The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
is joining with the Partnership for a New American Economy, the National
Immigration Forum and a bipartisan coalition of more than 500 CEOs and mayors
in urging college and university presidents and chancellors to push Congress to
enact immigration reform that will allow the U.S. to retain the best and
brightest minds trained and educated in our country. This alliance has marked
April 19, 2013 as a day for campus communities across the country to hold
events that demonstrate a joint commitment in changing and improving existing
immigration laws.
Many foreign-born students that attain degrees in the fields
of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) leave the country due to
outdated and restrictive immigration laws that send U.S. trained talent
overseas to work in direct competition with American industries. This results
in a drain on innovation and entrepreneurship with a heavy cost to the national
economy. Key points that support the effort to reforming immigration policy
are:
For more information on how individuals and organizations
can participate, visit March for
Innovation or the crowdspeaking platform Thunderclap.