Your weekly summary from the Council

 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• Biden’s ‘Secret’ Flights of Migrants Debunked as a Routine Part of the US Immigration System
  
  Some media outlets have reached a fever pitch over what they have deemed President Biden’s “secret flights of migrants.” They claim that the Biden administration is covertly flying migrants into communities around the country. But these flights are a regular, decades-old practice used for transporting migrants. Read More »
   
• The House Passes the America COMPETES Act, Including Immigration Reforms to Help the U.S. Economy
  
  While larger structural reforms to our immigration system remain necessary, the immigration provisions in this bill would create important incremental changes that would boost the U.S. economy. Read More »
   
• Immigration Court Comes Into the 21st Century with Electronic Filing for Attorneys
  
  The labor shortages currently afflicting many sectors of the U.S. economy are being aggravated by the arrival of fewer and fewer workers from abroad. Although immigration has been slowing since 2016, the biggest declines have occurred since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW  

• The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday with one goal: increase the United States’ innovation and competitiveness in an ever-growing global economy. 
  
  The bill, “America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength Act of 2022”—or the America COMPETES Act of 2022—includes several immigration provisions. Those provisions include a new startup visa category, opportunities for immigrant entrepreneurs, and an immigration path for certain people in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields, among other measures.
  
  This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council provides an overview of the importance of STEM workers to the U.S. workforce.
  
  Read more: Foreign-born STEM Workers in the United States

 MAKE A CONTRIBUTION 

 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 

“House passage of the America COMPETES Act is a positive development that would help the United States maintain its ability to remain competitive in the global economy, boost the U.S. economy, and expand opportunities and protections for many people shut out of this country by the current immigration system.

“…The House has worked its will over the last year, passing a series of bills that would help modernize our immigration system and provide opportunities for thousands of aspiring Americans to live, work, and contribute to the fabric of this great nation. It is now up to the Senate to continue the work of bringing our outdated immigration system into the 21st century.”

–  Jeremy Robbins, executive director of the American Immigration Council

 FURTHER READING 

• POLITIFACT: Fact-checking claim about immigrants, eligibility for assistance programs
   

• RATIONAL MIDDLE (LISTEN): "Who are we? What are we doing together?" Inside a Non-Profit Merger with Jeremy Robbins
   

• The Scientific Inquirer: Conversations With Jeremy Robbins: Stem Immigration Reforms and The Biden White House
   

• The Indianapolis Star: 'America belongs to all of us': How the Chinese Lion Dance bridges Indianapolis cultures

         

Immigration Impact | ImmigrationCouncil.org | unsubscribe
1331 G St. NW Suite 200, Washington, D.C., xxxxxx