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DREAM Act Would Boost Economy, Think Tank Says
USA Today October 1, 2012 If illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children were given legal status, their improved access to college and better jobs would add $329 billion and 1.4 million jobs to the nation’s economy over two decades, according to a report set for release today. The report found that up to […]
Read MoreDream Act Would Add $18.4B To Arizona Economy, Report Says
Phoenix Business Journal October 1, 2012 The Dream Act, a federal bill that would grant a pathway to legal status to about 90,000 undocumented youths in Arizona, would add $18.4 billion to the state’s economy and create 84,000 new jobs by 2030, according to a study released today by the Center for American Progress. … […]
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Vetoes TRUST Act
In a disheartening development for immigrants’ rights advocates, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the TRUST Act on Sunday just hours before it was scheduled to take effect. The measure, which was intended to minimize the humanitarian impact of the federal Secure Communities program, would have largely prohibited state and local jails from detaining suspects on […]
Read MoreCrovitz: Washington’s New Twist on Human Sacrifice
Wall Street Journal September 30, 2012 In the 1990s, just before the handover of Hong Kong to China, there was a going-away lunch for the Canadian consul general. When I entered the venue, I thought it must be the wrong place. The hundreds of ethnic Chinese gathered for the lunch in the colony’s largest hotel […]
Read MoreUse of Segregation in Immigration Detention has Harmful Effects
The U.S. immigration system continues to detain more and more noncitizens in federally-operated detention facilities, in private prisons, and in state and local prisons and jails across the country. Currently, DHS detains approximately 34,000 persons every night, the majority of whom have no criminal history. Over the last several years there have been numerous reports […]
Read MoreCongress Fails On A No-Brainer
San Antonio Express-News September 26, 2012 How many members of Congress could be against a modest immigration proposal that would allow foreign graduates of American universities with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and math to obtain green cards? Enough to kill a common-sense bill to keep some of the world’s brightest minds working in […]
Read MoreIs Congress Responsible For a U.S. Brain Drain?
Los Angeles Times September 26, 2012 There are few issues that Republicans and Democrats agree on involving immigration, but the need for more visas for foreign students who earn advanced science and math degrees from American universities is one of them. Both parties recognize that it’s in our national interest to try and keep the […]
Read MoreWhite House, Democrats Send World’s Best and Brightest To Back of The Line
Fox News September 26, 2012 When the House failed to pass Rep. Lamar Smith’s STEM Jobs Act Thursday night, I cried for America. The bill would have reallocated 55,000 green cards to foreign-born graduates with advanced degrees in science, tech, engineering, and math (STEM). By deciding we don’t want to keep the world’s best and […]
Read MoreArizona’s Immigration Policies are an Economic Disaster
Faced with a battered, post-recession economy, lawmakers in Arizona adopted a unique approach to fostering economic recovery; they passed a law that beat down or drove out tens of thousands of the state’s workers, consumers, and taxpayers. The rationale for this counterintuitive action was that the workers, consumers, and taxpayers in question were unauthorized immigrants, […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Needs More Immigrants to Grow the Economy and Create Jobs
The Huffington Post September 26, 2012 “They’re stealing our jobs.” This anti-immigrant argument posits that immigrants coming to the United States harm native citizens by taking jobs that otherwise would be filled by Americans. The implication — sometimes more explicitly expressed — is that we should limit immigration because doing so would result in more […]
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