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Tourism and Hospitality
International tourists, a potential economic boon, are being deterred from the US by American bureaucracy. And during peak season, businesses must be able to hire the immigrant staff they need. Visitors already know that the United States has it all: beaches, mountains, world-class cities and shopping. That’s why in 2011,… Read More
America’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… Read More
Lawmakers Want High-Tech Foreigners to Stay in the U.S.
Top American universities attract some of the planet’s brightest minds to pursue graduate degrees in the U.S. But thousands of those best and brightest head for the exits almost immediately after they complete their academic programs. Why? American student visas only allow foreigners to stay in the U.S. for the… Read More
Could a Visa Auction Fix Immigration?
The plan would go like this: Companies that want to hire immigrants would bid for a number of visas made available by Congress. They could trade or resell the permits. Immigrants could move between companies as needed. This plan — which would be rolled out in phases, starting with a… Read More
TechNet Applauds Bipartisan Coons-Alexander High-Skilled Immigration Legislation
TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today hailed the U.S. Senate introduction of the SMART (Sustaining Our Most Advanced Researchers and Technology) Jobs Act, offered by Senators Chris Coons (D-Delaware) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) that would make it… Read More
Immigration Doesn’t Hurt City Economies or Ratings, S&P Says
Most U.S. cities with “significant immigration” over the past decade saw their credit ratings improve, according to Standard & Poor’s. Even amid concerns about the pressures of new, lower-income or less-educated residents, cities with high numbers of the foreign born saw tax bases grow and per-capita income increase, the report… Read More
Senator Wants 55,000 Green Cards For Tech Grads
A U.S. senator has introduced legislation that would replace a program which reserves up to 55,000 permanent resident visas for foreign nationals through a lottery with one that saves the same number of so-called green cards for students graduating from advanced science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs at U.S. Read More
Report: Immigrants Are No Drain to State Economy
A new study on immigration statistics in Massachusetts shows immigrants will play a critical role in the work force in the coming years and do not burden society, one of its authors said. The study, commissioned by the Immigrant Learning Center in Malden and based mostly on 2009 data, found… Read More
What Facebook Says About America
Facebook’s $104 billion initial public offering comes at a time when the United States is suffering a bout of self-doubt. Many wonder if America is falling behind as other countries are catching up fast. And yet the Facebook phenomenon did not occur in a vacuum. You might say it could… Read More
Silicon 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… Read More
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