Vox: Study Shows High-Skilled Immigrants Create Jobs for Americans

As reported by Vox, a new study from the Partnership for a New American Economy found that when companies have trouble getting visas for high-skilled immigrants, it's bad news for the local tech sector, and for U.S.-born computer workers who don't have college degrees. Read this story and more in AILA's daily immigration news clips.

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Eric Cantor's Loss Won't Kill Immigration Reform

The moments after Majority Leader Eric Cantor's shocking primary defeat are sort of like the political equivalent of a post-Apocalyptic event that no one thought would actually happen. And now when the figurative dust settles and everyone wraps their minds around this "new normal," immigration-reform backers will have to beat back the perception that support for immigration proposals is what brought down one of the most powerful men in Washington.

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U.S. Moves to Stop Surge in Illegal Immigration

White House officials, saying that misinformation about administration policies helped drive a surge of illegal migrants from Central America across the South Texas border, on Friday announced plans to detain more of them and to accelerate their court cases so as to deport them more quickly.

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Immigration Reform: Congress Won't Vote? A Changing Electorate Will

Plagued by ideological gridlock, midterm electioneering and the fall of Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Congress appears hopelessly fragmented and paralyzed, unable to vote on even the most important policy issues of our time. Some think comprehensive immigration reform is dead, others say it's for the best. Anti-reformists argue that lawmakers should double-down and focus on jobs and the economy. The problem: Comprehensive immigration reform is the economy.

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House Expects Business as Usual After Cantor Goes

TIME reports that later today, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will likely be voted to replace Eric Cantor as House Majority leader.* Although McCarthy favors a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants, though not full citizenship, many representatives foresee that his election will not alter the Republican Party trajectory on immigration reform.

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Why more skilled immigration would be good for American workers, too?

Why more skilled immigration would be good for American workers, too. A March 19 article in the Washington Post highlights how skilled immigration is a plus for the economy, workers, and job creation in the U.S. The article notes that, compared with other OECD countries, U.S. immigration policy allows in relatively few skilled foreign-born innovators. As the article states, “many of the STEM students educated at U.S. universities who can’t get visas to stay and work here wind up in some of those other countries.” As the article notes, bringing in more high-skilled foreign-born workers wouldn’t displace native-born workers: there is a “gap between businesses looking to fill high-skilled jobs and an education and training system that isn’t producing the right workers to take them.”

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National Journal: Eric Cantor's Loss Won't Kill Immigration Reform

This National Journal opinion piece offers a variety of reasons to not pin House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's loss entirely on his support for particular immigration proposals.

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Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, immigration attorneys at David F. Vedder, P.A. have substantial experience and proven ability to handle matters at all levels of complexity. To request an initial consultation or more information on our firm's range of services, call 386-274-0044, or email info@TheImmigrationFirm.us