Illinois, District 13

Illinois, District 13

DRC Immigrant Finds His Faith and a Path to Helping Other Immigrants

DRC Immigrant Finds His Faith and a Path to Helping Other Immigrants

César M’nyampara was a mining-industry lawyer in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but when his father, a political activist, was murdered in 2003, he decided to find a safer place for his family. In 2011, M’nyampara, his pregnant wife, and their four children came to Illinois on diversity visas. There,… Read More

New Americans in Champaign County

New Americans in Champaign County

New research from New American Economy shows that immigrants in Champaign County contributed $1.4 billion to the area’s GDP in 2016 and paid $119.1 million in federal taxes and $57.2 million in state and local taxes. The report was prepared in partnership with the University YMCA, Champaign County Economic Development… Read More

Immigrants in San Diego Contributed $54 Billion to County GDP in 2016

Immigrants in San Diego Contributed $54 Billion to County GDP in 2016

SAN DIEGO, CA – Immigrants contributed over $54 billion—25 percent—to the San Diego metro area GDP in 2016, according to a new research brief released by New American Economy in partnership with the City of San Diego, the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the San Diego Regional… Read More

Watch: U.S. Senator Cory Booker Joins the iMarch

Watch: U.S. Senator Cory Booker Joins the iMarch

Immigrants Offset Population Decline, Keep Midwest Economy Afloat

Immigrants Offset Population Decline, Keep Midwest Economy Afloat

In 2017, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs published “Immigration a Demographic Lifeline in Midwestern Metros,” a report demonstrating how immigrants have helped offset U.S.-born population loss across the Midwest and revitalized an aging workforce. “Native-born Americans are getting older, so working-age natives —… Read More

Most Foreign Laborers Want to Return Home, Says Immigration Aide

Most Foreign Laborers Want to Return Home, Says Immigration Aide

Ricardo Diaz was born in Mexico to an American mother and a Mexican father. He was educated in the United States, and spent summers with his family in Mexico. He’s seen the best of both worlds. Now he works as a youth development program manager for Latino families at the… Read More

KCAL 9 CBS Los Angeles: Sen. Harris Calls Trump’s Immigration Policies ‘Outrageous’

KCAL 9 CBS Los Angeles: Sen. Harris Calls Trump’s Immigration Policies ‘Outrageous’

California State Senator Kamala Harris says President Trump’s immigration policies are extreme and outrageous. Harris held a discussion on immigration in Chinatown Wednesday. “As a prosecutor, I can tell you, it is a serious mistake for us to conflate criminal justice policy with immigration policy as though they are the… Read More

Small Farm Town in Central Illinois Embraces Immigrants and Prospers

Small Farm Town in Central Illinois Embraces Immigrants and Prospers

In the aftermath of a state budget crisis, Tim Flavin’s government-funded immigration and minority service group, Mi Raza, almost had to shut down. But the Arcola, Illinois, organization stayed open thanks to a generous outpouring from the very community it served. Immigrants who took classes at Mi Raza donated to… Read More

Immigrants in South Carolina

Immigrants in South Carolina

Five percent of South Carolina residents are immigrants, while nearly 5 percent of residents are native-born U.S. citizens with at least one immigrant parent. Read More

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