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Is balanced immigration reform on the table?
American businesses, communities and families are affected by the shortcomings of outdated laws that make up our existing immigration system. But this is the year that it could all change.
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What do we know about immigrants in Michigan and the U.S.?
Our immigrant community is an asset to our state’s diversity, economy, culture, and future. Any negative message will have a significant impact on our ability to recruit talent, diversity, creativity and investment — foreign and domestic — in our state.
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Would immigration reform create jobs and innovation?
Being an immigration attorney, I witness firsthand how U.S. companies — including Michigan companies — struggle to recruit the engineers, researchers, health care workers, software developers and other STEM workers they need. You may be shocked to learn that presently there are between 700 and 800 openings for highly skilled and essential workers for over 40 established West Michigan employers posted on HelloWestMichigan’s website.
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Farmers pick guest-worker program for migrant labor
Michigan agriculture has a lot at stake in the immigration laws being debated in Congress right now, more so than most farm states, according to Michigan Farm Bureau, the state’s largest farming organization.
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Employers fall in middle of new immigration-waiver process
As Congress prepares to debate legislation based on the immigration reform proposal presented in January by eight senators — four Republicans and four Democrats — temporary changes are already taking effect across the country.
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State will now grant driver's licenses to DACA immigrants
Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has announced that her department will begin issuing driver’s licenses and ID cards to recipients of the federal Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals program — starting Feb. 19.
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Do immigration barriers stifle entrepreneurship and our vital STEM workforce?
Immigration is now the talk of top politicians in D.C. — and for good reason. Our current immigration system is broken. And while we may not all agree on how to fix it, we all have roots in immigration, and we have all benefited from it. In fact, immigration’s benefits are more far reaching than you may realize.
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State will not grant driver's licenses to DACA immigrants
The Michigan Secretary of State’s office has announced that it will not issue driver’s licenses to beneficiaries of a federal policy pertaining to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.
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