This study examines how states can strengthen economic growth and resilience by better integrating immigrants into workforce-development strategies. Based on a review of policies across all 50 states from 2020–2024, the report finds growing bipartisan recognition that work-authorized immigrants represent an important but underutilized source of talent. An aging population, declining birth rates, worker retirements, […]
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(OPINION) As the U.S. birth rate falls, immigration reform may be ‘the answer hiding in plain sight,’ analyst says
As the U.S. fertility rate continues to fall, there are growing concerns about the long-term economic impact: A smaller population means less tax revenue, which could reduce funding for programs such as Social Security and Medicare. But immigration policy reform could be one solution, some experts say. The U.S. birth rate fell slightly in 2022 compared with 2021, […]
How Immigrants Can Alleviate the Domestic Labor Shortage
(NEWS) Labor Shortages and the Immigration Shortfall
The Issue: Due to increased restrictions on immigration and travel, which began with the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020, the net inflow of immigrants into the United States has essentially halted for almost 2 years. By the end of 2021 there were about 2 million fewer working-age immigrants living in the United […]
Article discusses the fading appeal of the U.S. as a destination for international students
This article explores the history of international education in the US and its potential future prospects here and globally. Colleges and universities in the United States typically attract more than a million international students annually, with Asian countries sending the most students. A strategy that began in the nineteenth century with missionary goals and evolved […]
(OPINION) Why Rural America Needs Immigrants
KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Rural America has a growth problem. Business and industry desperately need workers, but the domestic labor pool is shallow, and the nation’s birthrate is slowing. There’s no better place to help expand our economy than in rural communities like ours. We need smart public policy for sustained growth — and immigration reform […]
(OPINION) Can two former presidents unravel the immigration knot?
Comprehensive immigration reform — perhaps America’s most pressing domestic need — should not be as difficult as the parties’ two extremes make it out to be. The interests of ultra-crunchy progressives on the left and nativists on the right are both served by a false choice between “comprehensive immigration reform” and a small, targeted bill, […]