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Candidates, here’s how to fix immigration
CNN August 27, 2012 Dear Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, As much as America is looking forward to 10 more weeks of soothing campaign rhetoric (fingernails on the blackboard of America’s psyche), I write to urge you to offer the nation a compelling vision for a common-sense immigration process. Read More
A GOP Opportunity on Immigration
The Wall Street Journal August 26, 2012 Americans are facing the most difficult economic headwinds in a generation. Future economic growth will depend in large part on our ability to maintain an edge in human capital. This means we must focus on immigration as a key economic driver rather… Read More
Immigration: 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… Read More
Tech to the rescue STEM industries can lead the charge in reviving Maryland’s economy
The Baltimore Sun August 27, 2012 The increasingly hyperbolic diatribes in the presidential campaigns have drowned out any focus on the single most important issue on Maryland voters’ minds: jobs. It’s time to stop the political attacks and put forward ideas to attack the economy’s core problems. To help,… Read More
Immigration rules expel the people we need the most
OregonLive August 26, 2012 “I wasn’t surprised the topic came up,” commented Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., about one major theme at a high-tech innovation forum in Portland last Tuesday. “I guess I was surprised it was such a prevalent part of the conversation.” In fact, for many of the… Read More
From Brain Drain To Brain Flow: The New Economy Of Innovation Turbulence
Eurasia Review August 23, 2012 At one time in the recent past, leaders in developing countries and in international organizations decried the “brain drain” that led the best and brightest in what we used to call the “third world” to emigrate to the West to take advantage of superior… Read More
Congress Must Reform Immigration Laws That Send Top STEM Graduates to China
Christian Science Monitor August 22, 2012 Jonas Korlach left Cornell with a Ph.D. in biochemistry, a patent on technology that effectively reads the entire human genome, and an idea that spawned a company now employing 285 people and generating more than $30 million in revenue per year. Yet because… Read More
Liberalising immigration would double the world’s income overnight
New Statesman August 21, 2012 The Washington Post’s Dylan Matthews reports on a new paper from the (US) National Bureau of Economic Research (£), which examines what would happen if all immigration restrictions were dropped. Matthews summarises: [University of Wisconsin’s John Keenan] builds a model that assumes that in… Read More
Immigrant entrepreneur sees great opportunity in St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch August 20, 2012 Arnoldo Müller-Molina was planning to build his business in his native Costa Rica until he read about a St. Louis group that was giving away money. Seven months later, he has a downtown St. Louis office to call his own, and he’s about… Read More
Diaspora and development: Immigrants are economically invigorating
Minn Post August 20, 2012 Living in Minnesota, especially the Twin Cities, you might have heard and wondered what the term “diaspora” refers to. It’s defined as “the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland.” Globally, 3 percent of the population (about… Read More
America's story is an immigrant story.
