Compete America Praises Senators Schumer and Cornyn for Focus on Immigration Reform as Part of U.S. Economic Growth and Job Creation Strategy
Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead the world in innovation and job creation, today applauded Chairman Charles Schumer (D-NY), Ranking Member John Cornyn (R-TX) and all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security for highlighting the critical role that employment-based immigration reform plays in advancing U.S. economic growth and job creation.
Compete America Applauds Senator Menendez for Legislation to Reform America’s Broken Immigration System
Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead the world in innovation and job creation, issued the following statement regarding comprehensive immigration reform legislation, introduced today by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ).
Compete America Praises Introduction of Employment-based Immigration Reform Bill
Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead in innovation and job creation, issued the following statement today regarding the introduction of the Immigration Driving Entrepreneurship in America Act of 2011, or the IDEA Act of 2011.
Compete America Applauds GOP Tech Group for Including Access to Best and Brightest Talent in Job Creation Policies
Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead in innovation and job creation, today applauded the House Republican Technology Working Group for committing to review current visa rules that inhibit access to highly educated, innovative foreign workers among its policy priorities for job creation.
Compete America Commends House GOP’s Call for Employment-based Immigration Reform as Part of U.S. Growth Plan
Washington, D.C. – Compete America today, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead in innovation and job creation, praised House Republicans for including employment-based immigration reform in its plan for increased American entrepreneurship and growth. The proposal, “The House Republican Plan for America’s Job Creators: Empowering Families, Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs,” was released today.
Compete America Supports President’s Call to Fix Broken Employment-Based Immigration System
Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead in innovation and job creation, issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s remarks on comprehensive immigration reform in El Paso, Texas, today.
Let’s Stop the Brain Drain This Graduation Season
Washington, D.C. - After educating foreign-born students in key technical fields, America should retain them for the U.S. innovation economy, said Compete America today, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead in innovation and job creation. It makes no sense to educate them and then send them abroad to compete against us, a message long advocated by the coalition and one that President Obama highlighted in his State of the Union Address this year.
Compete America Applauds President Obama for Focus on Growing U.S. Innovation
Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead in innovation and job creation, issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s remarks at a Facebook Town Hall in support of keeping innovation and innovators in America.
U.S. Job Creation, Economic Growth and Competitiveness Must Be Top Goals of Employment-based Immigration Reform
Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead in innovation, today urged Congress to make U.S. job creation, economic growth and competitiveness the top priorities when considering employment-based immigration reform.
Compete America Endorses “StartUp Visa Act”
Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce it needs to continue to lead in innovation, today endorsed the “StartUp Visa Act of 2011,” as introduced by Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Mark Udall (D-CO).