On April 19, President Barack Obama brought together a bipartisan group of national leaders for a White House forum on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR). The guests represented a cross-section of major stakeholder groups, including leaders from the business community, organized labor, government, law enforcement, and...
Tourism is a big business in the United States, but one that has taken a beating in the years since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Strict new security rules, along with more intrusive searches and traveler information requirements all contributed to the sense...
The Latino electorate is increasingly becoming a factor in American politics, as anyone who studied the 2008 presidential election can tell you. Candidate Obama was carried to the White House by a broad coalition, to be sure, but a key part of that coalition was...
As we reported in this space at the end of March, the Maryland Senate approved legislation to provide in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants who were brought here as children, and studied at a Maryland high school for at least three years. (See Counter-Trend in State...
Some of the loudest voices in our national immigration debate say they aren't against immigration, as such, just against illegal immigration - but as the Immigration Policy Center points out, actions speak louder than words, and recent Congressional actions show that even legal immigration is...
As we often have noted in this space, immigrant entrepreneurship has been a driving force in technological innovation and job creation in recent years. Immigrant entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley seem to grab most of the headlines, partly because it's home to household names like Google,...
It's not comprehensive immigration reform, or anything like it, but Republican House members are hoping their latest immigration proposal will choke off illegal immigration and effectively seal the southwestern border of the United States. On March 31, Congresswoman Candice Miller (R-MI) introduced the "Secure Border...
Congress shows little sign of taking up comprehensive immigration reform any time soon, but illegal immigration remains a hot topic in state legislatures, and the issue shows no sign of going away. According to the Christian Science Monitor, by the end of this year, as...
On April 1st, the USCIS kicked off the filing season for H1B visa applications, and will now accept petitions for H1B employees who would begin work on or after October 1, 2011 - after the start of fiscal year (FY) 2012. (See FY2012 H1B Cap...
Although most people acknowledge that comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) is long overdue, few expect it to happen before the next election. Even President Obama, while announcing his continued support for CIR during a recent visit to El Salvador, nonetheless acknowledged that "It won't be easy,"...
