Jan
18
A new report issued this month by the Greater Houston Partnership (GHP), a business advocacy organization, confirms that legalization of unauthorized workers would result in those workers earning higher wages and paying more taxes. Potential Tax Revenues from Unauthorized Workers in Houston’s Economy uses data from the Pew Hispanic Center to estimate the number of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/18/new-report-says-legalization-would-result-in-1-4-billion-in-revenues-for-houston-texas/
Jan
05
Immigration creates jobs for native-born Americans. That is the fundamental finding of a new study from the American Enterprise Institute and the Partnership For A New American Economy, entitled Immigration and American Jobs. The study—authored by Madeline Zavodny, a professor of economics at Agnes Scott College—reinforces the findings of numerous other studies which have demonstrated …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/05/new-report-finds-that-immigration-creates-u-s-jobs/
Dec
19
Exhausted by the base immigration rhetoric prevalent in the GOP presidential debate, a group of concerned Iowans is seeking to reframe the issue in anticipation of the Iowa Caucuses next month. Last week, business, faith and city leaders in Iowa signed the Iowa Compact—a list of five principles meant to guide how people discuss immigration. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/19/as-iowa-caucuses-approach-signatories-of-iowa-compact-hope-to-reframe-immigration-debate/
Dec
09
Economists readily acknowledge the economic contributions of immigrant entrepreneurs to the U.S. After all, we wouldn’t have one-quarter of all public companies in the U.S.—companies like Google, Yahoo!, and Intel which employed 220,000 people and generated more than $500 billion in one year—without them. But lost in that acknowledgement are the contributions of immigrant women …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/09/new-report-shows-immigrant-women-entrepreneurs-create-jobs-and-contribute-to-economy/
Dec
05
In the past several days news reports have depicted good old American ingenuity taking on our broken and outdated immigration system. CNN ran a story last week from Georgia about a handful of educators who have taken matters into their own hands after the state’s Board of Regents passed an extreme law in 2010 banning …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/05/american-innovation-takes-on-broken-immigration-system/
Dec
01
Although some Alabama lawmakers credit the state’s overall drop in unemployment to their new immigration law (HB 56), the reality is that many industries and sectors in the state are losing workers and jobs. This week, the Birmingham News reported that Alabama’s construction industry is losing jobs faster than nearly any other state—a loss experts …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/01/alabama%e2%80%99s-immigration-law-digs-deeper-hole-for-state-economy/
Nov
29
The contributions of immigrant entrepreneurs—innovation, job creation and economic growth—are often cited by economists as strong reasons to reform our outdated immigration system. However, the kids of immigrant entrepreneurs receive relatively little attention. Delving into the experiences of these adult children of immigrants provides a new lens through which to witness the struggles and triumphs …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/29/children-of-immigrant-entrepreneurs-excel-educationally-report-finds/
Nov
28
It is an article of faith among anti-immigrant activists that immigration results in fewer jobs and lower wages for native-born workers. For instance, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) recently released a report in which it claims that native-born workers with science and engineering (S&E) degrees are being driven en masse into non-S&E occupations …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/28/report-debunks-myth-that-high-skilled-immigrants-steal-american-jobs/
Nov
10
You know things are bad when a company as popular as Facebook has problems finding qualified talent. In a recent interview, Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, remarked that our outdated immigration policy is a big reason Silicon Valley tech companies are fighting each other for highly skilled workers. Current immigration policy limits high-skilled worker …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/10/even-facebook-feels-brunt-of-broken-u-s-immigration-policy/
Oct
26
An immigration bill introduced by Congressmen Lamar Smith and Jason Chaffetz and supported by Democrats may actually have a chance at passing in Congress. Scheduled for a mark up this week, the bill (H.R. 3012) would make small but significant changes to the way green cards are distributed by eliminating per country numerical limits on …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/26/a-small-step-towards-reform-bipartisan-bill-seeks-to-raise-per-country-immigration-caps/
Immigration Impact is a project of the American Immigration Council.
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