Guest Blog Post, Tim Evans, Director of Research, New Jersey Future. Immigrants constitute an increasingly crucial aspect of the state’s economic, social, and cultural fabrics. Almost one out of every four New Jerseyans (23.4%) was born in another country,[1]the second-highest foreign-born percentage among the 50 states (California is first, at 26.7%), making New Jersey a […]
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(VIDEO) Coalition holds event with the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce to mark the release of a report on the impact of immigration in Mercer County
A new report commissioned by the Coalition in partnership with the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Mercer County Office of Economic Development, underscores the critical role immigrants play in the County’s labor force, business creation, and STEM innovation. Prepared by New American Economy, the report was unveiled at the July 1, 2021, virtual membership meeting of the Princeton Chamber. […]
New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Industry Struggles with Worker Shortages
Legal but temporary immigrant workers, sometimes called “guest workers,” have become an important component of the nation’s immigration system. A recent report found that their numbers have grown from roughly 300,000 in 1990 to more than 1.4 million in 2017, and are grouped into 36 different legal classifications — one of which is the H-2B […]
(BLOG POST) The H-1B Program: Building Block of the American Economy
Blog Post, Nicholas V. Montalto, May 14, 2021 The field of U.S. immigration policy is filled with shorthand labels, and one of the more confusing and controversial ones is the “temporary” visa program called H-1B — a program that many people view as a vital building block of the American economy. The program provides a pathway […]
(VIDEO) Opening the International Talent and Labor Pipeline: Strategies for Reforming American Immigration Policy to Advance New Jersey’s Economy
How can immigration policy promote economic recovery and growth in New Jersey? What is the current state of play in Washington on immigration reform? How can we revive a bipartisan consensus on immigration? These were some of the questions addressed by panelists at an event on April 30, 2021, organized by the NJ Business Immigration […]
(PODCAST) Wall Street Journal Podcast Discusses how the Trump Administration’s Ban on Foreign Workers Harmed the American Economy
In 2020, President Trump sharply curtailed most new visas for foreign workers, including those in the H-1B, H-2B and J categories, arguing unemployed Americans would take those jobs instead. But as WSJ’s Alicia Caldwell explains, even with high unemployment, many of those positions were left unfilled, American workers were laid off in the process, and […]
(VIDEO) NJBIA Presentation Reviews the current status of the H-1B Program and prospects for change in the Biden administration
The NJ Business and Industry Association, a member of the NJ Business Immigration Coalition, sponsored an online briefing on immigration policy at a meeting of its Human Resource Council on February 4. Two experienced immigration lawyers, Neil Dornbaum and Kathleen Peregoy, from the Roseland-based law firm of Connell Foley, reviewed actions taken by the Trump […]