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Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Starting American Companies and Creating American Jobs
New businesses are the single best creators of new jobs, and – even with current visa impediments – immigrants are among the leading drivers in creating new businesses: In 2010, immigrants were more than twice as likely to start businesses each month as natives. From 1995 to 2005, immigrants helped… Read More
Press Release: Entrepreneurship Index Shows Immigrants Leading the Way In Creating New Businesses
STATEMENTS FROM PARTNERSHIP FOR A NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY MEMBERS ON 2011 KAUFFMAN INDEX OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAT SHOWS IMMIGRANTS ARE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO CREATE NEW BUSINESSES Kauffman Study finds that immigrants now represent 29.5 percent of new entrepreneurs in 2010, compared to 13.4 percent in… Read More
Press Release: Mayor Bloomberg Praises New Business-Friendly Immigration Policy
STATEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP FOR A NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY CHAIR MAYOR BLOOMBERG ON NEW OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PROCESS TO RECRUIT BEST AND BRIGHTEST WORKERS U.S. Immigration today proposed a new rule to make it easier for American businesses to recruit temporary high-skilled workers. Under the current system, employers must… Read More
Press Release: Eleven Fashion Industry Leaders Join the Partnership
ELEVEN FASHION INDUSTRY LEADERS JOIN THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY TO ADVOCATE FOR SENSIBLE IMMIGRATION REFORMS TO BOOST AMERICAN ECONOMY During Fashion Week, Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Members including Diane von Furstenberg, Oscar de la Renta, Saks Fifth Avenue and Brooks Brothers Partnership… Read More
News: Immigration Reform Group Adds 12 Arizona Leaders
Phoenix Business Journal: A dozen Arizona business leaders join the fight for sensible immigration reform. Read More. Read More
News: Cleveland Mayor Signs on In Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Cleveland Live: Mayor Frank Jackson becomes the first Midwest mayor to join the Partnership for a New American Economy. Read More. Read More
Press Release: Partnership Grows to Over 100 Members
Partnership Co-Chair Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the Partnership for a New American Economy has now grown to over 100 mayors and CEOs, representing leading companies and major cities from across the country. Mayor Bloomberg spoke at the New York Stock Exchange at the annual meeting of the Partnership for… Read More
Press Release: Speech by Mayor Bloomberg on Immigration and National Economic Growth
Partnership Co-Chair Mayor Michael Bloomberg highlighted immigration reform as a key component of a national plan for economic growth and job creation. Mayor Bloomberg gave his remarks to assembled civic and business leaders at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in an event co-sponsored by the Association for a Better New York… Read More
Editorial: Mr. Bloomberg, Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Colbert
New York Times: The New York Times discusses Mayor Bloomberg and Rupert Mudoch’s testimony to Congress on the “economic necessity” of immigration reform. Read more.
Video: Congressional Testimony
Mayor Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch testified before the House Immigration Subcommittee to make the case that Washington must fix our broken immigration system. Watch the video on C-SPAN here. Below, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s testimony: The Following is Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s Testimony as Prepared for Delivery Before the U.S. Read More
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