The United States has long been a nation shaped by immigration—built by generations of people who arrived seeking freedom, opportunity, and the promise of a better future. From the early European ...

In 1876, France gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States as a monument to republican liberty. Conceived by French abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye and built by artist Frédéric Auguste ...

“GIVE ME YOUR tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”, declares “The New Colossus”, Emma Lazarus’s sonnet on a bronze plaque at the entrance to the Statue of Liberty. A gift ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come. By Lydia ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about investor immigration and international law issues. The current U.S. immigration ...

Ken Langone, the billionaire founder of Home Depot, recently said of President Donald Trump, "I think he’s got a good shot at going down in history as one of our best presidents ever." That’s high ...

America's economic strength rests on its ability to attract talent, reward hard work, and out-innovate global competitors. Today, as the country faces labor shortages and an increasingly competitive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about investor immigration and international law issues. There’s a basic rule of good leadership, even when it comes to ...

Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos. By Jill Cowan Jill Cowan grew up in the ...