Federal Court Restores Access to Work Permits for Many Asylum Seekers
A federal court issued a decision on February 7 invalidating two Trump-era regulations that...
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Category: Employment and Wages
What Are the Benefits of the J-1 Visa?
Over the past year, sweeping orders have banned many non-immigrant visa holders from entering the...
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Changes to Work Permit Eligibility Leave Asylum Seekers Without a Job
People who come to the United States in search of protection must be allowed to work during the...
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Opposition Mounts to Trump’s Effort to Delay Work Permits for People Seeking Asylum
The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would delay work authorization for people...
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The Opportunity Immigration Presents to the Changing US Economy
The U.S. economy is changing—and immigration can play a major role in how it looks in the future....
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Immigrants and Their Children Founded Almost Half of All US Fortune 500 Companies
From the highest levels of corporate America to virtually every level of the labor force,...
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U.S. Policies Make It Harder for Mexican Graduates to Participate Fully in the Workforce
A growing number of Mexican immigrants in the United States have college degrees, but many of them encounter obstacles to putting their education to productive use in this country. Problems involving legal status, credentialing, and English mastery often stand between these college graduates and professional jobs in their fields of study. A report from the […]
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Record Low U.S. Birth Rate and Retirements Will Result in Contracting U.S. Prosperity, If Unaddressed
The U.S. population is aging quickly. Baby boomers are retiring en masse and Americans are having far fewer children, on average, than any other time in our history. The median age in this country was 38 as of 2017. America now runs the risk of becoming an aging nation with few youthful replacements if we […]
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Taking H-4 Spouses out of the US Workforce Would Hurt Women the Most
The Trump administration is set to issue a proposed rule that would prevent the spouses of certain high-skilled temporary foreign workers from getting jobs while they are in the United States. The rule—which would bar employment for those in H-4 status—would waste economic potential and have a disproportionate impact on women. This new rule derives […]
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Immigrants and Native-Born Americans Get the Job Done – Together
The power of the U.S. workforce is that both native- and foreign-born workers complement one...
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