One Warning:  Job may include using hand tools such as knives, [...]]]> 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, hoes, shovels, etc. Duties may include tilling the soil, transplanting, weeding, thinning, picking, cutting, sorting & packing of harvested produce. May set up & operate irrigation equip. Work is performed outside in all weather conditions (Summertime 90+ degree weather) & is physically demanding requiring workers to bend, stoop, lift & carry up to 50 lbs on a regular basis.

Many Americans claim that the US does not need immigration reform and that undocumented immigrants are only taking jobs away from American workers.   Here is a chance for those Americans to fight back and take back an American job.    According to the clip below, so far a total of three Americans have taken back an American job.

However, one of the bills in the House that would create a Startup visa has drawn the scrutiny [...]]]> 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 of a well-known blogger, Jeff Cornwell.   But it isn’t what you think – he thinks the Startup visa is a good idea.   The problem, he sees, is the artificial restrictions that the bill would place on the Startup visa program.  Why not just let the market decide the viability of the Startup visa?

Now, will Congress [...]]]> 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?

The program allows for foreign nationals living [...]]]> 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 in the United States on temporary visas to enter into the military if they possess certain language abilities or certain, in demand, skill sets (such as medical physicians).  The program is a win-win for both sides:  the military gets highly skilled and critically important recruits while the foreign nationals get the opportunity to become U.S. citizens at an accelerated speed.

The New York Times quotes military officials as saying these recruits score 20% higher on military entrance tests than regular recruits and have significantly more education than other recruits.

Let’s hope the program is full speed ahead in the years to come.

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 [...]]]>

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 technological advancements.  Today, Silicon Valley is synonymous with technological growth and job growth.

Many of the ideas hatched by Silicon Valley have led directly to job growth in the United States.  Perhaps overlooked by many Americans, Silicon Valley’s success has been greatly influenced by immigrants.  In fact, “A quarter of American technology companies have foreign-born founders, and more than half of all Silicon Valley businesses were founded by immigrants.”

In this time of economic upheaval, many in Silicon Valley are asking Congress to create a “Startup Visa” that will allow a properly positioned foreign national to enter the United States to start a company and, if successful, create American jobs.  To learn more about the Startup Visa, please visit this site.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform has been pushed [...]]]> 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 back to next year – or later.  The longer it is delayed, the longer that the system will be broken, and the longer the US will be losing the best and brightest to the rest of the world.  Let’s hope that change comes soon.

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, [...]]]>

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, the United States must recognize what could have been.  You see, four of those Americans made the decision many years ago that they wanted to become Americans.  Four of the recipients are naturalized Americans who first came to the United States as young immigrants seeking a better life and career in the United States.

Today, if the United States does not open its doors to the young, bright minds of the world -  in twenty years time the United States should expect that most of the Nobel Prizes will be going to individuals who are citizens of other countries.