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Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee

Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee

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Posted by Vuong Hoang. Colgate class of 2024.Source: Metz, Cade, and Adam Satariano. “Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee.”The New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022. The Russian-Ukrainian War occuring in the Republic of Crimea right now is having massive and potentially irreversible economic impacts. The refugee crisis and the many sanctions against Russia are not the only factors that will have long-lasting implications on the global economy, as there is another significant shift happening inside Russia –…

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New Policies Will Be Made to Deal With the Immigration Crisis at U.S. Borders

New Policies Will Be Made to Deal With the Immigration Crisis at U.S. Borders

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Posted by Aiden Huang. Colgate Class of 2023 Source: Parti, T., & Hackman, M. (2022, April 18). “U.S.-Mexico Border Arrests Top One Million in Six Months”. WSJ.  The immigration crisis due to the pandemic and the recent wars has put huge pressure on U.S. borders. Since October, the U.S. has arrested more than a million illegal immigrants — the fastest pace of illegal border crossing in about two decades. On the other hand, only 11,397 people were permitted to enter…

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Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee

Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee

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Post by Candido Martinez. Colgate University Class of 2023. Source: Metz, C., & Satariano, A. (2022, April 13). Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee. The New York Times. With the Russia-Ukraine war, Russians have begun to flee their country. At the forefront of those leaving are tech workers, causing Russia to experience a massive brain drain. So far, around 70,000 tech workers have left the country and another 100,000 are expected to follow. Financing this exodus of…

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C.D.C Confirms It Will Lift Public Health Order Restricting Immigration

C.D.C Confirms It Will Lift Public Health Order Restricting Immigration

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Posted by Nina Armideo, Colgate University Class of 2022 Source: Sullivan, E. (2022, April 1). C.D.C. Confirms It Will Lift Public Health Order Restricting Immigration. The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/us/politics/cdc-immigration-title-42.html On May 23, the United States will lift Title 42, an order which gives border officials control to prevent migrants and asylum seekers from entering the United States. This was an emergency public health order which was intended to reduce the spread of the pandemic….

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Biden Administration Prepares Sweeping Change to Asylum Process

Biden Administration Prepares Sweeping Change to Asylum Process

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Posted by Emma Lombardo. Colgate class of 2022.  Source: Sullivan, Eileen. “Biden Administration Prepares Sweeping Change to Asylum Process.” The New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022. Under the Biden administration’s new policy, immigrants seeking asylum in the United States will be able to have their claims evaluated by asylum officers instead of immigration judges. With more than 670,000 cases pending, this plan will take the burden off of backlogged immigration courts, as well as greatly shorten the process. The new process is…

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Add Declining Immigration to Problems Weighing on the Labor Market

Add Declining Immigration to Problems Weighing on the Labor Market

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Source: Hackman, M. (2022, April 5). “Add Declining Immigration to Problems Weighing on the Labor Market.” The Wall Street Journal As immigration to the U.S. began to slow down during the Trump administration and further declined during the COVID-19 pandemic due to Title 42, there are approximately 2.4 million fewer working-age immigrants in the country than if previous immigration trends from 2017 had continued. Moreover, immigrants currently in the U.S. are experiencing larger wait times to receive their work permits,…

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As Ukrainians Flee to Israel, A Debate Over Who is Allowed to Stay

As Ukrainians Flee to Israel, A Debate Over Who is Allowed to Stay

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Source: Rubin, Shira. “As Ukrainians Flee to Israel, a Debate over Who Is Allowed to Stay.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 19 Apr. 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/19/israel-ukraine-war-refugees-identity/. Amid the Ukrainian War, when Russian troops began to invade Ukrainian cities with force, millions of citizens were forced to evacuate their homes and seek new lives in other countries. Among these millions is Olga Olinichenko, a Ukrainian citizen who is currently applying for Israeli citizenship. Within the past month, Israel has received and accepted…

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A Pandemic Rule is Among the Trump-Era Immigration Policies That Has Divided the White House

A Pandemic Rule is Among the Trump-Era Immigration Policies That Has Divided the White House

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Posted by Jack Selati. Colgate Class of 2023 Source: Kanno-youngs, Zolan, and Michael. “A Pandemic Rule Is among the Trump-Era Immigration Policies That Has Divided the White House.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022,https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/politics/a-pandemic-rule-is-among-the-trump-era-immigration-policies-that-has-divided-the-white-house.html.  Recently, policy disputes over immigration have been prevalent within the White House as both parties argue over the imminent surge of immigrants crossing the southwestern U.S. border. When Biden was initially elected President, he vowed to regress the unfair and inhumane…

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Beyond the Battlefield: What Might Happen next in the Ukraine Crisis

Beyond the Battlefield: What Might Happen next in the Ukraine Crisis

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Source: Jakes, L (24, February 2022).  Beyond the Battlefield: What Might Happen Next in the Ukraine Crisis. New York Times. Europe is facing a new refugee crisis with the recent attacks in Ukraine. Russia’s acts of aggression have forced several thousand Ukrainians to flee from their homes to other parts of Europe, the majority traveling to Poland and Moldova in just the first 48 hours of the invasion. Estimates predict that up to millions of refugees will be at Europe’s…

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The Economic Case for High-Skilled Immigrants

The Economic Case for High-Skilled Immigrants

Post by Jayvion Queen. Colgate Class of 2022. Source: Bokil, S. (2021, April 13). “The economic case for high-skilled immigration.” Harvard Political Review. In the article, Bokil argues for H-1B visas and supports this with evidence of high-skilled immigration benefiting our economy. One of the fundamental arguments against immigration is that immigrants “steal” American jobs. However, there is no data to support this and some say that immigration, especially high-skilled H-1B workers, actually create jobs for American workers. Bill Gates…

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