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Richard Herman
Church of the Resurrection Solon, Ohio September 11, 2013
MICHIGAN
OHIO
Detroit: over last 60 years, lost 50% of population (1.8 million to 900,000) Percentage of immigrants dropped from 30% to 10%
Cleveland: over last 60 years, lost 60% of population (950,000 to 396,000) (17% in 10 yrs)
Percentage of immigrants dropped from 30% to 5%
The richest regions are those with the highest proportion of immigrants.
Presidents Commission on Immigration, 1953
Labor
Immigrant workers usually work in highskilled or lower skilled jobs, where U.S. has a shortage of workers.
E a c h L o we r- S k i l l e d , N o n - A g Wo r k e r i n S h o r t a g e O c c u p a t i o n c re a t e s 4 . 6 A m e r i c a n Jobs.
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Partnership New American Economy
ALL net job creation in America over last 25 years comes from STARTUPS --creating 40 million new jobs New Firms add an average of 3 million jobs in first year Older companies lost 1 million jobs annually
Immigrants twice as likely as native-born to start a business; Immigrants founded more than 50% of the high-tech companies in Silicon Valley; advanced
Immigrants are more likely to earn an degree, invent something, be awarded a U.S. patent;
by an immigrant or child of an
immigrant
These companies employ 10 million people worldwide, and generate $4,200,000,000,000 in revenue per year
Immigrant-Founded Companies
7 of 10 most valuable brands in the world were created by U.S. immigrants or children of U.S. immigrants
Ford
GE
AT&T Boeing
Disney
Apple Hertz
Pfizer
Google Intel Budweiser Home Depot McDonalds U.S. Steel IBM Dow Kraft UPS Procter & Gamble Estee Lauder Levis DuPont Bank of America Heinz
billion, and employed 42,955 people 7,109 Latino owned businesses had sales of $1.3 billion and employed 11,348 people 2009 purchasing power of Ohios Latinos totaled $6.6 billion (increasing 334% since 1990) Asian buying power totaled $6.9 billion (increase of 270% since 1990)
Immigrant patent filings: 72% Qualcomm, 65% Merck, 64% GE, 60% Cisco
percent increase in immigrant population was linked to a 6 percent increase in bilateral trade with the immigrants home country.
Percent of Foreign Students in STEM Fields of Study: 36.1% Percent of U.S. Undergraduate Students in STEM Fields of Study: 13.7%
OH Institutions with Foreign Students
Institution Ohio State University CWRU CSU Tri-C City Columbus Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Total 6082 1559 1500 288
For every 100 international students who stay after earning U.S. advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math a CREATE 262 JOBS IN AMERICA
2011 Study by American Enterprise Institute & Partnership for New American Economy:
Immigrants have created millions of jobs for Americans, and will create millions more. if we let them --- in advanced manufacturing, clean energy, biotech, advanced materials, exports.
BROKEN
Discriminate Against Highly Skilled. Of 1 Million Green Cards issued per year, only 45% or given to highly skilled (advanced degreed) or investor immigrants
Malawi = India (nationality quotas: each country allocated 7% of employment based green cards per year, regardless of their nations population)
These quotas are nearly 60 years old ----- they have no relationship with the needs of Americas New Economy
Skilled immigrants, many of whom want to start their own company in the U.S., have to wait up to 8 years for a Green Card
They see new opportunity in their home countries, or are welcomed in other countries
Canada and other countries are coming to U.S. soil to recruit our disgruntled high-skill immigrants, offering them fast-track citizenship, jobs, and business support
What part of
legal immigration is #!@x^#!-ed up dont they understand?
National Suicide.
And not just PhD immigrants ----- all hardworking immigrants with a dream. Its all connected.
Want to Win? Build the most powerful teams on the planet (just like NBA)
H.R. 1417, June 27, 2013 Border Security Act Results Act of 2013
Border Security (over 10 years, doubling border patrol, 35o new fencing, tech, E-verify, exit system) 100% surveillance, 90% catch rate Path to Citizenship: 11 million undocumented eligible for Registered Provisional Immigrant Status 6 months after enactment, if in U.S. since 12/31/2011, $500 fine, work & travel but no for most fed benefits, good for 6 years, renewal for another 6, if deported for noncriminal reasons can apply to re-enter in provisional status if spouse or child citizen or pr, or brought to u.s. as child. After 10 years seek Green Card, current on taxes & pay $1,000 fine, work, english. 3 years later, citizenship. Border triggers must be met. Dreamers wait 5 years for PR then citizenship.
Hi gh Skilled Workers: H1B visas, 65,000 to 11o,000, plus 25,000 advanced degree STEM grads from U.S. colleges. (as high as 180,000) Immigrants with extraordinary abilities such as professors, researchers, multinational executives would be exempted from green card limits, as would STEM grads from u.s. with job.
Startup visa
New merit visa, maximum of 250,000 points. Eliminate Diversity Lottery Low Skilled workers. Create W visa allow up to 200,000 low skilled workers a year for jobs in construction, long term care, hospitality and other . New agricultural visa. Already here illegally, 2 years, could qualify in other 5 for green card. Family Immigration: eliminate siblings. Allow u.s. citizens to sponsor married children under 31. eliminates limit on pr sponosr spouses and children. Within 4 years, all employers on E-Verify.
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Discussion
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Lou Dobbs Tonight O'Reilly Factor
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
Austin
Immigrant Incarceration Rates are one-
We dont talk about immigrants as the DreamKeepers, the Job-Creators, the Bedrock of FamilyValues, the ENGINE that makes America work!
Its important that we understand WHY so many Americans fear and loathe the new immigrants
Young whites (under 18) are the minority in 10 states, including Arizona
By 2021, the majority of children 4 and under will be minority By 2042, the majority of all Americans will be minority
am concerned by the majoritys attempt to manufacture tension between AfricanAmericans and immigrant communities. It seems as though they would like for our communities to think about immigration in terms of us versus them, and I reject that notion.
HYPERCONNECTIVITY
Cleveland
Silicon Valley
Family Education Entrepreneurship Self-Reliance Thrift Love of Country & the Dream
After decades of out-migration, Philly shows population increase for first time in 60 years -- in large part due to influx of immigrants between 2000 Philly enjoys an ecosystem that welcomes & connects immigrants, and 2010 revitalizing neighborhoods
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