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Japan Times: Aging Population Needs Immigrants
24.May.2013Imagine a prosperous industrial nation whose demographics are listing heavily toward pensioners – and people on the cusp of retirement – prompting concerns about who will care for them in the their old age, and who will pay for it. If this sounds strikingly familiar, that’s not an accident: the United States and many of [...]
Murthy Attends United Way Tocqueville Society Events
21.May.2013Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, is an active member of the United Way of Central Maryland’s (UWCM) Tocqueville Society, which honors major donors who have shown exemplary generosity in their annual giving. She recently attended two of its events. Murthy attended the April 11th Tocqueville Leaders Gathering at the Willard Hotel in [...]
Los Angeles Times: Immigration Will Help Retiring Baby Boomers
20.May.2013Older Americans who oppose immigration reform may want to rethink their position, according to a recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times. [See Boomers Need Immigrants, Los Angeles Times editorial board, 12.May.2013.] The thrust of their argument: there may be costs associated with legalizing millions of unauthorized immigrants, but for demographic reasons, we can’t afford [...]
AIC Disputes the Heritage Study on CIR Costs
17.May.2013As the Senate immigration bill gradually works its way through the system, opponents of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) are busy sowing doubts – and fears – about the putative economic costs of the measure. In particular, the path to citizenship laid out for some 11 million unauthorized immigrants has been targeted. The Heritage Foundation recently [...]
The GOP and CIR: Pushing Forward or Pulling Back?
14.May.2013On the issue of immigration reform, the American conservative movement appears to be straining to go in two different directions at once, much like the pushmi-pullyu (two-headed llama from the Dr. Dolittle children’s stories). Among those pushing toward comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) are lukewarm supporters who see it as a political inevitability that’s not worth [...]
Murthy’s New Role & Maryland Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting
13.May.2013Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, attended the Annual Meeting of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, held May 1, 2013 at the Hilton BWI Airport. At a board meeting that afternoon, Murthy was elected to her new position as Vice Chair of the Chamber’s Board of Directors. For the past two years, she [...]
Murthy Sponsors Dinner Honoring Dr. Madhav Chavan of Pratham
10.May.2013Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, was master of ceremonies at an April 24th, dinner honoring Dr. Madhav Chavan, founder and CEO of India’s renowned educational nonprofit, Pratham. The event was held at Bombay Tandoor in Vienna, Virginia, and hosted by Pratham’s Washington D.C. chapter. The Murthy Law Firm was a proud sponsor [...]
Two MNF Grantees Nominated for Awards: Vote Today!
8.May.2013Philanthropy is integral to the Murthy Law Firm business plan. This innovation began when Sheela Murthy and her husband, Vasant Nayak, created the MurthyNAYAK Foundation (MNF), to channel their financial resources and philanthropic energies into socially transformative projects, changing the world, one person at a time. Areas on which MNF focuses its support are education [...]
The Boston Bombings and Immigration Reform
7.May.2013Once it became known that the Boston bombing suspects were immigrants from Russia’s restive southern flank, the handwringing began. Chief among the handwringers was Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who expressed his concerns in a letter to Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, cautioning that: “Before Congress moves forward, some important national security questions must be addressed. [...]
Laurene Powell Jobs Speaks Out: We Need Immigration Reform
3.May.2013Laurene Powell Jobs has stayed out of the limelight in the months since the death of her husband, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. [See Goodbye to a Great American Genius: Steve Jobs, (1955-2011), MurthyBlog, 06.Oct.2013.] Powell Jobs broke that silence in a recent appearance on NBC’s Rock Center, speaking out on the need for immigration reform, [...]