Richard T. Herman, Author at The Land

Richard T. Herman

Richard T. Herman has practiced immigration law for over 30 years and is the founder of Herman Legal Group, a Cleveland immigration law firm. He is the co-author of Immigrant, Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy and writes frequently on the intersection immigration law, administrative procedure, and regulatory policy. Richard is regularly quoted by The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Forbes, and numerous international media.

Cleveland built a better system for tracking immigrants than attracting them: Opinion

By Richard T. Herman ● Government ● July 23, 2026

Cleveland has spent nearly two decades saying immigrants are indispensable to the region’s revival. Yet they never built an immigrant-attraction strategy equal to the scale of Cleveland’s demographic and economic needs.

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