Welcoming Immigrants & Growing the Economy

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Church of the Resurrection

Solon, OhioSeptember 11, 2013

Richard Herman

Welcoming Immigrants

& Growing the Economy
http://na.netip.org/


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Can Immigrants Help Rebuildthe Rust Belt Economy?


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Jobs & People

MICHIGAN

Over last 10 years, lost

790,000 jobs

Detroit: over last 60years, lost 50% ofpopulation (1.8 million

to 900,000)

Percentage ofimmigrants droppedfrom 30% to 10%

OHIO

Over last 10 years, lost525,000 jobs

Cleveland: over last 60years, lost 60% ofpopulation (950,000 to396,000) (17% in 10 yrs)

Percentage ofimmigrants droppedfrom 30% to 5%


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The richest regions arethose with the highest

proportion of immigrants.Presidents Commission on

Immigration, 1953


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A New Urban Movement:Welcoming Immigrants to Spur

Economic Growth

Chicago MayorsOffice for New

Americans

Global Philly Baltimore

Mayor NutterMayor Rawlings Blake

Mayor Leitzell &Commissioner Joseph

County CommissionerCharlie Dooley

St. Louis


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Millions of Unfilled Jobs in the Great Recession

3.6 million open jobs according to U.S. Dept. of

Labor


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Immigrants largelycompliment, notdisplace, American-

born workforce.

Immigrant workersusually work in high-

skilled or lowerskilled jobs, whereU.S. has a shortage of

workers.


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Undocumente d Workers Nega tivelyImpact U.S. Worker Wages by 0 .15 % ---

less than 2/10 of 1% U . S . F e d e r a l R e s e r v e B a n k , A t l a n t a

* Each Lower-Skil led, Non -Ag Worker inShortage Occupa tion creates 4.6 American

Jobs .P a r t n e r s h i p N e w A m e r i c a n E c o n o m y

How About Undocumented

Workers & Lower Skilled Jobs?


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Where do jobs come from?


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ALL net job creation in America over last25 years comes from STARTUPS ---creating 40 million new jobs

New Firms add an average of 3 millionjobs in first year

Older companies lost 1 million jobsannually

--- Kauffman Foundation

STARTUPS:New employment paradigm


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When it comes to jobgrowth, STARTUPcompanies arenteverything..

theyre the ONLYTHING!


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So WHO are

behind thestartups in

America?


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we welcome the

job-creators

USA I t D th


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* Immigrants twice as likely as native-born

to start a business;

* Immigrants founded more than 50% of

the high-tech companies in Silicon Valley;

* Immigrants are more likely to earn an advanceddegree, invent something, be

awarded a U.S. patent;

USA: Imm grants Dr v ng theNew Economy and

Urban Revitalization


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40% of Fortune 500 companies were fundedby an immigrant or child of an immigrant

These companies employ 10 million peopleworldwide, and generate $4,200,000,000,000

in revenue per year

Immigrants StartCompanies & Create Jobs

2011 study by Partnership for a New American Economy


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Immigrant-Founded Companies

Compiled by Richard Herman, www.ImmigrantInc.com


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the world were created by U.S.immigrants or children of U.S.

immigrants

Ford Google Intel GE Budweiser Home Depot

AT&T McDonalds U.S. Steel

Boeing IBM Dow

Disney Kraft UPS

Apple Procter & Gamble Estee Lauder

Hertz Levis DuPont

Pfizer Bank of America Heinz


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13,740 Asian owned businesses had sales of $5.1billion, 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)

Ohio Immigrant Entrepreneurs &Consumers: The Facts


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Immigrants Are DrivingU.S. Innovation

* Immigrants filing patents at

twice rate of American-born.

* Immigrant patent filings: 72%

Qualcomm, 65% Merck,64% GE, 60% Cisco


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To immigrate is an

entrepreneurial act--Ed Roberts, Founder

MIT Entrepreneurship Center


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Immigrants Can Drive Exports

Research in Sweden demonstrates that a 10percent increase in immigrant populationwas linked to a 6 percent increase inbilateral trade with the immigrants home

country.


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10% of Fortune 100 CEOs Are Immigrants

Despite coming from demographic that

comprises 1.5% of U.S. population


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Foreign Students in Ohio, National Rank and

Economic Impact

Rank in US Total

FOREIGN STUDENTS IN OH #8 24,709

+10.5%

ESTIMATED FOREIGN STUDENTS EXPENDITURE IN

OH (in millions of dollars)

$662

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 City Total

Ohio State University Columbus 6082

CWRU Cleveland 1559

CSU Cleveland 1500

Tri-C Cleveland 288


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Intl Students Who Stay = Jobs for U.S.

For every 100 international students who

stay after earning U.S. advanced degreesin science, technology, engineering ormath a CREATE 262 JOBS IN AMERICA

2011 Study by American Enterprise Institute &Partnership for New American Economy:


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$1.5 trillion added to GDPin next 10 years

.If we legalize the 11 millionundocumented persons in U.S.

UCLA, 2010


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Immigrants have created millions of jobs forAmericans, and will create millions more.

if we let them --- in advanced manufacturing, cleanenergy, biotech, advanced materials, exports.


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U.S. Immigration & Its Job-Creation Capacity:

BROKEN

I i ti P li I N t Ali d ith


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Immigration Policy Is Not Aligned withNations Economic Development Needs

Malawi = India (nationality quotas: each

country allocated 7% of employment basedgreen cards per year, regardless of their nationspopulation)

Discriminate Against Highly Skilled. Of1 Million Green Cards issued per year, only 4-

5% or given to highly skilled (advanceddegreed) or investor immigrants


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These quotas are nearly 60years old ----- they have norelationship with the needs of

Americas New Economy


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Skilled immigrants, many ofwhom want to start their

own company in the U.S.,have to wait up to 8 years

for a Green Card


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We treat them like DIRT,

instead of the GOLDEN-JOB-CREATORS!


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So, they are leaving (or notcoming at all)

First time in U.S. history----- reverse brain drain, over100,000 high skilled immigrants are expected to leave

the U.S. in next 10 years


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They see new opportunity intheir home countries, or are

welcomed in other countries


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Canada and other countriesare coming to U.S. soil to

recruit our disgruntledhigh-skill immigrants,

offering them fast-trackcitizenship, jobs, and

business support


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What part of

legalimmigration is#!@x^#!-ed up

dont they understand?


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This is what NYC MayorBloomberg calls:

National Suicide.


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And not just PhDimmigrants ----- all hard-working immigrants

with a dream.

Its all connected.


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REFUGEES CAN CHANGE

THE WORLD


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Want to Win?Build the most

powerful teams onthe planet

(just like NBA)


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The Staple Act


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The Dream Act


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Talent is the

New Oil.Drill, Baby,

Drill!


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H.R. 1417, June 27, 2013Border Security Act Results Act of 2013

Border Security (over 10 years, doubling border patrol, 35o newfencing, tech, E-verify, exit system) 100% surveillance, 90% catch rate

Path to Citizenship: 11 million undocumented eligible for RegisteredProvisional Immigrant Status 6 months after enactment, if in U.S.since 12/31/2011, $500 fine, work & travel but no for most fedbenefits, good for 6 years, renewal for another 6, if deported fornoncriminal reasons can apply to re-enter in provisional status ifspouse or child citizen or pr, or brought to u.s. as child. After 10 yearsseek Green Card, current on taxes & pay $1,000 fine, work, english. 3years later, citizenship. Border triggers must be met. Dreamers wait 5years for PR then citizenship.

Hi gh Skilled Workers: H1B visas, 65,000 to 11o,000, plus 25,000 advancedd d f ll ( hi h )


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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 ayear for jobs in construction, long term care, hospitality and other . Newagricultural visa. Already here illegally, 2 years, could qualify in other 5 for greencard.

Family Immigration: eliminate siblings. Allowu.s. citizens to sponsor marriedchildren under 31. eliminates limit on pr sponosr spouses and children.

Within 4 years, all employers on E-Verify.


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.Isnt ImmigrantaDirty Word?


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Discussion

of Illegal

Immigratio

n

in 2007

Lou

DobbsTonight

O'ReillyFactor GlennBeck

182

146

74


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Proportions

of Discussions

on Illegal

Immigration

Mentioning

Crime in 2007

Lou

DobbsTonight

O'ReillyFactor GlennBeck

52%

45% 39%

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Immigration and Crime FACTS

San Diego, Phoenix, El Paso, andAustin

Immigrant Incarceration Rates are one-fifth the incarceration rates of people bornin the U.S.


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We dont talk about

immigrants as the Dream-

Keepers, the Job-Creators,the Bedrock of Family-Values, the ENGINE that

makes America work!


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Its important that weunderstand WHY so many

Americans fear and loathethe new immigrants


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Americas Demographics Are A-

Changin

* Last decade, 85% of populationincrease from racial & ethnicminorities

* 1 out of 7 new marriages areinterracial


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* Young whites (under 18) are theminority in 10 states, including

Arizona

* By 2021, the majority of

children 4 and under will beminority

* By 2042, the majority of allAmericans will be minority


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I am concerned by the


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I am concerned by themajoritys attempt tomanufacture tension

between African-Americans andimmigrantcommunities. It seems

as though they would likefor our communities tothink about immigration

in terms ofus versusthem, and I reject thatnotion.

March 1, 2011, Rep.Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Congressional

Black Caucus


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its all connected


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HYPER-

CONNECTIVITY

What Does the New Economy

Crave?

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Silicon ValleyCleveland


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Putting Out theWelcome Mat

-Building the Intercultural City

-Abandoning practice of segregated diversity

Our Future Is in the Mix


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We Are All Immigrants


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Nearly 2/3 of America

is an immigrant, achild or grandchild of

an immigrant, or

married to animmigrant


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some came to these shoresvoluntarily..some did not


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Its in our DNA

we are strivers and survivors


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Key to Success:

think like animmigrant

Omid Kordestani

IMMIGRANT INC A CULTURE


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IMMIGRANT, INC ---- A CULTURE

Family

Education

EntrepreneurshipSelf-Reliance

ThriftLove of Country & the Dream


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Philly enjoys an ecosystem thatwelcomes & connects immigrants,revitalizing neighborhoods

After decades ofout-migration,

Philly showspopulationincrease for first

time in 60 years --- in large partdue to influx ofimmigrants

between 2000and 2010


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Good Luck


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Want Jobs?

Tap theImmigrantDividend

Welcome theJob-Creators by

Changing

Perceptions &Reforming

Immigration

Law

For More Info:

www.ImmigrantInc.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JAU6AvrDkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JAU6AvrDkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JAU6AvrDk

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