There's a lot of talk on Capitol Hill, just now, about building an immigration system that will enhance our economic competitiveness. Now our neighbors to the north have directed a well-timed slap shot into the midst of all this Congressional jawboning: on April 1st, Canada...
Deadline Sunday, April 14th Academics and other public intellectuals play a vital role in the life of our democracy: challenging our assumptions, speaking truth to power, and doing the difficult work of defining problems and refining potential solutions. Scholars leaven our political discourse with reasoned argument...
When the Senate's Gang of Eight released its bipartisan framework for comprehensive immigration reform, in late January 2013, it pledged to improve our legal immigration system and attract the world's best and brightest to our shores. [See Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform from Senators...
Facebook founder and technology whiz kid, Mark Zuckerberg, seems to have found a new outlet for all that restless creative energy: political activism. Until recently, Zuckerberg largely steered clear of politics, according to Politico.com, but now he "is joining with other executives to form an...
Having weathered the economic storms of the past several years, real estate values are finally crawling out of the basement. The trend is bending upward in many local markets, with housing prices continuing to rise. Mortgage giant, Freddie Mac, is predicting an increase of 8...
In January, the bipartisan Senate working group, dubbed the Gang of Eight, released a blueprint for immigration reform. They pledged, among other things, to "build the American economy and strengthen American families." [See Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform from Senators Chuck Schumer, John McCain,...
Foreign visits to the U.S. took a nosedive in the years following the 9/11 attacks. This should come as no surprise, as visas were suddenly in short supply, and those lucky enough to get them had to run a gantlet of heightened security measures that...
By now, most of our readers have at least heard of E-Verify, and a good many are aware of what it does: it's an online system that allows participating employers to check the employment eligibility of new hires - as required by law - by...
Things are looking up for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR), at least in the U.S. Senate. Toward the end of February, President Obama met with Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the lead GOP negotiators for the Senate's "gang of eight," the bipartisan working...
In the last major push for immigration reform, there were rallies and street marches, complete with songs and speeches, noisemakers and signs held high. For all the energy that went into these, none of it was enough to change the final result. Now a new...
