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Press Release: Not Coming to America – New Report Shows How Other Countries Are Attracting the Immigrants That Drive Economic Growth
Partnership for a New American Economy and Partnership for New York City Release Study on Successful International Recruitment Strategies and Ways the U.S. Can Fix Its Broken Immigration System The Partnership for a New American Economy and Partnership for New York City today released the results of a first-ever comparative study of how foreign countries are […]
Read MoreExpansion of Proposed Waiver Rule Could Help More Families Stay Together
As previously noted, the administration recently proposed a new rule that would help keep American families —the “Proposed Rule on Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives.” This proposed rule would streamline the application process for many relatives of U.S. citizens currently eligible for a green card by minimizing the amount of […]
Read MoreHighly Skilled Immigrants
Highly skilled immigrants help drive the innovation economy, but the US’s lack of visa often shuts the door. In an increasingly globalized economy, an order from Seattle can be filled at a factory in Shenzhen by a company based in Sao Palo. Companies, revenue, and jobs are increasingly mobile, and success in the global economy […]
Read MoreAmerica’s Demographic Challenge
The US faces an aging population, fewer workers and a slower economy. Immigrants can reverse that. The United States needs immigrant workers as its workforce ages. In 2012, the median age of the American worker will be the highest in its history at 41.6 years old. As birth rates fall and the baby boomer generation […]
Read MoreTranscript: Mayor Bloomberg at the Council on Foreign Relations
The following are Mayor Bloomberg’s remarks as prepared for delivery today at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC. Please check against delivery. “Thank you, Julia, and good afternoon. It’s always nice to come to a city with a baseball team that is below the Mets in the standings. “But it really is a […]
Read MoreSilicon Valley Foreign Worker Search Speeds Up After Lull
Technology firms have tripled their recruitment of foreign workers this spring after a hiring lull of several years — a development that is reigniting the debate over immigration rules affecting those workers. American companies sought more than 32,500 temporary H-1B visas, available for skilled workers, since the annual recruiting period began in April. That is […]
Read MorePartnership Applauds House Passage of Bill to Prevent Decades-Long Wait Times for Employment Visas
The Partnership for a New American Economy is encouraged by yesterday’s broad bipartisan show of support for smarter immigration laws, marked by the House’s 389-15 vote to pass the Fairness for High Skilled Immigration Act (H.R. 3012). The bill will eliminate the arbitrary country caps on employment-based visas – caps that cause potential wait times […]
Read MoreAlabama Governor Signs Bill That Makes State’s Immigration Law Even Worse
Last week, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley publically criticized a bill intended to revise key sections of the state’s controversial immigration law (HB 56). He even announced a special legislative session to address his issues with the bill—namely, a provision that requires school officials to check the immigration status of enrolling students and that of their […]
Read MoreH-1B Demand Surges Back
The government’s H-1B filing season for the 2013 fiscal year (FY2013) began on April 2, 2012, with a renewed surge in U.S. employer demand for professional workers. With an annual limitation of 65,000 H-1B petitions (plus another 20,000 for workers holding U.S. advanced degrees), the H-1B classification is a complex but useful tool for American […]
Read MoreMichigan Pushes Plan to Welcome Immigrants and their Revitalizing Power to State
While some states pushed for punitive immigration measures over the last year—measures designed to drive immigrants away —others, like those in Michigan, were busy putting together a plan that welcomes immigrants and their revitalizing power to the state. This month, leaders in Michigan—including state Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-Detroit)—helped launch […]
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