latino voter turnout in the Presidential race— and the subsequent recognition that immigration reform was all but inevitable—there was another major victory for immigration policy that came out of Maryland. Voters in the state supported through referendum their legislature’s decision to provide in-state tuition to undocumented […]
Read MoreComplaints Against Immigrant Judges FOIA
On November 13, 2012, American Immigration Council in conjunction with AILA and Public Citizen, submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) for all complaints made against immigration judges, records relating to those complaints, and an index of those requested records that constitute final opinions and orders made […]
Read MoreImmigration Reform Should Be Priority: HuffPost/YouGov Poll
Huff Post Politics November 12, 2012 More than two-thirds of Americans believe immigration reform should be a priority during President Barack Obama’s second term, according to a HuffPost/YouGov poll released Monday. The figures show growing momentum for immigration reform, which Democrats and Republicans alike have said they hope to tackle next year. Although there is […]
Read MoreTowards an Intelligent Immigration Policy
National Review Online November 12, 2012 Over the past few years, some in the conservative movement have allowed a legitimate concern over border security to become conflated with anti-immigration politics. As the recent election shows, this confusion threatens to saddle the Republican party with a losing platform that will become even more unsustainable in years […]
Read MoreBrain Drain: Why We’re Driving Immigrant Talent Overseas
Huffington Post November 9, 2012 Asaf Darash, an Israeli entrepreneur, was putting his 18-month-old son to bed when he received the news he had been dreading. He had applied to renew his temporary visa back in April. It was now the middle of September, a few weeks away from his visa expiration, and immigration officials […]
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