How Defy Ventures Reduces Recidivism With Rehabilitation

In the second part of this two-part series on the prison system reform, Jim Underdown speaks with Andrew Glazier, president of Defy Ventures, on the high recidivism rates in prisons, how Glazier and Defy Ventures are improving prison inmate rehabilitation, and what happens to communities when people are kept locked up indefinitely.

Defy Ventures is a nonprofit organization that helps current and formerly incarcerated adults with career-readiness and entrepreneurial training programs. You can learn more about the work Defy Ventures is doing by visiting their website or follow them on Twitter.
Interview:
https://pointofinquiry.org/2019/10/how-defy-ventures-reduces-recidivism-with-rehabilitation/

The $4.8 trillion immigration issue that is being overlooked by Washington - CNBC

Immigration is the No. 1 concern of small businesses on Main Street, the Q1 CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey reveals. The sentiment may be driven by the skills shortage and curbs that limit the formation of start-ups by immigrants...
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/12/the-4point8-trillion-immigration-issue--being-overlooked-by-washington.html

The Cost of Shutting Out Immigrants - Barron's

Immigrants make up 14% of the population, but 28% of startup founders and 24% of patent holders. Without that entrepreneurial zeal, the United States would be much less innovative. ....
https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-cost-of-shutting-out-immigrants-51546696800

Want more US jobs? Kill our restrictive immigration policies - The Hill

Four Facts About Entrepreneurship and Immigration Everyone Needs to Understand
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/421449-want-more-us-jobs-kill-our-restrictive-immigration-policies

Immigrants founded more than half of billion-dollar U.S. startups - Axios

Immigrants helped found more than half of the U.S.'s 87 startup companies valued at more than a billion dollars in 2016, according to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy, with the 11 biggest of those companies employing more than 17,000 people. ....
https://www.axios.com/immigrant-founders-billion-dollar-companies-15277776-206bb073-2f74-4c14-94c9-841e4d12b1ed.html

Deepak Chopra: Here's the biggest problem with Trump's plan to slash immigration -- CNBC

The RAISE Act would radically reshape America's immigration system – for the worse, say Deepak Chopra and Kabir Sehgal. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/03/the-real-problem-with-slashing-immigration-deepak-chopra-commentary.html