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Nativist Group Trivializes the 2012 Latino Vote
The nativist Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has an implicit message for the Republican Party heading into the 2012 elections: stop worrying about Latino voters and just play to your predominantly Anglo base. Such is the kamikaze message contained within a new CIS report, innocuously titled Projecting the 2012 Hispanic Vote. The report dismisses the […]
Read MoreBusting Myths About the California TRUST Act
As we reported last week, the TRUST Act—a bill that would prevent local law enforcement agencies from honoring all requests to detain immigrants on the federal government’s behalf—has cleared the California state legislature and is awaiting the signature of state Governor Jerry Brown. Meanwhile, restrictionists and other proponents of Arizona-style immigration laws have begun mounting […]
Read MoreEntrepreneurial Spirit Knows No Borders
The Seattle Times August 30, 2012 In the 1920s, architects designed the 23-story art deco Exchange Building in downtown Seattle to house a stock exchange. But those plans ended when the U.S. stock market crashed in 1929. More than 80 years later, this Second Avenue building will finally host an exchange company — an online […]
Read MoreA Common Cause for Both Parties
Forbes August 29, 2012 National conventions are a time for the two political parties to present their opposing visions of the next four years. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t continue to seek common ground on critical problems facing the country. This week at the Republican National Convention, where I am right now, and next […]
Read MoreOver One in Four New Businesses in 2011 Started by Immigrants
Examiner.com August 29, 2012 According to the new report by the nonpartisan Partnership for a New American Economy, “Open for Business: How Immigrants are Driving Business Creation in the United States,” immigrants were responsible for an astonishing 28 percent of all new business started in this country last year. As the number of new businesses […]
Read MoreNew Report on Immigration and US Economic Competitiveness
Examiner.com August 29, 2012 “Immigration reform cannot wait any longer.” That was the consensus of the group of executives from various ethnicities and professions — ranging from lawyers and journalists to corporate VPs and CEOs – who attended today the preliminary presentation of a new immigration report in the offices of law firm Miller Canfield […]
Read MoreImmigration: Who The U.S. Lets In, And Why
NPR August 27, 2012 America’s economy would be better off if the U.S. admitted more highly skilled workers, James Surowiecki recently argued in the New Yorker. That got us thinking: How does the U.S. compare to the rest of the developed world when it comes to immigration policy? The short answer: The U.S. mostly lets […]
Read MoreWhy Kobach’s Lawsuit Against Deferred Action is Unlikely to Stand Up in Court
Kris Kobach’s official job title is Kansas Secretary of State. But he is better known for drafting—and being hired to defend in court—state and local immigration laws designed to make undocumented residents “self-deport.” His two most notorious undertakings are Arizona SB 1070 and Alabama HB 56, which have largely been eviscerated by federal courts. Yesterday, […]
Read MoreImmigrants Own One In Three Florida Businesses, According To Study
Huffpost Miami August 15, 2012 It’s easy to find a cup of cafe con leche in Miami, but the small drink is more than a caffeinated jump start: it’s a symbol of the headway immigrants are making in the business world. A new report from the Partnership for a New American Economy says researchers found […]
Read MoreImmigrant Entrepreneurs are Jet Fuel to the U.S. Economy
The mountain of evidence on the economic importance of immigrant entrepreneurs just keeps growing. Last year, the Partnership for a New American Economy released a report which tallied the number of Fortune 500 companies founded by immigrants (and the children of immigrants). Last month, the Fiscal Policy Institute issued a report which quantified the economic […]
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