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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Cyrus D. Mehta on Immigrant Power: Naturalized American Wins Boston Marathon
" Today is a day to celebrate. One year after the devastating bombings at the Boston Marathon, Meb Keflezighi won the Boston marathon. Keflezighi is a naturalized American . "I'm blessed to be an American and God bless America and God...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigrants in New York City Bolster Housing Values
"Immigrants have helped stabilize New York City housing values over the past two decades and at the same time boosted property in once-troubled neighborhoods, according to a report to be released Thursday . The report—sponsored by the Americas...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
America's Newest Billionaire Is An Immigrant: Meet Jan Koum
"Jan Koum picked a meaningful spot to sign the $19 billion deal to sell his company WhatsApp to Facebook earlier today. Koum, cofounder Brian Acton and venture capitalist Jim Goetz of Sequoia drove a few blocks from WhatsApp’s discreet headquarters...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigrant Justice Corps Fellowship: Better Legal Help for Immigrants
"In the next several days, the deans of the nation’s top law schools will be notified of a new job opportunity for their graduating students. Applicants must be high achievers who want to be part of a groundbreaking start-up, live in New York City...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Northern Colorado immigrants still without homes after the flood
"When more than 300 immigrants lost their trailer homes and apartments in the northern Colorado floods last month, there was heightened concern for their welfare because most don't qualify for government aid. Nearly a month later, immigrants...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
E-Verify's Getting Better for Citizens, Worse for Immigrants, Asylees
"A government report released this week found that E-Verify, a federal program that checks whether someone can legally work in the U.S., is growing more accurate. But not for immigrants. The report, commissioned by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Ailing Midwestern Cities Extend a Welcoming Hand to Immigrants
DAYTON, Ohio — "Fighting back from the ravages of industrial decline, this city adopted a novel plan two years ago to revive its economy and its spirits: become a magnet for immigrants. The Dayton City Commission voted to make the city “immigrant...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Brown signs California immigration bills, wins activists’ kudos in pressing for reform
"On a day when immigrant-rights activists nationwide rallied for action from Washington, Gov. Jerry Brown put California at the vanguard of change, signing sweeping laws aimed at speeding the assimilation of those in the country illegally. Brown...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigrants Lacking Papers Work Legally — As Their Own Bosses
"At just 20 years of age, Carla Chavarria sits at the helm of a thriving graphic design business, launching branding and media campaigns for national organizations. Some of her projects are so large she has to hire staff. Still, Chavarria has to...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Detention Quota Holds Firm Despite Decline in Illegal Immigration
"As Congress weighs sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system, one thing is unlikely to change: a requirement that the government lock up more undocumented immigrants than it says is necessary. Despite tight budgets and declining illegal immigration...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Study: Latinos Learn English Faster Than Past Immigrants
"Many who oppose high levels of Latino immigration argue that these new immigrants don't learn English as quickly as prior waves of European immigrants did. A series of new studies, however, reveals a different picture. Latinos are doing...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
MPI Brief Offers Demographic, Socioeconomic Profile of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
"How to treat the nation’s estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants is a key component of the comprehensive immigration reform debate underway in Congress. The population’s characteristics, including income levels, workforce participation rates...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigrants Create Medicare Surplus: Study
" Immigrants have contributed billions of dollars more to Medicare in recent years than the program has paid out on their behalf, according to a new study, a pattern that goes against the notion that immigrants are a drain on federal health care...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
A Description of the Immigrant Population - 2013 Update
" CBO has updated the information in its June 2011 report A Description of the Immigrant Population: An Update . CBO updated 15 of the 20 exhibits contained in that report and added one new exhibit. Those exhibits that could be updated in their...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Transformation of a Town Underscores Immigrants’ Impact
"While there is considerable debate about whether increased immigration depresses wages on the low end of the pay scale, most experts say allowing more new immigrants and offering a more secure legal footing for workers who are currently in the country...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Some Immigrants Spend Weeks in Solitary Confinement
"Hundreds of immigrants are placed in solitary confinement each week in the detention centers where they are facing deportation, federal records show. Some remain in isolation for weeks or months at a time. At the Stewart Detention Center south...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigrant Contributions to Housing Demand in the United States
"The overall conclusion reached in this study for the current decade is that immigrant demand for owner-occupied housing is likely to continue to provide an important and growing source of new demand in most areas than in the past decade. The foreign...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigrants With Right Skills Ride U.S. Hiring Wave
"The labor market is healing faster for immigrants than for U.S.-born workers as the growing economy favors those at the low and high ends of the pay scale. Joblessness among those born outside the U.S. averaged 8.1 percent in 2012, down from 9...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Amnesty Will Boost The Economy And Reduce Crime, So Just Get Over It!
"Throughout the country, foreign-born newcomers have revived beaten-down neighborhoods as immigrant entrepreneurs have opened small businesses and immigrant families have put down stakes. Immigrant workers have played a vital role keeping a number...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
It's the Economy, Stupid!
"It makes sense to view immigration reform as a human rights issue, and one that should be seen through the lens of this country’s principles and values. But it is wrong to see it as only that. Because this is not just a political matter or a humanitarian...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Salt Lake City to Roll Out Immigrant 'Welcome'
"Immigrants should be treated with dignity and respect while being welcomed and embraced by residents and community groups — regardless of legal status — according to a resolution passed unanimously Tuesday night by the Salt Lake City Council. The...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigration and the Elections: Attention and Imagination Required
"As Americans vote for our leaders this week, I hope that we use both our attention and our imagination; that we remember our origin as a nation of immigrants; that we recall the wonders of immigrant innovation and the resulting benefits we enjoy;...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigrants Did Not Take Your Job
"Mark Krikorian, executive director of the anti-immigrant Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and author of the book The New Case Against Immigration: Both Illegal and Legal , criticized a remark I made to Washington Times reporter Stephen...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Innovative Immigrants
"Compared with the native-born, who have extended families and lifelong social and commercial relationships, immigrants without such ties — without businesses to inherit or family property to protect — are in some ways better prepared to play the...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
For Immigrant Actor, Life Imitates Art...Until the End
"Tony Guerrero is preparing to celebrate a milestone in his acting career here and say goodbye at the same time. The occasion: Saturday night’s screening of “Undocumented Executive,” a low-budget comedy shot in the Atlanta area. Guerrero plays...
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