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Murdoch, Bloomberg call for GOP to have courage on immigration
Wicked Local August 16, 2012 News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg came to Boston Tuesday to hail immigrants’ contributions to our economic vitality. Touting the findings of a report by the Partnership for a New American Economy, the two cited the shortage of skilled workers in the STEM […]
Read MoreSore Loser, Jan Brewer, Continues Anti-Immigrant Crusade
Despite losing both the legal and public relations battles in the fight over SB 1070, Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer was anxious to put Arizona back in the spotlight this week. Although she can’t prevent people from requesting or receiving deferred action, she issued an executive order that attempts to prevent Arizona recipients of Deferred Action […]
Read MoreNew York’s Mayor Bloomberg Calls on Campaigns to Talk Immigration
Hispanically Speaking News August 14, 2012 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called here Tuesday for the inclusion of immigration reform in the presidential debate as one of the most important subjects affecting economic growth in the United States. In the first of two business forums in Chicago and Boston, Bloomberg defended the role of immigrants […]
Read MoreImmigrants own nearly 1 in 3 Florida businesses
Tampa Bay Business Journal August 15, 2012 Immigrants make up 19.4 percent of the population in Florida, but own 29.7 percent of all business in the state. Immigrants also started 36.7 percent of new businesses in Florida, according to a report from The Partnership for a New American Economy. Nationally, immigrants started 28 percent of […]
Read MoreBusting Myths About Deferred Action
Beginning today, undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children may officially submit requests for deferred action, a form of prosecutorial discretion that protects recipients from deportation and allows them to work legally in the United States for up to two years. As might be expected, numerous inaccuracies have surfaced in media coverage and other […]
Read MoreBloomberg Wants Election Debate on Immigration
ABC News August 14, 2012 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg sought Tuesday to ignite debate over immigration among the presidential contenders, saying there was no faster or cheaper way to fix the nation’s economic problems than by abandoning “self-defeating” immigration policies. In an editorial published Tuesday and at appearances before business leaders in Chicago and […]
Read MoreBloomberg comes to Chicago to spark immigration debate
WBEZ91.5 August 14, 2012 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to make immigration a bigger issue in the presidential race, and he’s making his case in the candidates’ hometowns. Bloomberg started on Tuesday at a forum in Chicago. The Partnership for a New American Economy hosted the forum and brought together more than 450 Republican, […]
Read MoreImmigrants twice as likely to start businesses, report says
Silicon Valley, San Jose Business Journal August 14, 2012 Immigrants start more than one in four new businesses in the United States, and are more than twice as likely to start a company than people who are born here, according to a new report. The new “Open for Business” report, posted Tuesday, is the latest […]
Read MoreOpen For Business: How Immigrants Are Driving Small Business Creation In The United States
“Open For Business: How Immigrants Are Driving Small Business Creation In The United States” analyzes the increasing importance of foreign-born entrepreneurs on U.S. economic growth and job creation. Picking up and moving to another country is brave and risky, so perhaps it is not surprising that immigrants are venturing out and starting new businesses at […]
Read MorePress Release: New Report Highlights the Significant and Growing Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs on New Business Generation and the Creation of American Jobs
Immigrants increasingly likely to start a business – responsible for 28 percent of new U.S. businesses in 2011 – while rate of new business generation among the native-born declines Immigrant businesses collectively generated more than $775 billion in revenue, $100 million in income, and employ one out of every ten people working for private companies […]
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