As we often observe on this blog, immigration is one of the major ingredients in America's success. Immigration has made America a hub of innovation and creativity, bringing bright, ambitious people here from around the world - people who contribute their talents, new ideas, and...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently released a report entitled Immigration: Myths and Facts, designed to refute several common misconceptions that have crept into our national debate on immigration policy. (See Immigration: Myths and Facts, Labor, Immigration & Employee Benefit Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce,...
It's too early to call it an emerging consensus, but opinion leaders across the political spectrum are converging on the same idea: America's economy needs more immigrants in order to thrive. Jonah Lehrer's recent article in the Wall Street Journal is a case in point....
Interest in immigration policy seems to wax and wane as the political seasons change: it was a big issue in the 2008 elections, and once again during the mid-terms last fall, but otherwise has been ignored - for the most part - by Congress and...
The lack of Congressional action on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) has led several states to take up their own immigration bills, all purporting to bring some aspects of our broken system under control - at the state level, anyway. Never mind the fact that, with...
It's often said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions; the corollary for sitting Presidents must be something like this: the road to a single-term presidency is paved with unfulfilled campaign promises. One thinks of President George H.W. Bush's broken pledge not...
Once upon a time, if you were a gifted student from China or India, you struggled mightily to secure a place at an American university, in the hope of landing a good job on the cutting edge of computer science, engineering, medicine, and higher math....
American consular officials will have broad discretion to revoke both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas under a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of State (State Department or DOS) on April 27, 2011. The new rule took effect on the date of its publication in...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has eliminated one of the most onerous and controversial security procedures for travelers from certain countries in the Mideast, North Africa, and Asia that were held to be of special national security interest. Effective April 28, 2011, the...
It has been said so often, it seems a cliché, but it's no less true for all the repetition: immigrants made America great! We tend to forget this more easily now that it has become fashionable - in some circles - to demonize immigrants. Lest...
