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Border Follies: Liberalising Migration Could Deliver a Huge Boost to Global Output
The Economist November 17, 2012 IN BAD economic times the temptation to bash immigration is overwhelming. “Get the stench out of Greece,” runs a slogan of Golden Dawn, an increasingly popular anti-immigrant party there. David Cameron has pledged to more than halve annual net migration into Britain by 2015. Read More
Start-up Visa: Let’s Welcome Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Inc. October 15, 2012 Despite the difficulty in obtaining visas, green cards, work permits, and even citizenship in the United States, America remains the first-choice destination for the overwhelming majority of tech entrepreneurs and highly-skilled science and technology workers. But there are some simple policy fixes that would make… Read More
Steve Case on Fixing the Visa System
Entrepreneur October 8, 2012 Last month, while having breakfast with a group of entrepreneurs in Chapel Hill, N.C., I met Deepak — a young, up-and-coming star in the Research Triangle’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Deepak hopes to grow his health-care startup, create good-paying jobs and enable people from around the world… Read More
New Report Reveals the Economic Benefits Of Passing the DREAM Act
Hispanically Speaking News October 5, 2012 What would happen if the United States were to grant a pathway to legal status to an estimated 2.1 million eligible youth in our country by passing the DREAM Act? That’s the focus of a new report released by the Center for American… Read More
The Search for Skills: Demand for H-1B Immigrant Workers in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Brookings Institution July 18, 2012 An analysis of the geography of H-1B visa requests — particularly in the metropolitan areas with the highest demand between 2001 and 2011 — reveals that: Demand for H-1B workers has fluctuated with economic and political cycles over the last decade and reflects a… Read More
Transcript: Mayor Bloomberg at the Council on Foreign Relations
The following are Mayor Bloomberg’s remarks as prepared for delivery today at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC. Please check against delivery. “Thank you, Julia, and good afternoon. It’s always nice to come to a city with a baseball team that is below the Mets in the standings. Read More
Michael Wildes
I am the Managing Partner of Wildes & Weinberg P.C. (www.wildeslaw.com), a boutique law firm that specializes in U.S. immigration and nationality law. The firm was established in 1960 by my father and partner, Leon Wildes, and our practice expanded steadily as word of its outstanding achievements spread in the… Read More
Report: The “New American” Fortune 500
The “New American” Fortune 500 report explores the impact that immigrants have on our national economic development. The report includes the latest research on the business contributions immigrants have made throughout all sectors of the economy. Some of the key findings in the report include: More than 40% of the… Read More
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