Illinois, District 7

Illinois, District 7

Letter Requesting Improved Language Access for Unaccompanied Children

Letter Requesting Improved Language Access for Unaccompanied Children

The American Immigration Council joined a team of nonprofits across the country to write a letter to Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Director Robin Dunn Marcos to express concern over lack of appropriate language access services for minors in ORR care. The Council and other groups urge ORR to develop… Read More

New Rule Spells Death for the Asylum System—AILA and the Council Urge the Biden Administration to Prioritize its Undoing

New Rule Spells Death for the Asylum System—AILA and the Council Urge the Biden Administration to Prioritize its Undoing

The American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Council urge the Biden administration to prioritize undoing of new rule that spells death for the asylum system Read More

Letter Demands Release of Detained Individuals at Risk of COVID-19 in El Paso Area Immigration Detention Centers

Letter Demands Release of Detained Individuals at Risk of COVID-19 in El Paso Area Immigration Detention Centers

The letter notes public health concerns related to COVID-19 for individuals in Immigration and Customs Enforcement's custody in El Paso, the need for the immediate release of individuals who are at high risk, and recommending steps to mitigate the crisis for this population. Read More

Chicago Tribune Commentary: I helped refugees in Iraq. Now I’m a refugee working in the U.S.

Chicago Tribune Commentary: I helped refugees in Iraq. Now I’m a refugee working in the U.S.

As an aid worker in Iraq, I worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the United Nations to help Syrian refugees fleeing the Islamic State. Now, I’m an immigrant myself, building a new life in Chicago and contributing to my new home as an administrator at a local… Read More

New Americans in Chicago

New Americans in Chicago

A new report from New American Economy shows that immigrants represented 36 percent of Chicago’s entrepreneurs and generated $659 million in business income in 2016. The report, New Americans in Chicago, was produced in partnership with the Chicago Mayor’s Office of New Americans. The report also shows that immigrants also… Read More

Immigrants Accounted for One-Third of Chicago’s Entrepreneurs in 2016

Immigrants Accounted for One-Third of Chicago’s Entrepreneurs in 2016

CHICAGO, IL – Immigrants represented 36 percent of Chicago’s entrepreneurs and generated $659 million in business income in 2016, according to a new report by New American Economy (NAE), produced in partnership with the Chicago Mayor’s Office of New Americans. The report also shows that immigrants also held nearly… Read More

New American Economy Releases the NAE Cities Index, a First-Ever Analysis Measuring How Effectively Cities are Integrating Immigrants

New American Economy Releases the NAE Cities Index, a First-Ever Analysis Measuring How Effectively Cities are Integrating Immigrants

NEW YORK, NY – Today, on Citizenship Day, hundreds of civic and business leaders, including Members of Congress, mayors, city council members, and chamber of commerce executives, joined New American Economy to release the NAE Cities Index—the first comprehensive, national assessment of immigrant integration policy and socioeconomic outcomes… Read More

Chicago Business Leader, Grandson of Italian Immigrant, Advocates for Restaurant Workers Across Illinois

Chicago Business Leader, Grandson of Italian Immigrant, Advocates for Restaurant Workers Across Illinois

Sam Toia, a third-generation Italian-American, whose grandfather emigrated from Sicily in the 1920’s, is deeply embedded in Chicago’s culinary world. As President & CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association (IRA), he advocates on behalf of the industry and its workers. In the state of Illinois alone, there are more… Read More

Mexican Contractor Started From Scratch, Now Builds Jobs

Mexican Contractor Started From Scratch, Now Builds Jobs

In August 2017, Salvador Ayala fulfilled a lifelong dream. The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, business owner purchased a house for his family — in cash. “That was a huge accomplishment for me,” says Ayala, a former undocumented immigrant from Mexico, who now owns Sal Home Improvement, a painting and remodeling company… Read More

Med School Promotes DACA to Help Cure Nation’s Doctor Shortage

Med School Promotes DACA to Help Cure Nation’s Doctor Shortage

A single email in 2011 set Mark Kuczewski, chair of medical education at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, on a journey to help undocumented immigrants become doctors. A colleague had written saying he had received an application from one of the most talented candidates he had ever… Read More

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