05 Mar 2013

Immigration Reform: Battling Fear with Facts

It's often said that the road to perdition is paved with good intentions. Given the political machinations surrounding immigration reform, some observers might be tempted to add a corollary: that even the best-intended legislation is no match for misinformed or deliberately tendentious debate.According to journalist...

04 Mar 2013

AFL-CIO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Reach Immigration Accord

Though much of the immigration debate has centered on issues like STEM visa reform and what to do about 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living here, legal immigration of low-skilled workers remains a significant concern for businesses, organized labor, and many politicians on Capitol Hill....

25 Feb 2013

NY Times: High Tech Industry Joins Forces with CIR Advocates

When the last major effort for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) collapsed, back during the second term of President George W. Bush, many assumed piecemeal legislation was the only way any immigration reforms would get through Congress. Perhaps, the thinking went, we could at least agree...

19 Feb 2013

WSJ: Immigration Brings Economic Growth

In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal recently reported on some fascinating economic research that - once again - underscores immigration's value as an engine for growth. [See America Needs Immigration for Economic Growth, by Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Wall Street Journal Market Watch, 08.Feb.2013.]...

18 Feb 2013

Population and Immigration Reform

Perhaps the hardest question facing Congress, as it wades into the turbulent waters of immigration reform, is what to do about the 11 million undocumented immigrants who entered or remained in the United States without legal authorization. The scale of the problem is daunting, and...

15 Feb 2013

Vivek Wadhwa: Fix STEM Immigration

Immigration researcher and entrepreneur, Vivek Wadhwa, was among the experts called to testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform, held on February 5th. His message to Congress was clear: fix STEM immigration now, or face the economic fallout when our knowledge-based economy...

05 Feb 2013

Bloomberg Businessweek: No, Canada!

A recent dispatch from Bloomberg Businessweek puts us in mind of the old line about Nero fiddling while Rome burned. For the past several years, the U.S. Congress has batted around various schemes that - it was hoped - would attract more immigrant entrepreneurs to...