Kentucky, District 2

Kentucky, District 2

Complaint Filed Against ICE As Misuse of Solitary Confinement in Colorado Facility Raises Concerns

Complaint Filed Against ICE As Misuse of Solitary Confinement in Colorado Facility Raises Concerns

Immigration advocacy groups filed a complaint with DHS' oversight bodies urging an investigation into the increased use and misuse of solitary confinement at the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado. Read More

City of Bowling Green, KY Launches First-Ever Welcoming Plan for New Americans

City of Bowling Green, KY Launches First-Ever Welcoming Plan for New Americans

Bowling Green, KY — Today, the City of Bowling Green in Warren County, KY publicly unveiled “Building Community and Growing our Economy: A Welcoming Plan for New Americans,” a comprehensive set of recommendations to engage and integrate New Americans into the local community and workforce. The Welcoming Plan… Read More

Texas Tribune Opinion: Proposed federal rule could penalize legal immigrants, like my parents

Texas Tribune Opinion: Proposed federal rule could penalize legal immigrants, like my parents

When my parents took my brothers and me to visit my grandparents in Mexico last summer, it was meant to be a relaxing family reunion. But I spent the week feeling terrified. I couldn’t stop thinking about what would happen when we crossed the border and returned to Texas. In… Read More

Foreign-Born Residents Contributed Over $564 Million to Warren County’s GDP in 2016

Foreign-Born Residents Contributed Over $564 Million to Warren County’s GDP in 2016

BOWLING GREEN, KY – Immigrants in Warren County contributed $564.3 million to the county’s GDP in 2016 and paid $43 million in federal taxes and $21.1 million in state and local taxes, according to a new research brief by New American Economy (NAE), in partnership with the City… Read More

New Americans in Warren County

New Americans in Warren County

New research from New American Economy (NAE) shows that immigrants in Warren County, KY contributed $564.3 million to the county’s GDP in 2016 and paid $43 million in federal taxes and $21.1 million in state and local taxes. The report, New Americans in Warren County, was prepared in partnership… Read More

First-Generation Mexican-American Serves His Community Through His Business

First-Generation Mexican-American Serves His Community Through His Business

At age 10, Victor Puga left his native Mexico for Kentucky. Since his father had been naturalized through the Reagan Amnesty of 1986, Puga arrived as a U.S. citizen. Still, his path wasn’t easy. He became a father at a young age and dropped out of school to work for… Read More

Bosnian Refugee Helps Start National Trucking Company from Scratch

Bosnian Refugee Helps Start National Trucking Company from Scratch

Amira Zukic came to America with close to nothing, but after learning English and working hard, she and her husband now run one of Kentucky’s largest trucking companies, with $17 million in annual revenues. The secret to their success? “A lot of work, a lot of work, a lot… Read More

New Polling Shows Huge Support Among Republicans, including Trump’s Base, for Border Security/Dreamer Protection Deal

New Polling Shows Huge Support Among Republicans, including Trump’s Base, for Border Security/Dreamer Protection Deal

NEW YORK, NY – Today, New American Economy and TargetPoint Consulting released new polling showing that Republican and conservative voters, including Trump’s base, overwhelmingly support a deal in Congress for increased border security in exchange for a path to citizenship for Dreamers. The results show that… Read More

It’s the Economy: Nation’s Oldest State Really Needs Its Dreamers

It’s the Economy: Nation’s Oldest State Really Needs Its Dreamers

Publicly, Sharon McDonnell’s son’s friend goes by the name “S.” That’s because S is an undocumented immigrant. And although she now has Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a policy that currently shields her from deportation, she cannot be sure how long she will remain protected. None of the country’s… Read More

An Unresolved DACA Would ‘Tear Our World Apart’

An Unresolved DACA Would ‘Tear Our World Apart’

Carolina Hernandez-Arango is a business-administration major in her final year at Wichita State University. She is also a mother of two, a community organizer — and a Dreamer, brought to the United States from Mexico by her parents when she was 3 years old to receive urgent medical treatment. Now,… Read More

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