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ICE Targets Mississippi Food Plants in Largest Set of Immigration Raids
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted coordinated raids in several small Mississippi towns on Wednesday. With reports of 680 arrests, the raids may be the largest ICE worksite crackdown in over a decade. More than 600 ICE agents raided seven food processing plants in several… Read More
Liberian Immigrant Serves Montana by Becoming Mayor of Its Capitol
Wilmot Collins knew nothing about cold weather. A Liberian, he had spent his life in sub-Saharan Africa. Now, at age 30, he was escaping civil war and moving to Montana, where his wife had spent a year during high school. So when a relative gave him two pairs of long… Read More
Immigrant and Community Leader from Chile Paves the Way on Local Immigration Policy
Mirtha Becerra was born at the dawn of the Pinochet regime in Chile. When she was 11 years old, in the mid 1980s, her father, an architect, found himself unable to provide a good life for his family under the brutal dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte and took a… Read More
NAE Statement on the Joint Cabinet Commitment to Improving the H-2A Agricultural Worker Visa
Following the announcement that four cabinet agencies – the Departments of Agriculture, Labor, State, and Homeland Security – are working in coordination to propose streamlining and improving the H-2A agricultural visa program, New American Economy President John Feinblatt issued the following statement: “Simplifying the H-2A visa program would pay immediate dividends… Read More
Brief Profile: Eager To Serve His Country, Dreamer Worries He May Be Thrown Out Instead
Luis Montesdeoca was still in high school when he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army. “I was drawn to the brotherhood and pride,” he says. “But then I found out that I didn’t qualify, because of my immigration status.” Montesdeoca was undocumented. When he was 15 years old, his… Read More
U.S. Lacks Computer Workers to Help Entrepreneur Expand U.S. Business
When Indian immigrant Sameer Penakalapati started Avani Technology Solutions in 2010, the Rochester-based business had two employees and revenues of $300,000. Since then, the company, which provides information technology services, has soared. It now has $50 million in annual revenue and 520 American employees in eight cities across the country. Read More
Ohio’s Largest Industry Depends on Migrant Labor, Says Farmer
For the last 10 years, Ohio farmer Tom Witten has relied on temporary workers from El Salvador to farm the 290 acres of sweet corn, tomatoes, and other labor-intensive crops that account for a substantial part of his business. He says the visa application process for these workers is expensive… Read More
Louisiana Congregation To Muslim Neighbors: ‘We’re Glad You’re Here’
Little Flower Church, a 350-member Roman Catholic congregation located in Monroe, Louisiana, cares deeply about its neighbors. Its annual budget of around $270,000 runs the church’s food bank, and its preschool and daycare center receives an additional $430,000 each year from the city’s department of education. This is why, following… Read More
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