Archive for November, 2016
Trump and the Future of Our U.S. Employment Immigration System
So much of Donald Trump’s negative immigration rhetoric targets the undocumented population and refugees. But what about employment immigration? Trump has criticized many components of our employment immigration system as well. However, regarding actual negative changes to our employment immigration system, I believe his bark is worse than his bite for several obvious reasons. First, it makes very […]
President Trump!!?? Practical Implications to our Immigration System (Part 2)
After digesting our new reality and venting about it (see Part 1 of this blog series), let’s try to rationally analyze how President Trump may change our immigration system. Is There Any Hope for the DAPA Program and the Expansion of the DACA Program? No. Neither of these programs ever took effect because of federal […]
President Trump!!?? What Does This Mean for Our Immigration System (Part 1)
President Trump’s (I can’t believe I just wrote that) anti-immigration rhetoric has been a staple and at times the foundation of his unprecedented rise to President. From his promise to build a wall to his proposed ban on Muslims, his extreme rhetoric appealed to and rallied at historic levels his core supporters. So now the […]
Wired Magazine Points Out that Immigrants Across the Spectrum Fuel Innovation
Silicon Valley and the tech media have widely discussed the immense contributions highly-skilled immigrants make in the tech world, and consistently advocate for fixing the many problems in our employment immigration system. This focus on highly skilled immigrants sometimes is juxtaposed with lower-skilled immigrants, who often do not have immigration status. This dichotomy can result […]
Chobani Yogurt: A Leader in Job Creation for Refugees
In an era where serious corporate misconduct seems to make the news every couple of years, (from Enron’s massive accounting fraud to Merrill Lynch and friends’ implosion of the financial system to BP’s Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster) it is easy to become pessimistic and believe that many large corporations do not have a conscience. Fortunately, […]