Panelists discussed how current U.S. immigration policies affect business competitiveness, productivity, and worker flows.
"The Americas Society examined the impact of immigration-related ordinances put in place in communities in more than two dozen states and cited a shrinking labor pool as a common result," writes The Lincoln Journal Star's Art Hovey speaking about the conclusions of AS/COA's white paper The Economic Impact of Immigrant-Related Local Ordinances, released in October 2011.
This white paper presents findings on ways to ease youth access to labor markets in Mexico and El Salvador, with lessons for the region as a whole. It draws attention to private-sector initiatives that promote youth employment through skills training, entrepreneurship, and support of at-risk youth.
When the highest court in the United States decides on the constitutionality of Arizona’s controversial immigration law next year, it could also decide the fate of similar laws in other states.
A new approach by the DHS aims to change immigration enforcement by prioritizing criminal deportations and using discretion with non-criminal immigrants. But is the policy enough to appease both frustrated Latino voters and states with strict new immigration laws?
"The Institutional Revolutionary Party favors having an agreement with the United States that allows free transit for those who live [in the United States], and those who will eventually participate more in the U.S. economy," said Enrique Peña Nieto during his public presentation at AS/COA November 17. (en español)
