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Why the Next Einstein Can’t Get a Visa
By Shelby Pasell. Though Einstein may be a household name in the United States, he was not born here, and he would have a hard time obtaining a visa if he were alive today. In fact, inventors behind most patents in the U.S. were born outside of the country, according to a new report by […]
Read MoreImpressive Stats About Foreign-Born Innovators
Free Enterprise July 2, 2012 A Partnership for a New American Economy study finds that foreign-born scientists and engineers are doing a lot to help the U.S. innovate and stay globally competitive. The report looked at the role that foreign-born scholars, faculty, and students play at the top ten patent-producing universities in the U.S. It […]
Read MoreGeorgia Labor Commissioner: Immigration System Needs an Overhaul
Global Atlanta July 2, 2012 Growing up in the country, Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler learned just when to pluck fruit from the tree or put the sickle to a stalk. “I’ve picked corn, I’ve picked tomatoes, I’ve picked apples, pears, watermelons, canteloupes, I mean you name it. I know how hard a work that […]
Read MoreUniversities Seek US Residency for Foreign Grad Students
WRAL June 29, 2012 More than 100 university presidents nationwide have asked President Barack Obama and Congress for legislation that would allow foreign-born students to remain in the U.S. after graduation. Duke University President Richard Brodhead, who signed the appeal along with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp and North Carolina […]
Read MoreGreen Card Waits Grow Worse for Skilled Immigrants
India West June 29, 2012 Skilled foreign nationals have seen no improvement in their prospects of obtaining Green Cards and wait times will likely increase in employment-based immigration categories, according to a report by the Arlington, Va.-based National Foundation for American Policy, a policy research group. An October 2011 study found wait times for skilled […]
Read MoreImmigrants and Small Business
New York Times June 30, 2012 Immigrants are known as entrepreneurial people, for obvious reasons: those with the ambition and energy to uproot themselves and build new lives in a distant land are well equipped to build businesses and the economy, too. That is the common wisdom, anyway, which a new study from the Fiscal […]
Read MoreOhio’s Immigrant Workforce Lags U.S.
Dayton Daily News July 1, 2012 In the last 20 years in Ohio, the number of immigrant workers has more than doubled and the number of immigrant small business owners increased by more than 60 percent, according to a new report. But an analysis by the Dayton Daily News found the pace of growth of […]
Read MoreAnother Thing Immigrants Do for the Economy: Invent Cool Things
Bloomberg BusinessWeek July 1, 2012 Each year the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awards about 200,000 patents to inventors. Last year a Stanford student built a camera that lets users change what’s in focus after snapping a shot; Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers invented a tiny, foldable car; and a patent was awarded for devising […]
Read MoreHow Should Obama Administration Proceed with Deferred Action Program?
In a June 15th memo announcing deferred action for immigrant youth, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano gave USCIS 60 days to come up with a process that will allow these young people to affirmatively apply for the chance to work, study, and live in the U.S. without fear of deportation. To be sure, USCIS staff and […]
Read MoreRoberts: Staple Those Green Cards
MetroWest Daily News July 1, 2012 In a recent speech to Latino leaders, Mitt Romney said: “If you get an advanced degree, we want you to stay here. So I’d staple a green card to the diploma of someone who gets an advanced degree in America.” A year ago, Barack Obama said he was all […]
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