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Policy Gives Hope to Young Illegal Immigrants
Syracuse.com June 19, 2012 Last week was an interesting week for those who practice immigration law. The week started out with the unfortunate, but expected news that the ”cap” of 65,000 visas had been reached for the H-1B program. H-1B visas are temporary working visas given to those who… Read More
Broken and Obsolete
Time Magazine June 18, 2012 As the American economy sags, the race for the presidency gets tighter–except in one dimension. Hispanic Americans continue to support Barack Obama by an astonishing 61%-to-27% margin. Were Obama to win, it might well be because of his attitudes on one issue: immigration. But… Read More
Congress AWOL in the Global Competition for Talent
The Daily Caller June 15, 2012 Nero at least fiddled while Rome burned. The U.S. Congress is doing almost nothing while American companies struggle in the global competition for talent. Americans companies’ inability to hire talented foreigners makes it hard for them to grow, invest and innovate inside this… Read More
Green Card Problems Growing Worse for Skilled Immigrants
Forbes June 15, 2012 Immigrating legally to the United States is not easy. “Over the past several months, skilled foreign nationals have seen no improvement in their prospects for obtaining green cards and, in fact, wait times are likely to increase in employment-based immigration categories,” according to a new report… Read More
New Immigration Policy May Help Arizona Economy
The Examiner June 16, 2012 On June 15, CNN’s John King mentioned Arizona when discussing impacts of President Obama’s policy change, which stops deportation of immigrants younger than 30, who meet certain criteria. There are the usual controversies over Presidential authority and election year tactics; but what should be… Read More
H1-B Visa Quotas Greatly Restrain Small Business Expansion
Forbes June 17, 2012 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) announced this week that it had filled its annual H-1B visa quota for foreign high-skilled workers. The announcement comes about five months earlier than last year, signaling that U.S. businesses are expanding again. But many companies must now wait… Read More
Business Forum: How Immigration Can Create Jobs
Star Tribune June 17, 2012 Many of our state’s largest companies were founded by immigrants. So why aren’t we more welcoming? What has made this country great is its rich heritage of people coming together from all nations. Even though the country faces high unemployment, now is not the… Read More
Murdoch, Bloomberg Applaud Obama Immigration Order
Los Angeles Times June 15, 2012 President Obama’s decision to allow some young illegal immigrants to work legally in the United States drew applause from business leaders across the political spectrum. Business leaders have long argued that the United States’ current immigration policy makes the country less competitive. Rupert… Read More
We Need More Highly Skilled Workers
The Patriot Post June 15, 2012 Can the federal government adequately predict exactly how many mathematicians, engineers, biochemists, and inventors the United States will need twenty years in the future? I doubt many of us would answer yes. Yet, federal immigration policy does exactly that in allotting work visas… Read More
California Leads U.S. in Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Study Finds
Los Angeles Times June 15, 2012 When Gloria Suen opened a retail shop in Chinatown, she and her sister knew so little English they could barely decipher the rules and regulations that govern small businesses. But she asked advice from anyone who would listen and persevered. “In those days,… Read More
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