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Immigration Reform Gets a Boost
The Hill November 9, 2012 The results of Tuesday’s election did not change the structural environment in Washington – voters chose to reelect President Obama and return a Democratic majority to the Senate and a Republican majority to the House of Representatives. Most of the same players will return to most of the same positions […]
Read MoreRecognizing the Contribution of Immigrants to the Armed Forces
By Brett Hunt, Iraq War Veteran and former Captain in the U.S. Army. “I’m a Cuban refugee who came to this country when I was 10-years-old and flunked the sixth grade because I couldn’t speak English.” That’s a quote that won’t surprise many Americans on both sides of the immigration debate.
Read MoreSelling Massive High Skill Immigration with GOP Talking Points
Forbes November 10, 2012 Let me try, very very quickly to put the case for high-skilled immigration into current GOP rhetoric: high-skilled immigration is importing more makers. If you see the country as approximately divided this way, and believe that the greater proportion of takers we have the worse things are, then you should embrace […]
Read MoreSilicon Valley’s second-term wish list
The Washington Post November 8, 2012 Silicon Valley contributed more to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign than Wall Street and Hollywood, according to a Nov. 3 San Francisco Chronicle report. The Valley contributed $14.7 million compared to $14.5 million from New York City and $6.3 million from the Beverly Hills crowd. The data were compiled […]
Read MoreThe Political Inevitability of Immigration Reform
Bloomberg Businessweek November 8, 2012 Having helped power President Barack Obama to victory over Mitt Romney, Hispanic voters are suddenly the “it” demographic in U.S. politics. Hispanics made up 10 percent of the total vote and gave Obama almost three votes for every one earned by Romney. Obama may even have won a majority among […]
Read MoreBy Reelecting Barack Obama, the American People Have Demanded Comprehensive Immigration Reform
The Huffington Post November 8, 2012 American voters chose to renew their contract with a President whose vision of economic vitality involves three distinct pillars — innovation, education and rebuilding of America’s infrastructure. Nearly two years ago, during his 2011 State of the Union address, Mr. Obama, speaking eloquently of this generation’s “Sputnik Moment,” recognized […]
Read MoreOther countries eagerly await U.S. immigration reform
Los Angeles Times November 9, 2012 They design our electronics, harvest our food, staff our research labs and care for our children. Immigrants — legal and illegal, skilled and unskilled — by all accounts are vital cogs in the wheel of the U.S. economy, and the money they send back to their families improves the […]
Read MoreElection Results Reignite Conservatives’ Interest in Immigration Reform
Recognizing the inevitable, Speaker of the House John Boehner endorsed comprehensive immigration reform on Thursday noting “I think a comprehensive approach is long overdue, and I’m confident that the president, myself, others, can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all.”
Read MoreElection May Force Congress To Act On Tech Immigration
Computer World November 7, 2012 President Barack Obama believes this election will usher in immigration reform, which will include action on tech visa issues. There is enough support in the Senate and House to increase work visas, temporary and permanent. But supporters of comprehensive immigration reform have stopped piecemeal, special-interest driven immigration legislation to keep […]
Read MoreIs Diversity the Secret Key to America’s Economic Renewal?
Forbes November 7, 2012 What’s fascinating about presidential elections—perhaps more than any other event—is the way that intelligent people can view the same set of facts and see totally different things. Not a day has passed since Barack Obama’s re-election, and already the pundits are out in force. Some say Obama’s diverse “rainbow coalition” marks […]
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