Blog Posts in 2012

Importance of Immigrant Entrepreneurs for U.S. Economy

As a nation, we understand and readily accept the fact that businesses and entrepreneurial opportunities started by immigrants is a positive aspect of our overall economy. With the influx of immigration in the past couple of decades, we would have expected a new increase in immigrant owned companies in recent years. It typically takes about 13 years of training and education before an immigrant ...

Immigration Deportation for Gay Couples: Long Term Relationships May be Protected

According to the Huffington Post, with all the concerns about seeking to have illegal immigrants deported, there is a rising question regarding same sex relationships with foreigners. Homeland Security has shared that there might be a possibility in which foreigners that have been involved in a same sex relationship may be protected from deportation, though it is not a guarantee. They claim that ...

Obama Makes Sweeping Changes to Immigration Policy

Washington – President Obama announced a new policy on Friday, thus making sweeping changes to the immigration landscape nationwide. Under the new policy, effective immediately, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States before they were 16 will now be able to obtain work permits and they will be safeguarded from deportation proceedings. Speaking to reporters in the ...