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Training Skilled Workers is Necessary to Building Our Work Force
The Examiner July 18, 2012 Finding and keeping highly skilled workers is a subject that’s more like a double-edged sword to many people. In places like Silicon Valley, the need for highly skilled workers is met by hiring foreign workers, using the government issued H-1B visa to fill these positions. The reason for this is […]
Read MoreStudy: Foreign Workers with Niche Skills in Demand in Mercer
The Examiner July 18, 2012 Demand for skilled foreign workers is high in Mercer County. The county receives about 2,000 requests for H-1B specialty visas each year, the fourth-highest number of requests in the country, a Brookings Institution study released yesterday found. The visas bring in foreign nationals for three years to work in niche […]
Read MoreNew York Leads in H-1B Demand
Computerworld July 18, 2012 The New York metropolitan area has the highest demand for H-1B workers in the United States, according to a new study that examines regional use of the work visa. That’s followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington metropolitan areas, according to a Brookings Institution study that maps H-1B […]
Read MoreHigh Demand For Foreign Skilled Workers in Austin
KUT News July 18, 2012 Austin had the twelfth highest number of H-1B visa requests per capita in the last two years, according to a report issued this morning by the Brookings Institution, signaling a high demand for employees in technology and engineering. H-1B visas are temporary work permits, up to six years in length, […]
Read MoreCritics Try to Sink Obama’s Deferred Action Program Before It Even Begins
Secretary Janet Napolitano is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow and the number one topic is likely to be the June 15 announcement of Deferred Action for Dreamers. Now that a majority of the Supreme Court has blessed the use of prosecutorial discretion as a legitimate function of the executive branch, critics […]
Read MoreNew Injunction Sought in Challenge to Arizona SB 1070
Late Tuesday night, opponents of Arizona SB 1070 filed new papers in court seeking to block Section 2(B) from taking effect, arguing that state legislators were driven by anti-Latino bias and that the provision will inevitably result in constitutional violations. The motion, filed by civil rights groups, cited numerous previously undisclosed emails from former State […]
Read MoreWhy the Administration Should Avoid a Fight Over Anti-Detainer Laws
Yesterday’s TIME Magazine carried a story on what it billed as the Obama administration’s “next immigration battle”—the spread of state and local laws around the country preventing jails from holding immigrant detainees on behalf of the federal government. California and Chicago appear poised to join the list, and federal officials have floated the possibility of […]
Read MoreIt’s Foreign Affairs, Stupid
The National Interest July 16, 2012 The economy trumps national security as the country’s top political issue this election cycle. With the unemployment rate at 8.2 percent, this is not surprising. From a long-term strategic perspective, however, the two issues are closely connected. The current economic crisis threatens Americans’ standard of living and our capacity […]
Read MoreSheriff Joe Arpaio to Stand Trial on Racial Profiling Charges
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may finally face the music this week in a federal trial in Phoenix. The renowned anti-immigrant media glutton and self-proclaimed “America’s Toughest Sheriff” stands accused of discrimination and harassment charges in a class action lawsuit involving the ACLU and MALDEF. Arpaio has a long history of abuse and discrimination in […]
Read MoreTalented Immigrants and America’s Skilled-Worker Shortage
Washington Examiner July 14, 2012 I came to the United States 21 years ago, having left my home country of Bangladesh to attend a premier university and pursue the American Dream. I started a business that promotes the values of lifelong learning. Currently, I am the CEO of NetCom Learning, a multimillion-dollar business, which has […]
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