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55% of America's Top Startups Were Founded by Immigrants. Why Won't Congress Let in More?
Without a tenable visa pathway, immigrant entrepreneurs will look to greener pastures—and the American economy will be worse for it. By Fiona Harrigan | Reason.com | JUL. 28, 2022 | Illustration by Lex Villena Immigrants are 80 percent more likely than native-born Americans to found a firm, according to a study released ... -
Most Billion-Dollar Startups In The U.S. Founded By Immigrants
By Stuart Anderson | Forbes | JUL. 26, 2022 | Photo by Guillermo Rauch courtesy of Vercel Tomas Gorny grew up in Poland under communism. But after moving to the U.S. and taking odd jobs like washing dishes and saving money from small ventures, he cofounded the tech company IPOWER ... -
The clock ticks down on immigration deal that could help rein in food inflation
The Senate could shatter over a decade of stalemate. But they're running out of time. By Garrett Downs | POLITICO | JUL. 25, 2022 | Photo by Emilio Morenatti Hopes that Congress will finally pass a bipartisan fix to the flawed farm labor system are dwindling, despite supporters’ argument that ... -
In defense of street food vendors and the right to honest, hard work
Column by Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 18, 2022 | Photo by Raul Roa I started off this year writing about food vendors, in the hope that haters might leave them alone as the economy worsens and more people get into it — because, you know, carne asada shouldn’t ... -
MIGRANT DEATHS ARE A FEATURE—NOT A BUG—OF U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY
Governor Greg Abbott says he can make coming to the U.S. more miserable than being smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer. By Jason Buch | Texas Observer | JUL. 25, 2022 | Photos by Felix Marquez for AP Little more than a week after a horrific smuggling attempt left ... -
Sheinbaum reconoce a los soñadores que están en Estados Unidos
By Pauline Gagnon | Mexico ESUno | JUL. 20, 2022 El Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México, Claudia Sheinbaum reconoció el soñadores y todo el inmigrantes Mexicanos que se encuentran en Estados Unidos, ya que tuvieron que salir del país principalmente por necesidad. “Están buscando una oportunidad de vida, son héroes y heroínas ... -
Claudia Sheinbaum meets with dreamers at the Mexico City Museum
The head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum, met with dreamers at the Museum in Mexico City. Story & photos by Carlos Navarro | El Heraldo de Mexico | JUL. 20, 2022 In front of these young people who returned to Mexico for the first time in the summer of 2021, after ... -
'Jane the Virgin' writer: From undocumented English learner to Hollywood
Legal troubles, community colleges helped author Rafael Agustin find way forward. By Anne Vasquez | EdSource | JUL. 19, 2022 | Photo by Marvin Lemus The plight of undocumented students often gets told through the pursuits and failings of policy that can feel like alphabet soup – DACA, Prop 187, AB ... -
Sheinbaum recibe a jóvenes “soñadores” en la CdMx
Translation by Google Translate The Prime Minister of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum received dreamers in youth, who were taken to the United States as minors and returned to Mexico for the first time in the summer of 2021, which considered proof that the country's capital is hospitable and recognizes the ... -
A former bracero farmworker breaks his silence, recalling abuse and exploitation
By Selene Rivera | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 18, 2022 | Photo by Frank Q. Brown Crouching for up to 10 hours between the furrows of a Nebraska field, Fausto Ríos, 17, could trim and separate 70 beets in a single minute with a small hoe. But he paid ...
