Research

New American Investors Making a Difference in the Economy

Report Author: 
Matthew Kolodziej
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Sep

New American Investors Making a Difference in the Economy

EB-5, the Immigration Investor Program managed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), contributed $2.6 billion to the GDP, supported 33,000 jobs, and created $346 million in federal tax revenue between 2010 and 2011.

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Source Organization: 
Immigration Policy Center

Lessons for U.S. Metro Areas: Characteristics and Clustering of High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Report Author: 
Cathy Yang Liu, Gary Painter, & Qingfang Wang
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Mar

Lessons for U.S. Metro Areas: Characteristics and Clustering of High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Lessons for U.S. Metro Areas: Characteristics and Clustering of High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurs examines the importance and impact of high-tech entrepreneurship at local and regional levels and suggests what cities and metros can do to attract and nurture foreign-born entrepreneurs.

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Source Organization: 
Other

Better Business: How Hispanic Entrepreneurs are Beating Expectations and Bolstering the U.S Economy

Report Author: 
Partnership for a New American Economy & the Latino Donor Collaborative
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Apr

Better Business: How Hispanic Entrepreneurs are Beating Expectations and Bolstering the U.S Economy

Hispanic Americans have increased their rates of self-employment over the past three decades and, as a result, helped prevent worse economic fallout during the recent recession. These are the major findings of Better Business: How Hispanic Entrepreneurs Are Beating Expectations and Bolstering the U.S. Economy.

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Other

The Increasing Importance of Immigrants to Science and Engineering in America

Report Author: 
Stuart Anderson
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Jun

The Increasing Importance of Immigrants to Science and Engineering in America

The United States has benefitted enormously from foreign-born talent, particularly since 1965 when the U.S. eliminated major restrictions on immigration and opened the door to immigrants from Asia.

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NFAP-_Increasing_Importance_of_Immigrants_in_Science_and_Engineering.pdf
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Other

Closing Economic Windows: How H-1B Visa Denials Cost U.S.-Born Tech Workers Jobs and Wages During the Great Depression

Report Author: 
Giovanni Peri, Kevin Shih, Chad Sparber, & Angie Marek Zeitlin
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Jun

Closing Economic Windows: How H-1B Visa Denials Cost U.S.-Born Tech Workers Jobs and Wages During the Great Depression

For the U.S. tech industry to grow, it needs an adequate supply of high-skilled workers. Given that the U.S. higher education system produces only 51,000 such graduates annually, technology companies also hire foreign-born workers through the H-1B visa system.

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closing_economic_windows.pdf
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Other

Staying Covered: How Immigrants Have Prolonged the Solvency of One of Medicare's Key Trust Funds and Subsidized Care for U.S. Seniors

Report Author: 
Leah Zallman
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Aug

Staying Covered: How Immigrants Have Prolonged the Solvency of One of Medicare's Key Trust Funds and Subsidized Care for U.S. Seniors

Immigrants not only have paid into Medicare's Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund at a higher level than they've drawn from it but also have contributed significantly to its solvency so as to benefit more Americans for a longer period of time.

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Source Organization: 
Other

Understanding the Organization, Operation, and Victimization Process of Labor Trafficking in the United States

Report Author: 
Colleen Owens, Meredith Dank, Amy Farrell, Justin Breaux, Isela Banuelos, Rebecca Pfeffer, Ryan Heitsmith, Katie Bright, & Jack McDevitt
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Oct

Understanding the Organization, Operation, and Victimization Process of Labor Trafficking in the United States

With funding from the National Institute of Justice (Office of Justice Programs), this study is the first of its kind to examine the organization, operation, and victimization process of labor trafficking across multiple industries in the U.S.

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413249-Labor-Trafficking-in-the-United-States.pdf
Source Organization: 
The Urban Institute

Selling Visas and Citizenship: Policy Questions from the Global Boom in Investor Immigration

Report Author: 
Madeleine Sumption & Kate Hooper
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Oct

Selling Visas and Citizenship:  Policy Questions from the Global Boom in Investor Immigration

For more than 30 years, governments around the world have offered permanent residence visas to persons willing to make substantial investments in local economies. Selling Visas and citizenship describes the wide variety of such programs, assesses their economic impact, and discusses some of their unanticipated consequences.

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Investor-Visas-Report.compressed.pdf
Source Organization: 
Migration Policy Institute

The Impact of Temporary Protected Status on Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes

Report Author: 
Pia M. Orrenius & Madeline Zavodny
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Dec

The Impact of Temporary Protected Status on Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes

The Impact of temporary protected status on immigrants' labor market outcomes seeks to measure the labor market effects of granting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to foreign-born residents of the U.S.

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Source Organization: 
Other

Policies to Support Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Report Author: 
Maria Vincenza Desiderio
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Aug

Policies to Support Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Policymakers around the world are aware of the economic and social benefits of attracting and supporting immigrant entrepreneurs, who are often more likely than the native-born to start a business and create jobs, revitalize declining neighborhoods, innovate, and integrate other immigrants into the labor market.

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TCM_Cities_Entrepreneurship-FINALWEB.pdf
Source Organization: 
Migration Policy Institute