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April 16, 2016

Meet the Chinese Researcher Who Helped Wisconsin Ward Off Swine Flu Pandemic

Jie He, an infectious disease researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin, is no stranger to accomplishment. In 2006, He, a Chinese native, immigrated to the United States to do…
April 15, 2016

Weekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (April 11 – 15)

This week, Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a statewide Seal of Biliteracy. Senator Anitere Flores, a Republican from Miami, supported the legislation on WFSU-FM, pointing out: “While it might not…
April 15, 2016

Backward Immigration Policies Force America To “Compete With Our Own University Graduates,” Says CEO

Ramiro Cavazos is a seventh-generation Texan, born to a family that originally moved to America from Spain in the late 1600s and settled in the Rio Grande Valley as ranchers…
April 15, 2016

Engineer Bears Witness to the U.S. Losing Many Talented STEM Workers Because of Immigration Policy

According to Jack O’Toole, the founder of a Dartmouth College-based company called FreshAir Sensor LLC, much of the product’s success is owed to Kwame Ohene-Adu, a Ghanaian immigrant. Ohene-Adu, came…
April 14, 2016

This Undocumented Student Wants Immigration Reform so She Can Contribute Even More to her Community

Barbara, a healthcare worker in Fayetteville, Arkansas, always did well in school. In kindergarten, she quickly learned English with the help of a friend. In second grade, she found confidence…

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