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June 21, 2016

Founder of $1 Million Startup Forced to Scrap Business Due to U.S. Immigration Policy

Indian-born immigrant Ketaki Desai has made important contributions in her adopted home in America. As executive director of eCenter@LindenPointe, a business incubator in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, she has helped create more…
June 20, 2016

Republican Congressional Candidate from Tennessee Wants to See Immigration Reform—Not a Wall

Hunter Baker, an associate professor of political science at Tennessee’s Union University, is concerned about the future of the American economy, specifically as it relates to immigration. As one of…
June 18, 2016

A Consultant to Fortune 500 Companies Says Restrictive Immigration Policy Keeps Her From Referring Top Talent

As a consultant who helps businesses solve staffing problems, Letty Velez has worked with several Fortune 500 companies, including Walmart, Macy’s, and Hyatt Hotels. But she’s frustrated: When those companies…
June 18, 2016

Time to Give Back: Working to Send Latino Americans to College

Roger C. Rocha Jr., the national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), was raised in a poor part of Laredo, Texas, where he saw his peers…
June 17, 2016

Entrepreneur says Immigration Policy Makes It Harder for him to Grow His Business and Create American Jobs

The technology firm FreshAir Sensor recently won a New Hampshire pitch competition sponsored by AOL founder Steve Case that netted the small startup a $100,000 investment…

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