Immigration as an Economic Engine (Video)

ORIGINALLY RECORDED June 15, 2011

Edward Alden, Alejandro Mayorkas, and Vivek Wadhwa address the benefits of immigration reform for the economic future of the United States. The session focuses on the many important contributions immigrants make creating jobs in the country and addressed what can be done fix the system currently in place.
This session was part of the symposium, The Future of U.S. Immigration Policy: Next Steps. This event was made possible through the generous support from the Ford Foundation.


SPEAKERS:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Alejandro Mayorkas, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Vivek Wadhwa, Senior Research Associate, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
PRESIDER:
Matthew Winkler, Editor in Chief, Bloomberg News

http://www.cfr.org/united-states/immigration-economic-engine-video/p25279

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