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Alex Nowrasteh on the Benefits of the DREAM Act

  • 07/27/2011

CEI's Alex Nowrasteh offers reasons to support the DREAM Act. While he does not support the federal funding aspect of the bill, he believes that…

Trade and International

Citation

Business Leaders & Conservatives Agree That E-Verify Is a Disaster for America’s Economy

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 07/06/2011

Trade and International

Letters

Coalition Letters Opposing E-Verify Mandate

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 06/30/2011

CEI has signed coalition letters to both the Senate and the House of Representatives opposing H.R. 2164, which would mandate the use of the bureaucratic…

Labor and Employment

Op-Eds

Immigration: The DREAM Act Is Not A Nightmare

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 06/28/2011

  Today Senate Democrats are holding hearings about the controversial DREAM Act. Last week, Senate Democrats also introduced a Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill that entirely…

Trade and International

Op-Eds

The Exceptional Children Of Skilled Immigrants

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 06/14/2011

  Much of the debate over increasing legal immigration and work visas, such as the H-1B visa for highly skilled workers, has centered on the…

Banking and Finance

Daily Caller

Immigration Reform Can Jumpstart Economy

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh, Ryan Young
  • 05/31/2011

  Jeffrey is a talented electrical engineering PhD student at CalTech. He already holds three patents. One of his inventions may cure glaucoma. It is…

Regulatory Reform

Daily Caller

If You Care About Immigration, You Should Care About the STAPLE Act

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 05/16/2011

  President Obama’s immigration speech last week suffered from political schizophrenia. Early on he bragged of his administration’s efforts to stop undocumented immigration, but later…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

The Unhappy Anniversary Of Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 04/27/2011

Just as supporters of Arizona’s anti-immigration law (SB 1070) were set to celebrate its first anniversary on April 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals blocked…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Study suggests H-1B fixes

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 04/20/2011

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Why Can’t Obama and Congress See That Our Poor Immigration Policies Punish American Companies Who Want to Hire Skilled Immigrants?

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 04/11/2011

On April 1, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) began accepting petitions for H-1B visas for 2012. H-1Bs are temporary employer-sponsored work visas for highly…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Is Obama Pro-Immigration?

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 03/28/2011

A persistent myth about President Obama is that he is pro-immigration. Obama’s rhetoric may be pro-immigration, but his actions reveal that he is the most…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Texas’ Sanctuary City Law a Solution in Search of a Problem

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 03/12/2011

Texas’ proposed anti-immigration law, HB 12, had its first public hearing last week. Introduced by Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton, HB 12 is supposed to prevent…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Keeping Out Foreign Workers Is Crushing America’s Growth

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 02/16/2011

  It’s only February, but the U.S. government has already shut the door on applications for H-1B work visas for 2011. On Jan. 27, U.S.

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Christians In the Middle East and the American Dream

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 02/02/2011

The current uprising in Egypt is troubling many Christians throughout the region, but it is not a stand alone incident. Pope Benedict XVI’s New Year’s…

Regulatory Reform

Study

Allow Immigrants Full Access to the American Economy

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 01/18/2011

Regulatory Reform

Daily Caller

Rekindling The American DREAM

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 01/04/2011

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) died a slow death before Christmas, failing to gain the 60 votes necessary to…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Immigration law a threat to Texas competitiveness

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 11/18/2010

  Texas state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, made headlines recently for prefiling an Arizona-style immigration law called HB 17. An Arizona-style anti-immigration law would be…

Business and Government

Daily Caller

Texas Should Not Copy the Arizona Anti-Immigration Law

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 11/16/2010

Texas state Rep. Debbie Riddle made headlines recently for introducing an Arizona-style immigration law called HB 17. An Arizona-style anti-immigration law would be disastrous for…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Debbie Riddle’s Arizona-Style Immigration Law Would be a Disaster for Texas

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 11/15/2010

  Texas state Rep. Debbie Riddle made headlines last week for introducing an Arizona-style immigration law called HB 17. An Arizona-style anti-immigration law would be…

Business and Government

Daily Caller

The Election’s Over, So Let’s Get Back to Business

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 11/09/2010

  President Obama recently warned that the current high unemployment could be “a new normal” in the United States. If his administration doesn’t change course…

Banking and Finance

Daily Caller

Contrarian Says U.S. Needs More H-1B Workers

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 11/03/2010

Business and Government

Daily Caller

Contrarian Says U.S. Needs More H-1B Workers

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 11/02/2010

Business and Government

Daily Caller

Think Tank Opposes Caps, Fees, Time Limit on H-1B Visas

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 11/01/2010

Business and Government

Daily Caller

H-1B Visas: A Case for Open Immigration of Highly Skilled Foreign Workers

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 10/26/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

The Nobel Case for Immigration

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh, Ryan Young
  • 10/26/2010

  Only 1 in 20 people on earth live in America. But Americans won 4 of 11 Nobel prizes this year. Last year, it was…

Business and Government

Study

H-1B Visas: A Case for Open Immigration of Highly Skilled Foreign Workers

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 10/21/2010

To bring workers they need into the United States, American companies sponsor their H1-B work visas. The rapid pace of technological and scientific development is…

Business and Government

American Spectator

CEI: Open Borders to High Skilled Workers

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 10/21/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Raise the H-1B visa cap

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 10/04/2010

Rupert Murdoch’s and Michael Bloomberg’s testimony Thursday on Capitol Hill about immigration reform missed one timely and important mention.  October 1st marks the beginning of…

Business and Government

American Spectator

U.S. Citizenship: A Brass Ring for Terrorists?

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 09/27/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Trading on the Recession

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh, Brian McGraw
  • 08/31/2010

China recently overtook Japan as the second largest national economy in the world. Thirty years ago, when China began liberalizing its economy under the leadership…

Business and Government

American Spectator

Visa Fee Hike Will Adversely Impact Indian Companies, Admits US

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 08/19/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Visa Fee Increase Could Impact Indian Firms: USA

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 08/19/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Visa Fee Increase Could Impact Indian Firms: USA

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 08/19/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Visa Fee Increase Could Impact Indian Cos: US

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 08/19/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Visa Fee Hike Could Impact Indian cos: US

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 08/18/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Visa Fee Increase Could Impact Indian Companies: US

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 08/18/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Repealing Birthright Citizenship is a Mistake America Cannot Afford to Make

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 08/13/2010

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and other congressional Republicans are floating the idea of abolishing birthright citizenship, which makes the children of undocumented immigrants automatic citizens,…

Business and Government

American Spectator

Illegal Immigration: Virginia Should not try to be Another Arizona

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 08/11/2010

Virginia has been thrust into the center of the immigration debate recently. Del. Robert Marshall asked Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to issue an opinion about…

Business and Government

American Spectator

Immigration and SB1070: Arizona Republicans’ Tempest in a Tea Party?

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 08/02/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Arizona’s Immigration Surprises

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 07/28/2010

Arizona’s new anti-immigration law, which goes into effect on July 29, has been a rallying point for many conservatives. It reinvigorated the lackluster administration of…

Business and Government

Blog

Heritage Foundation Wrong on Obama Immigration Enforcement

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 07/13/2010

The Heritage Foundation’s Matt Meyer wrote here that the Obama administration’s year old worksite audit program is resulting in “far fewer deportations of illegal immigrants.” …

Labor and Employment

American Spectator

Bad Immigration Laws Are for Repealing, Not Enforcing

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 07/07/2010

Immigration reform is at a crossroads. When Arizona passed its anti-immigration law in the spring, it said it was doing so because the federal government…

Business and Government

American Spectator

Arizona Declares War on Capitalism

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 06/25/2010

The most persistent misunderstanding about Arizona’s new anti-immigration law, SB 1070, is that it is about security. The law’s supporters argue that there is…

Business and Government

American Spectator

Constitutionality Aside, Look at the Economic Damage

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 06/23/2010

Last week, the Obama administration confirmed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will file a lawsuit to challenge Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070 before…

Business and Government

American Spectator

The Great Immigration Deception

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 06/22/2010

Arizona’s controversial immigration law and Democratic responses to it have ignited a fierce political fight that will only intensify as the law goes into…

Business and Government

Study

A Drought of Reason and Investigation

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 06/16/2010

An Examination and Critique of the Center for Immigration Studies’ “A Drought of Summer Jobs”…

Business and Government

American Spectator

Mexican Hypocrisy? U.S. Neighbor Has Its Own Tough Take on Immigration

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 05/20/2010

Business and Government

American Spectator

Immigration Reform Should Focus on Security

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 05/17/2010

The recent arrest of Faisal Shahzad, the Times Square bombing suspect, has reopened the debate on immigration and national security. Shahzad is an immigrant…

Business and Government

American Spectator

Arizona Law May Be Flawed, But Federal Remedy Will Be Worse

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh
  • 05/07/2010

Business and Government

Cafe Hayek

Some Immigration Links

  • By: Alex Nowrasteh, Ryan Young
  • 05/03/2010

Business and Government

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