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Rebuilding Local Economies

Publication Date: 
May 13, 2013
Innovation, Skilled Immigration, and H-1B Visas in U.S. Metropolitan Areas Although immigration policy is debated at the national level, its impact is most often felt in local and regional...
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A Bipartisan Bridge to Prosperity: High-Skilled Immigration Legislation in the 113th Congress

Publication Date: 
March 1, 2013
In the spirit of bipartisan immigration reform, a geographically diverse contingent from both chambers of Congress have introduced legislation to strengthen high-skilled immigration and spur economic...
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LAC Wins Release of H-1B Fraud Documents for AILA

November 19, 2012

For Immediate Release

LAC Wins Release of H-1B Fraud Documents for AILA

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The Politics of Skill: Rethinking the Value of "Low-Skilled" Immigrant Workers

Publication Date: 
March 15, 2012
The political discourse surrounding the incorporation of immigrants into the U.S. labor market tends to sort immigrant workers into two broad and mutually exclusive categories: high-skilled workers...
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Always in Demand: The Economic Contributions of Immigrant Scientists and Engineers

Publication Date: 
March 4, 2012
With the U.S. economy in the midst of a prolonged slump, it’s hard to believe that any industry would actually benefit from having more workers. But that is precisely the case when it comes to those...
  • Special Report

Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Creating Jobs and Strengthening the Economy

Publication Date: 
January 25, 2012
There is widespread agreement across a number of key economic planning groups that immigrant entrepreneurs create jobs and strengthen the economy. Yet, the U.S. immigration system often forces out...
  • Special Report

Our American Immigrant Entrepreneurs: The Women

Publication Date: 
December 8, 2011
When Americans picture an immigrant entrepreneur, they likely imagine a man who began the migration of his family, later bringing his wife over to become a volunteer assistant in the shop. This image...
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Immigrants in America: More Skilled and Educated Than Ever Before

June 9, 2011

Washington D.C. - Today, the Brookings Institution released a new report,

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Federal Court Decision Protects H-1B Employees from Wrongful Arrest

April 13, 2011

Washington D.C. - A recent ruling from a federal judge in

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The U.S. Economy Still Needs Highly Skilled Foreign Workers

Publication Date: 
March 30, 2011
It might seem that persistently high unemployment rates over the past few years have rendered moot the debate over whether or not the United States really “needs” the highly skilled foreign workers...

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