The Economic Engine

Modernizing U.S. immigration policy is not merely a matter of immigration reform. It is a critical strategy for sustaining long-term workforce vitality and safeguarding national economic security. As demographics shift and declining birth rates threaten to shrink the domestic labor supply, a data-driven immigration framework acts as a vital economic engine, injecting essential talent into high growth industries including science, technology and healthcare. Properly aligned visa categories and legal pathways with real time market strategies ensure that our workforce and economy remain globally competitive. Integrating immigrants into the labor market builds a more resilient economic foundation that is capable of enduring challenges.

Please join the Belfer Center's Homeland Security Project for a fireside chat with Eva Millona, Homeland Security Project Fellow and Senior Vice President/Foundation Fellow at the Eastern Bank Foundation. This interactive seminar will be moderated by Professor Juliette Kayyem, Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security and Director of the Homeland Security Project on Thursday, October 22, from 12:00PM to 1:00PM in the Belfer Library (L-369) here at HKS. Lunch will be provided.

This off-the-record session is for Harvard ID holders only.