Category Archive: Entrepreneurship

Jun 06

Immigrant Entrepreneurs Grow Industries and Create Jobs

As you might suspect, immigrant entrepreneurs are key drivers in the transportation, food and building services industries. And a recent report from the Immigrant Learning Center (ILC) shines a spotlight on immigrant entrepreneurship in these industries, with a particular geographic focus on Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. Concerning the three industry areas, the ILC study …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/06/06/immigrant-entrepreneurs-grow-industries-and-create-jobs/

May 28

How Immigrant Entrepreneurs Fare in the New Immigration Bill

With the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote last week to pass S.744 on to the Senate floor, a new proposal for spurring immigrant entrepreneurship and innovation will be before Congress. Title IV, Subtitle H of the bill creates the INVEST visa (Investing in New Venture, Entrepreneurial Startups, and Technologies) for immigrant entrepreneurs. This new visa program …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/28/how-immigrant-entrepreneurs-fare-in-the-new-immigration-bill/

May 15

The W Visa: Why the Economy Benefits from A Robust New Worker Program

The Senate Judiciary Committee returns to its task of marking up S. 744 tomorrow, taking up, among other things, possible amendments to the W visa program for new nonimmigrant workers. This new program, blessed by both business and labor, is an effort to acknowledge the need for a more flexible system for meeting the demand …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/15/w-is-for-worker-why-the-economy-benefits-from-a-robust-new-worker-program/

May 14

Facts About H-1B Workers and the Innovation Economy

While widespread research documents a critical need for skilled workers in the United States to maintain and strengthen our innovation industry, myths exist in opposition to programs designed to help alleviate that shortage. In particular, the H-1B visa program for high-skilled foreign-born workers, primarily used for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, is a …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/14/facts-about-h-1b-workers-and-the-innovation-economy/

May 10

The Important Role of Immigrants in America’s Innovation Economy

This week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation weighed in on immigration reform with a hearing on the role of immigrants in America’s innovation economy. Remarks from Sens. Rockefeller (D-WV) and Thune (R-SD) noted the contributions of immigrant innovators and entrepreneurs. Immigrants in the United States were named as inventors or co-inventors …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/10/the-important-role-of-immigrants-in-americas-innovation-economy/

May 06

New Heritage Report Ignores Broad Consensus on Economic Benefits of Reform

Today, the Heritage Foundation released a report that attempts to assess the fiscal costs associated with legalizing the 11 million unauthorized individuals living in the United States. The new report is similar to a 2007 study, which was widely criticized at the time of publication and continues to be refuted today by conservatives like Republican budget …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/06/new-heritage-report-ignores-broad-consensus-on-economic-benefits-of-reform/

May 03

Keeping U.S. High-Skilled Temporary Worker Visa Programs Workable

When analyzing higher-skilled guest worker visa programs, such as the H-1B and L-1 programs, critics often fail to acknowledge the very different and important purposes that these programs were designed to serve, and the complicated requirements already in place  to protect against abuse or exploitation. There is no denying that we can and should improve …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/03/keeping-u-s-high-skilled-temporary-worker-visa-programs-workable/

May 01

Why There Are Not Enough STEM Workers in the U.S. Labor Market

Occasional research, such as a report released last week by the Economic Policy Institute, suggests the U.S. has a sufficient supply of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates and workers. However, these conclusions are at odds with a growing number of expert analyses that find the U.S. does in fact face significant challenges in …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/01/why-there-are-not-enough-stem-workers-in-the-u-s-labor-market/

Apr 25

High-Skilled Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the Senate’s Immigration Bill

On the road to reform, the Senate’s Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act contains several changes and new provisions for skilled immigration and entrepreneurship. Specifically, the bill provides balanced reforms to the H-1B nonimmigrant visa for high-skilled individuals, various provisions for highly skilled individuals through permanent employment-based immigration, and a new INVEST visa …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/04/25/high-skilled-immigration-and-entrepreneurship-in-the-senates-immigration-bill/

Apr 08

H-1B Visa Cap Reached in Five Days

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday, April 5, just five days after the H-1B high-skill “visa race” began, that they had received more applications than could be approved under the cap of 65,000 for fiscal year 2014. Additionally, USCIS stated they had received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions on behalf of individuals …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/04/08/h-1b-visa-cap-reached-in-five-days/

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