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Immigration and Louisville
Find out about the contributions of new Americans in Louisville.
Immigration and Louisville
Find out about the contributions of new Americans in Louisville.
Tech and immigration: ‘PJ’ stays for now, but Echo Labs’ fate up in the air
You might have heard about the campaign to “Let PJ Stay.” Well, PJ — a Belgian entrepreneur whose student visa was set to expire soon and who had recently become the face of tech’s push for immigration reform — gets to stay. But he and his company may have to… Read More
Republicans Hope To Avoid Mitt Romney’s Mistakes On Immigration
WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2011, as then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry was preparing to announce his run for the Republican presidential nomination, top aides to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney set about figuring out how to beat him. They found a potential weak spot: immigration. Perry had expressed some… Read More
Why Louisville Needs to Go Global
Recently, our region welcomed more than 170,000 visitors from around the country and the world for the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby. Every year during this time, we show the world the best of what Greater Louisville has to offer. While Derby is a grand show and source of… Read More
Freeflow Research focuses on boosting Texas job market
America is losing the global STEM job market, largely because increasing numbers of qualified STEM graduates are immigrants returning to work and create businesses in their home country. Fortunately, San Antonio is tackling the “brain drain” problem head on. Freeflow Research, a non-profit global accelerator, was created to connect foreign-born students, business owners and investors with resources and opportunities… Read More
Sessions wrong about immigration’s impact
Sen. Jeff Sessions wrote a recent op-ed for theWashington Post headlined “America needs to curb immigration flows.” He was not talking about illegalimmigration. He was talking about legal immigration. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Immigration subcommittee, our senator’s view is significant. If there are good reasons to curb… Read More
What US manufacturing needs to succeed
Today, manufacturing in the U.S. is as resilient and robust as ever. But to continue manufacturing’s success in the U.S., we must create a business environment that enables our progress. We need an environment that helps manufacturers succeed. Manufacturing in the U.S. has succeeded because our solutions are grounded on… Read More
Business, agriculture groups call for immigration solutions from GOP
Last year, Front Range grocery store customers ate plenty of sweet corn grown at Sakata Farms. But the Brighton producer’s other major summer vegetable, cabbage, didn’t make it to kitchen tables, left unharvested in the field. And forget about broccoli, another labor-intensive crop. The farm has supplied most of the… Read More
High-Skilled Immigrants in Wisconsin
WISCONSIN FACES A LARGE STEM SHORTAGE There are more STEM job openings than unemployed STEM workers: From 2009 to 2011, 2.2 STEM job openings were posted online in Wisconsin for every 1 unemployed STEM worker in the state. As STEM fields grow, this problem will likely… Read More
America's story is an immigrant story.
