August 2012

The National Journal Reported that John Weston, Eric Buckland and Mike Bloomberg don't have much in common. Weston is a farmer struggling to keep in business the 1,000-acre farm his family has operated in Western Maine. Buckland is an entrepreneur who runs a small high-tech manufacturing company in North Carolina's famed Research...

The American Immigration Council reported that he mountain of evidence on the economic importance of immigrant entrepreneurs just keeps growing. Last year, the Partnership for a New American Economy released a report which tallied the number of Fortune 500 companies founded by immigrants (and the children...

Bloomberg News reported that immigrant-owned businesses employ one in 10 U.S. workers in private companies and contribute more than $775 billion of revenue to the US Economy according to the Partnership for a New American Economy. The businesses generate about $125 billion in payroll, the nonpartisan advocacy...

Cronkite News Service reported that up to 1.76 million illegal immigrants could be eligible for a two-year reprieve from deportation under an Obama administration program that begins accepting applications Wednesday. Immigrants like Reyna Montoya. Montoya was 13 when she moved to Arizona with her family to escape...

Politico.com reported that New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, who has made a ton of noise on both immigration and the presidential candidates' silence on the issue of curbing the availability of guns, will make some more noise next week. He is hosting forums on immigration...

The Associated Press reported that about 350,000 more illegal immigrants than previously thought could earn an extra two years in the U.S. when President Barack Obama's new policy takes effect next week, according to the Migration Policy Institute. Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program,...

Reuters reported that U.S. state legislatures passed fewer immigration measures this year because lawmakers' priorities shifted to balancing budgets and U.S. courts were weighing how much authority states have to enforce immigration laws, according to a study released on Monday. The National Conference of State Legislatures...