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Immigration News, April 29, 2013
Bennet: Immigration bill can make us economically stronger (Denver Post)
“. . . The legislation includes a number of reforms to help us better retain some of the world’s brightest minds and talent such as making green cards more available for students with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields. . .”
Politics Counts: GOP’s Immigration Dilemma (Wall Street Journal)
“After a drubbing at the hands of Hispanic voters in the 2012 election, many Republican lawmakers feel a new approach to immigration is required. And with a comprehensive immigration overhaul again front-and-center in Congress, some GOP leaders have embraced changes that provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. . .”
Graham: Economy will “fall apart” without immigration reform (NBC Latino/Telemundo)
“The U.S. economy will “fall apart” without immigration reform, said South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, making an impassioned speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this morning for the economic as well as the political necessity of passing immigration legislation. Social Security and Medicare are “under siege,” Graham said to the crowd. “We need workers, and they are going to come from immigration,” he added. . .”
Majority Favor Path to Citizenship
A recent national survey conducted by the Tarrance Group indicated that the majority of Americans — 62 percent, to be exact — favor a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the US, while only 35 percent are opposed.
Senate Rejects STEM Bill
The failure of the House of Representatives bill that purported to help graduates of US universities in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and math) demonstrates yet again that immigration posturing — not immigration solutions — continues to dominate Congress. The bill passed the House on party lines and contained landmines that House Republicans knew would be rejected by Democrats in the Senate.
Hopefully, when the new Congress is sworn in in January, leaders on both sides will roll up their sleeves in a determined effort to craft a comprehensive approach to America’s immigration mess.
New USCIS Website for Entrepreneurs
For the last several years, the immigration service has struggled to find ways to adapt laws and policies written in the mid-20th Century to the new realities of the early 21st Century. Laws based on brick and mortar businesses, stable multi-national corporations, and manufacturing have been particularly difficult in the new environment of information technology, virtual offices, and e-commerce.
Earlier in 2012, USCIS pulled together entrepreneurs and cutting-edge business leaders to perform a 360 degree evaluation to understand the demands of business and entrepreneurism in the 21st Century. Coming out of this process is a series of recommendations to help the immigration service promote entrepreneurism and investment in the United States while still implementing current immigration law and protecting the public against fraud and abuse.
The first tangible element of this initiative is the launch of the new USCIS website Entrepreneur Pathways. We encourage you to visit the site and see whether it provides new information and innovation. Let us know what you think.
A Focus on Young Immigrants
Yesterday’s Washington Post featured two interesting articles about young immigrants. The first explores the unexpected decrease in the number of DACA applications, a number that was originally expected to increase with President Obama’s victory. The second article discusses a new version of the Dream Act introduced by Republican Senators John McCain, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Jon Kyl.
STEM Jobs Act
A new version of the STEM Jobs Act (H.R. 6429) that failed to pass the House in September could resurface for a vote this week. Heavy Democratic opposition helped initially defeat the bill, but Republicans are hopeful that the amended version will garner more support. A summary of the bill is available on the House Judiciary Committee’s website. Check out the following articles from NBC Latino and ABC News for more about each party’s stance on the bill:
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/house-vote-tech-visas-week/story?id=17795001#.ULKwiDJYvV0
New DACA Numbers
On Friday, October 12, The Department of Homeland Security released updated information regarding Deferred Action approvals. According to DHS, 4,591 applications have been approved, and almost 180,000 people have applied. So far there have been no official denials, but more than 1,800 applicants have received either a Notice of Intent to Deny or a Request For Evidence.
DACA Statistics
As of September 14, more than 80,000 DACA requests had been accepted for processing. Of those requests, more than 46,000 came from individuals born in Mexico. What other countries have been well-represented in the pool of DACA applicants? The top 15 countries that have seen large numbers of their native-born population apply for Deferred Action are:
- Mexico
- El Salvador
- South Korea
- Honduras
- Guatemala
- Peru
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Philippines
- India
- Korea
- Argentina
- Jamaica
- Trinidad and Tobago
Immigration and the Election
Immigration reform is one of the hot topics surrounding the upcoming election. So exactly where do Romney and Obama stand on immigration, and what do they each plan to do to fix our broken system? Check out the following articles for information on their respective plans.
Obama: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/fixing-immigration-system-america-s-21st-century-economy
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