Need a Job? Take Our Jobs Campaign

The United Farm Workers have started an ingenious campaign to help U.S. workers find work in the agricultural sector.  Are you unemployed?   Do you need a job?  Are you willing to work?   The United Farm Workers will help you find work on its website.

One Warning:  Job may include using hand tools such as knives, [...]

Immigration Reform and Food Prices Are Linked

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently stated that the U.S. has three options when it comes to food prices and immigration.

Pay substantially more for food if more unauthorized workers are removed from the United States
Import substantially more food from outside of the country (and worry more about food safety and contamination) if nothing [...]

Data Shows That Cities with Thriving Immigrant Populations Tend to Prosper The Most

A new analysis of Census data tends to rebuke the common misconception that almost all foreign nationals who immigrant to the United States are low earning blue collar workers.  Instead, the data shows that are rather large portion of immigrants to the United States are highly-educated white collar workers.  What is more, those cities that tend [...]

Is Government Oversight Standing in the Way of the Startup Visa Success?

The Startup visa, which has been discussed previously, would allow for the expansion of the EB-5 visa category to include more foreign national entrepreneurs to come to the United States and start a company that would create American jobs.

However, one of the bills in the House that would create a Startup visa has drawn the scrutiny [...]

Immigration is Key To American Job Growth

A few days ago, New York Times writer Thomas Friedman wrote a thoughtful editorial discussing how immigration has enhanced America’s entrepreneurial growth.   More importantly, Mr. Friedman asked Congress to stop messing around and actually pass pragmatic immigration reform.

Now, will Congress only listen?

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Is This Immigrant The Next Thomas Edison?

Last week the Bloom Box was officially unveiled to the world.  If its proponents are correct, the Bloom Box will radically redefine how America (and the World) gets its electrical energy.  The creator of the Bloom Box is K.R. Sridhar and if you listen to him on 60 Minutes, you will know why some are saying [...]

Are Immigrants a Solution to the Rust Belt’s Economic Problems?

Seth Hoy of Immigration Impact recently discussed the benefits that Immigrants have, and can, bring to the Rust Belt’s economy. Rust Belt states have been in decline for many years, however, with the proper immigration system, the Rust Belt could reverse its decline and become economically viable again.

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Military Immigrant Program a Success

Last February the U.S. military instituted a pilot program to allow for certain temporary immigrants to enter into the Armed Forces in key, strategically important positions.  The program has been a great success and will hopefully expand in the coming years.  Over a thousand recruits have enlisted through the program.

The program allows for foreign nationals living [...]

New Report Shows Economic Benefits of CIR

Dr. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda of the University of California-Los Angeles recently released the report, Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.  The report concludes that America would stand to gain at least $1.5 trillion in added Gross Domestic Product over ten years.  Additionally, the report states that comprehensive immigration reform would [...]

Silicon Valley to Congress: We Need Startup Visa

by Alison

More an idea than a location, Silicon Valley is  a culture of risk and reward – go hard, go fast, go for broke.  If you succeed, you reap the rewards – if you falter, you start anew with a different idea.  This mindset is capitalism at its best and has garnered America many, many [...]

Continuing the Contribution of Immigrants to the United States

“Were it not for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, there might be no Google.”  That sentence began a recently published article in the New York Times.  At first that statement seems improbable – but given the backstory that statement is most probably true.  You see, thirty years ago the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society assisted the [...]

Wall Street Journal Opines on U.S. Immigration Policy

A recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal examined the US immigration policy on tracking foreign national scientists and researchers.  The opinion piece was a harsh criticism of the current policy on foreign national students, stating “[i]t would be hard to invent a policy more counterproductive to our national interest.”

Comprehensive Immigration Reform has been pushed [...]

Four Naturalized U.S. Citizens Win Nobel Prizes

The United States has been well represented at this year’s Nobel Prize announcements.  In fact, the United States won the first six Nobel Prizes awarded (not to mention President Obama’s award).  The United States should be proud of its citizens’ accomplishments and the U.S. institutions and communities that made it possible for these Americans to win.

However, [...]

Conrad 30 and EB-5 Programs Extended

President Obama has signed a stopgap bill extending the Conrad 30 and EB-5 programs until October 31, 2009. Both of these programs are expected to be extended further within the coming weeks. The Conrad 30 program allows for states to sponsor foreign national physicians who agree to work in under-served health areas. The [...]

Register for the Diversity Lottery

The 2011 Diversity Visa Lottery is now open.  The diversity lottery allows for foreign nationals to register for a “lottery” that allows up to 55,000 foreign nationals to gain entry into the United States.  Virtually anyone can apply, however, this year foreign nationals from the following countries are not eligible: BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN [...]

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