In March, the American Immigration Council (AIC) - a nonpartisan Washington think tank - released a factsheet, summarizing the benefits of immigration to our national economy. We discussed the national-level data in a recent blog post, American Immigration Council: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and its Benefits [See...
A recent article in Computerworld points to some startling statistics on the opportunity costs of not hiring more H1B workers. It cites research from Compete America - a coalition of corporations, universities, research institutions, and trade associations - arguing that "Congress's failure to raise the...
High-tech innovation is an engine of growth in virtually every sector of our economy: from agriculture to transportation, computers to medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Lest we forget, it's also vital to our national security. That's the take-home message from a recent Washington Post commentary by...
Detroit was once the poster child for hidebound bureaucracy, a place where creative new ideas went to die. Now, Detroit is increasingly the place to be for policy wonks of every stripe, and not just the usual cast of liberal academics; Tea Party favorite, Rand...
On March 19th, Murthy Law Firm (MLF) attorney Brian Green presented a continuing legal education webinar on two immigration remedies that often are overlooked by less experienced practitioners: mandamus actions and suits filed under the federal Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The event was sponsored by...
Looking ahead to this year's midterm elections, it's a safe bet that we'll hear more about immigration policy as campaign season hits its stride. If recent elections are any guide, the national conversation about public policy - particularly where immigration is concerned - is likely...
Earlier this month, President Obama presented Congress with his annual budget request, outlining his administration's spending and policy priorities for fiscal year 2015 (FY15), which begins October 1st. Of particular interest to us and to our readers: the budget request for the Department of Homeland...
There is broad agreement among academics and policy wonks - on both sides of the aisle - that comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) will produce a welter of economic benefits for the U.S. economy. Yet, in the months since June 2013, when the Senate passed its...
Noted immigration lawyer, Sheela Murthy, returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 6th and 7th, as a member of the Harvard Law School Visiting Committee, also known as the Dean's Advisory Council. A 1987 alumna of Harvard's Masters of Laws (LL.M.) program, Murthy went on to become...
The biggest reward for fixing our immigration system is also the most obvious: finally getting a modern immigration infrastructure, one that reflects the myriad ways the world has changed since the last major overhaul. That's a reward unto itself, but as economists and policy experts...
