The mere mention of the Indian Institutes of Technology conjures up images of academic rigor and excellence. Alumni are fond of mentioning how Indian students who cannot get into the IIT of their choice sometimes end up at the Ivies in the United States — their safety schools. But the IITs also face a major [...] Read more »
Report: Highly-skilled immigrants drive job creation for U.S. citizens
If you’re searching for bipartisan agreement, Washington is the last place to look, particularly on the subject of immigration. But you wouldn’t know it listening to freshman lawmaker Tim Griffin (R-Ark.). U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin (R-AR) (4th L) speaks in front of the Capitol July 28, 2011 on Capitol Hill. Griffin attended a gathering at [...] Read more »
Want jobs? Encourage immigration
Google employs 31,300 people. The company’s co-founder, Sergey Brin, was born in Russia Washington (CNN) — If we want to create jobs in America, we must welcome foreign-born innovators. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of immigrant entrepreneurs yearning to breathe free”: This is the message we need Lady Liberty to shine [...] Read more »
Immigration reforms could drive U.S. recovery
Mayors, CEOs work to keep skilled foreign students, entrepreneurs Chinese applicants wait for issuance of U.S. travel visas. Difficulty in getting such visas concerns tourism industry leaders in Tennessee and elsewhere. America’s eagerness to compete on the world stage over the past 200 years, along with its constitutional freedoms, made it into the pre-eminent economic [...] Read more »
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