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The Sessions Complaint
Jeff Sessions’s media spear-carriers say we misrepresented the Senator in our April 25 editorial taking on his claims that Americans with college degrees in science and tech can’t find jobs in their fields. Their complaint doesn’t help his case. One of the Alabama Republican’s favorite talking points is that 74% of Americans with science, technology, […]
Read MorePrivate Prison Industry Lobbies for Detention of Immigrants
Since 2009, Congress has instructed the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to maintain 34,000 beds in immigrant detention facilities across the country, a policy known as “the bed mandate.” This mandate costs the American taxpayer $5.05 million per day–or $159 a day per immigrant detainee. A new report released this week by Grassroots Leadership […]
Read MoreHIGH-SKILLED IMMIGRANTS IN LOUISIANA
Learn more about the need for high-skilled immigration reform at www.LetPJStay.com LOUISIANA FACES A LARGE STEM SHORTAGE There are more STEM job openings than unemployed STEM workers: From 2009 to 2011, 2.8 STEM job openings were posted online in Louisiana for every 1 unemployed STEM worker in the state. As STEM fields grow, this problem will likely get worse: […]
Read MoreHIGH-SKILLED IMMIGRANTS IN KANSAS
Learn more about the need for high-skilled immigration reform at www.LetPJStay.com KANSAS FACES A LARGE STEM SHORTAGE There are more STEM job openings than unemployed STEM workers: From 2009 to 2011, two STEM job openings were posted online in Kansas for every 1 unemployed STEM worker in the state. As STEM fields grow, this problem will likely get […]
Read MoreS.C. agriculture needs immigration reform
One of agriculture’s biggest and most demanding concerns is reforming our broken immigration system; an issue that, unfortunately, may not be resolved until after the next presidential election. The 2016 election may seem a long way off, but the race is already heating up with a large pool of candidates. South Carolina residents have a […]
Read MoreIndian Student Develops Chlamydia Vaccine, Faces Challenges With U.S. Immigration System
Ashlesh Murthy, a former PhD student in cellular and molecular biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio, is used to facing pretty daunting odds – both in his scientific endeavors and his personal life. As a child from a middle-class family in Bangalore, India, he needed an extremely high score on a merit […]
Read MoreRecord number of H-1B applicants sparks immigration debate
PALO ALTO — Companies are seeking more foreign workers than ever before to fill highly skilled jobs in technology and other industries, but the United States will grant visas to just a fraction of them in a lottery that began this week. Anxious to bump up those visa limits, a bipartisan campaign is seeking to […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota dairy operators want immigration reform
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – At the Turner County Dairy west of Sioux Falls, finding employees to milk 1,600 cows three times a day isn’t a problem. But dairy owners and industry advocates say if something doesn’t change with the country’s immigration policy and visa programs, America’s food production system will be in trouble. Steve […]
Read MoreWe lose the longer we wait to reform work visas
April can be the make or break month for U.S. corporations that goes beyond tax time. It is when businesses file H-1B petitions in hopes to win the coveted visa lottery that allows foreign-born workers to fill job vacancies here. U.S. businesses that win this nationwide lottery, designed strictly for highly skilled workers, go on […]
Read MoreRush for H-1B visas is on
Applicants for H-1B visas — those that allow foreign workers with at least a bachelor’s degree to temporarily work at specialty jobs in the US — are facing fierce competition this year. “There is a 60 percent increase in cases we receive this year compared with last year,” Los Angeles-based immigration attorney Meng Xiaojie wrote […]
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