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Immigration: Something Has Got To Change
Forbes June 12, 2012 It doesn’t matter where one is born. It’s about winning. And, the competition is for talent. We have written about the need for immigration reform before. We noted that immigration reform has been a pet peeve of former General Electric chief Jack Welch. This last… Read More
VIDEO: Global Lessons: The GPS Roadmap for Making Immigration Work
VIDEO: Global Lessons: The GPS Roadmap for Making Immigration Work CNN June 11, 2012 CNN’s Fareed Zakaria takes an in-depth look at Japan, Europe and Canada’s immigration and explores possible U.S. solutions by Partnership for a New American Economy Co-Chair New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Kansas Secretary… Read More
Citizenship for Sale: Foreign Investors Flock to U.S.
CNNMoney June 11, 2012 Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin drew public ire last month following the revelation that he had renounced his U.S. citizenship, a move widely seen as a tax dodge. But thousands of wealthy foreigners are lining up to replace him, making investments here and putting themselves on… Read More
Immigration Lessons for the U.S. from Around the World
CNN June 10, 2012 Immigrants founded America hundreds of years ago, coming to the promised land in search of freedom and opportunity, in pursuit of the American dream. Today, many Americans see immigrants as a danger to that dream. They worry that immigrants are taking their jobs, using government… Read More
Where Creators Are Welcome
The Economist June 9, 2012 MOST governments say they want to encourage entrepreneurs. Yet when foreigners with ideas come knocking, they slam doors in their faces. America, surprisingly, is one of the worst offenders. It has no specific visa for foreigners who wish to create new companies. It does… Read More
Let the Job-Creators In
The Economist June 9, 2012 BOTH political parties in America claim to love entrepreneurs. Barack Obama waxes lyrical about “a society that empowers the inventor and the innovator; where men and women can take a chance on a dream.” Mitt Romney, who once started a company himself, says much… Read More
New Bill Aims to Ease Immigration for Scientists, Engineers
Kansas City infoZine June 8, 2012 The ticket to a better economy and higher employment rate in the United States is to issue more visas to foreign experts in math and science, House lawmakers say. Washington, D.C. – infoZine – Scripps Howard Foundation Wire – A new bill aims… Read More
You Tell Us: Should the United States Welcome Highly Educated Immigrants?
The Washington Post June 8, 2012 Senate and House lawmakers recently introduced the Startup Act 2.0, a proposal that would grant visas to foreign students who obtain graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math. The measure has garnered bicameral and bipartisan support, an increasingly rare feat as the… Read More
Making the Immigration System Work for Our Economy
The White House June 7, 2012 Recently, I had an opportunity to travel to Houston and speak to the business leaders there who are leading the effort to move beyond the heated immigration rhetoric, and to get to a place where we can talk about common sense solutions that… Read More
Tech-Savvy Immig Bill
New York Post June 7, 2012 Mayor Bloomberg got a bipartisan boost from Congress yesterday when lawmakers introduced a bill aimed at keeping foreign-born high-tech students and entrepreneurs in the country. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-SI) is sponsoring the measure that would create a new set of conditional visas for… Read More
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