Startup visa. New York City Mayor Bloomberg calls for major immigration reform: The Mayor proposed green cards for graduates with advanced degrees in essential fields; a new visa for entrepreneurs with investors ready to invest capital in their job-creating idea; more temporary and permanent visas for highly skilled workers…The Mayor also announced the results of a study conducted by the Partnership for a New American Economy – a bipartisan group of business leaders and mayors from across the country – that found more than 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants and those companies employ more than 10 million people worldwide and have combined revenues of $4.2 trillion. and In the last presidential election I interviewed most of the candidates on a variety of tech issues, including immigration.
Most of the candidates punted because the issue is so politically charged. The fact is that those immigrants create companies, create jobs, create wealth. Debategraph.
19 May 2011 - Obama’s Speech on Arab Spring. Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery“A Moment of Opportunity”U.S. Department of StateMay 19, 2011I want to thank Hillary Clinton, who has traveled so much these last six months that she is approaching a new landmark – one million frequent flyer miles. I count on Hillary every day, and I believe that she will go down as of the finest Secretaries of State in our nation’s history.The State Department is a fitting venue to mark a new chapter in American diplomacy. For six months, we have witnessed an extraordinary change take place in the Middle East and North Africa. Square by square; town by town; country by country; the people have risen up to demand their basic human rights. Two leaders have stepped aside. More may follow. Upcoming Obama speech on Arab Spring. US president Barack Obama will announce economic aid for Egypt and Tunisia during a speech on the Middle East on Thursday, but White House officials are saying little about how he will address key policy issues after months of revolution and unrest in the region.
Obama will announce a plan to cancel roughly $1 billion of Egypt's debt to the United States, a senior administration official said during a conference call on Wednesday. The US will work with the Egyptian government to funnel that money into job creation. Washington will also offer Egypt another $1 billion in new loan guarantees to support infrastructure development. Other international institutions, like the IMF and the World Bank, are expected to offer several billion dollars in additional financing. Modest debt relief White House officials have billed Thursday's speech at the US state department as a "major address. " Asked about US policy towards Syria, though, an administration official flatly refused to discuss the subject. Dans son discours, Obama soutient les manifestants du monde arabe. Barack Obama a promis jeudi 19 mai un changement d'approche des Etats-Unis envers le Moyen-Orient, plaçant fermement son administration du côté des manifestants pour la démocratie, dans un discours très attendu revenant sur six mois de révoltes arabes.
Faute d'un changement d'approche, impératif, l'Amérique fera face à une profonde rupture avec le monde arabe, a assuré le président américain depuis le département d'Etat, où il prononçait cette allocution. L'hôte de la Maison Blanche est revenu en détail sur les épisodes du printemps arabe. Il s'en est pris en particulier au dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, et au président syrien Bachar Al-Assad. "Le peuple syrien a montré son courage en exigeant une transition vers la démocratie, a commenté M. Obama. Le président Assad est maintenant face à un choix. A défaut, Bachar Al-Assad – que Washington a personnellement sanctionné mercredi – et son régime "seront défiés de l'intérieur, et continueront d'être isolés à l'extérieur".