PLAINSBORO, NJ, August 1, 2022 — With the courts likely to declare the 10-year-old, Obama-era DACA program unconstitutional, the future of more than 800,000 young people brought to America as children looks bleak unless Congress reaches some sort of bipartisan accord to regularize their status. DACA has allowed hundreds of thousands of these young people […]
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(VIDEO) The Role of Immigration in Easing Labor Shortages in New Jersey
This inaugural virtual event of the Garden State Immigration Policy Institute, a joint project of the NJ Business Immigration Coalition and the NJ Business and Industry Association, was held on June 16, 2022. The purpose of the event was to unravel the connection between immigration policy and labor shortages, understand the immigrant needs of specific industries […]
(OPINION) DACA Decade: From Students to Careers and Families
Ten years after the Obama Administration created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, DACA recipients have grown in many ways: youth who started as mostly high school and college students are now building careers and establishing families. When President Obama announced the DACA policy in 2012, he described prospective DACA recipients as “young […]
(NEWS) A decade of DACA: A middle-class launching pad for thousands is at risk
As a young girl raised in the U.S. without legal status, Karla Mendoza Arana learned how to accept a limited future. Mendoza Arana’s dad was a chemical engineer in Peru and her mother was a pre-school teacher; both were pastors. But when they moved to the U.S., the couple, who were undocumented, worked at a […]
(OPINION) Tech companies urge U.S. to let the kids of visa holders stay past the age of 21
A coalition of tech companies including Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uber are urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise policies for children of high-skilled visa holders, many of whom work for their businesses, so they can stay past the age of 21 without a green card. In a letter to DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas […]
NJ Business Immigration Coalition Urges Passage of the Immigration Provisions in the America Competes Act
The members of the New Jersey Business Immigration Coalition wish to express their views regarding the conference consideration of H.R. 4521, The America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 2022 and S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA). We applaud the House and Senate for taking […]
(NEWS) Immigrants in the U.S. are more likely to start firms, create jobs
Immigrants to the U.S. are more likely to start businesses than native-born Americans are, according to a study that takes a wide-ranging look at registered businesses across the country. Co-authored by an MIT economist, the study finds that, per capita, immigrants are about 80 percent more likely to found a firm, compared to U.S.-born citizens. […]