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Passport to Future Economic Growth
The Partnership for a New American Economy’s new report, “Passport to Future Economic Growth: How Expanding the Visa Waiver Program Will Strengthen the U.S. Economy and Create American Tourism Jobs,” shows that smarter tourist visa laws would add more than $7.5 billion in U.S. revenue and 50,000 U.S. jobs within 5 years. Key findings include: The Visa Waiver […]
Read MoreHow America’s Visa Laws Affect the Travel Industry
International tourists are significant revenue generators, and their travel to the United States creates American jobs. But the country’s visa laws make it difficult for international tourists to visit America, having negative consequences for hotels, restaurants, and small businesses that are part of the travel industry in communities across the country. Watch the Partnership’s new ad below to […]
Read MoreStudy Shows Smarter Tourist Visa Laws Would Add More Than $7.5 Billion in Revenue and 50,000 Jobs within Five Years
CONTACT Ryan Williams, New American Economy, [email protected] Tourism ad to air in airports, taxicabs, movie theaters, on Facebook and Twitter Watch the ad here. New York, NY — The New American Economy (NAE) today released a new study showing how expanding the Visa Waiver Program to six new countries – Brazil, Hong Kong, Israel, Poland, South […]
Read MoreFinal Immigration Hearings of 2014 Preview More Gridlock in 114th Congress
When the 113th Congress kicked off nearly two years ago, hopes were high that this would be the Congress to pass lasting immigration reform. “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 MoreReport Documents Evidence of Migrant Shakedowns by Border Enforcement
Imagine what it would be like to be in a foreign country, and law enforcement officials take your phone, identification and money. Then, what if you are moved through a series of short-term holding cells and then longer term detention facilities and eventually released by being deported to another country without any access to your […]
Read MoreAn opportunity to lead for new GOP Congress
The president’s executive action on immigration reform should be instructive for the GOP as the leadership enacts a governing agenda in the new Congress. The lesson here is the president’s “go it alone” immigration actions do little to solve the inherent problems holding back progress and growth. The actions of the White House are the political equivalent of […]
Read MoreCory Gardner’s immigration vote closely watched
In a symbolic vote on immigration, Republican U.S. Sen.-elect Cory Gardner of Yuma on Thursday backed blocking the president from enacting an executive order sparing millions from deportation. Gardner, who cast his vote as a member of the U.S. House, said he simply could not support President Barack Obama’s unilateral power move. His vote comes […]
Read MoreCommittee Fails to Question Legality of President’s Immigration Executive Action
The House Judiciary Committee held a held a hearing Tuesday on President Obama’s recent Immigration Accountability Executive Action, focusing on the administration’s executive action that defers deportation for the parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. Known as the Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program, this portion of executive action has provoked the […]
Read MoreImmigration fix must focus on retaining STEM grads
One of the most vibrant and economically important cities in the world is more or less an accident. To be economically relevant, Georgia needed a railroad to connect the port city of Savannah with the markets in the Midwest. Topography put the terminus of that railroad line in what is today Atlanta. No one in the […]
Read MoreWho and Where are the Beneficiaries of Obama’s Immigration Executive Action?
President Obama announced in a speech Thursday night his plan to use executive authority to improve parts of the U.S. immigration system, including providing temporary protection from deportation for nearly 5 million people. “Millions of immigrants in every state, of every race and nationality still live here illegally. And let’s be honest—tracking down, rounding up, […]
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