The National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) today announced the results of a study on the role immigrants play in the founding of the top 50 venture-funded companies in the United States. It found that, at the executive level, immigrants are creating jobs, not stealing them. Share...
Push to redefine green card rules rooted in Bay Ar...
Anand Sundaram, hurt by the rules, didn’t think they were fair. So the 36-year-old San Jose tech worker boarded a plane, flew to Washington, D.C., and began knocking on doors inside the U.S. Capitol. Sundaram is not a professional lobbyist. He can’t even vote. But in a feat that...
Report Debunks Myth that High-Skilled Immigrants S...
It is an article of faith among anti-immigrant activists that immigration results in fewer jobs and lower wages for native-born workers. For instance, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) recently released a report in which it claims that native-born workers with science...
US needs skilled force, Immigration Bill will pass...
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House votes to end country limits for skilled work...
The measure would eliminate the current law that says employment-based visas to any one country can’t exceed 7 percent of the total number of such visas given out. Instead, permanent residence visas or green cards would be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. The bill, said its...
Indian spiritual guru found guilty of immigration ...
An Indian spiritual guru has been found guilty by a federal jury of selling religious worker visas to Indians for over USD 30,000 each to enable them to enter the US fraudulently. Sagarsen Haldar (31) also known as Gopal Hari Das, identified himself as the president of a Hindu temple Gaudiya...
Even Facebook Feels Brunt of Broken U.S. Immigrati...
You know things are bad when a company as popular as Facebook has problems finding qualified talent. In a recent interview, Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, remarked that our outdated immigration policy is a big reason Silicon Valley tech companies are fighting each...
Increase in US (non-immigrant) Visas Issued to Ind...
The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi has published figures that show a year-on-year rise in the number of non-immigrant visas issued during this Fiscal Year (FY). According to the release, the number of U.S. non-immigrant visas issued by the U.S. Mission to India during its FY 2011 has...
F1 Visas – Foreign students in U.S. at recor...
A new report out today says more than 700,000 foreign students came to the U.S. to study last year. That’s a record high for U.S. colleges and universities. Why the influx? It has a lot to do with state budgets. The F1 visa is a nonimmigrant visa for international students who are...