“Don’t Limit the American Dream
Change is hard. We resist it in most cases, particularly when it comes to the America so many of us know and love dearly. As an American who has grown up in a middle-class family, my experience is what the American dream promises: healthy, safe living with great opportunity for the taking and making. Like…
White House Makes Economic Case for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
The economic case for comprehensive immigration reform is well documented. Government economists at the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Chief Actuary, along with a number of academic economists have shown that reforming our broken immigration system can have a significant positive impact on the federal balance sheet, Social Security solvency, and the employment situation.…
CBO shows Immigration Reform Good for Growth, Deficit
The Congressional Budget Office’s long-awaited report on the budgetary impact of immigration reform is finally out – and the numbers look good for reform. CBO projects that the bill being considered on the Senate floor would lower deficits, ease future budget pressures, and boost economic growth. The report, written by Congress’s non-partisan scorekeeper, is the…
New Business Forward Report: Deciphering Labor Force Participation In The Recovery
Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 175,000 net new jobs created in May. The unemployment rate, however, ticked up to 7.6 percent on the strength of a 420,000 worker increase in the labor force, following a 210,000 increase in April. The return of workers to the labor force is encouraging. But though the…
How Can We Put the Immigration System to Work for a 21st Century Economy?
This op-ed is written by Robert Roche, an international businessman and co-founder of Business Forward. It originally appeared in the Huffington Post. You can view it here. For centuries, the U.S. has attracted the best and brightest immigrants. But today’s system of quotas, caps and mixed priorities blocks or discourages entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers at a time…
Social Security Administration Report Suggests Senate Immigration Bill An Economic Shot In The Arm
The key to shoring up Social Security may be granting legal status to currently undocumented immigrants. A new study by the Social Security Chief Actuary found that the Senate immigration bill would add $275 billion in Social Security taxes by 2024, just over half of it coming from additional tax payments from the estimated 8…
Five Surprising Facts About the Fiscal Cost of Immigration Reform
This week, the Washington debate over immigration reform is turning to a critical question – what will it cost? There is, it may seem, a different cost estimate to suit every voice in the debate. The Heritage Foundation released a report Monday attempting to calculate the cost of public benefits used by immigrants (totaling over $6 trillion…
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3 Surprising Facts About Immigration Reform
3 Surprising Facts About Immigration Reform