Iowa, District 1

Iowa, District 1

New Asylum Transit Ban Is Dangerous and Shortsighted

New Asylum Transit Ban Is Dangerous and Shortsighted

The Biden administration announced the implementation of an asylum transit ban that will penalize asylum seekers who don’t apply for protection in other nations they transit through on their way to the United States. Read More

Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi to Be Honored with Immigrant Achievement Award

Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi to Be Honored with Immigrant Achievement Award

The American Immigration Council will honor Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi with its Immigrant Achievement Award, which recognizes individuals or organizations that exhibit a commitment and dedication to our heritage as a nation of immigrants and to the struggle for fair and humane immigration policies in the United States. Read More

Advocates Release FOIA Data, Seek Transparency for Thousands of Afghans Seeking Humanitarian Parole and the Extensive Delays They Are Facing

Advocates Release FOIA Data, Seek Transparency for Thousands of Afghans Seeking Humanitarian Parole and the Extensive Delays They Are Facing

The American Immigration Council and International Refugee Assistance Project released government records documenting the extensive delays experienced by thousands of Afghans who filed for humanitarian parole since the United States’ chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Read More

New Report Shows Immigrants in Mercer County Paid Over $1.3 Billion in Taxes and Held $2.8 Billion in Spending Power in 2019

New Report Shows Immigrants in Mercer County Paid Over $1.3 Billion in Taxes and Held $2.8 Billion in Spending Power in 2019

MERCER COUNTY, NJ – A new report released today by New American Economy (NAE), in partnership with the New Jersey Business Immigration Coalition, the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Mercer County, underscores the critical role immigrants… Read More

New Data Shows Cedar Rapids’ Immigrants Accounted for Nearly Half of the County’s Total Population Growth

New Data Shows Cedar Rapids’ Immigrants Accounted for Nearly Half of the County’s Total Population Growth

A new report finds that immigrants accounted for 47.1 percent of total population growth in Cedar Rapids between 2012 and 2017, according to new research from New American Economy (NAE). Read More

New Americans in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

New Americans in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

New research from New American Economy shows that immigrants accounted for 47.1 percent of total population growth in Cedar Rapids between 2012 and 2017. The report, New Americans in Cedar Rapids, was prepared in partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids and the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance. In… Read More

Lebanese immigrant ensures newcomers have opportunities in Cedar Rapids, IA

Lebanese immigrant ensures newcomers have opportunities in Cedar Rapids, IA

When Salma Igram arrived in the United States, she was 18 years old and had never seen a calculator or a hamburger, “let alone a hot dog,” she says. But there she was in her husband’s fast-food restaurant, Jimbo’s, working the griddle and mastering the cash register. “My husband would… Read More

Immigrant credits English language and training opportunities as critical to his success

Immigrant credits English language and training opportunities as critical to his success

Tony Golobic jokes that he got his first job in America —cleaning oil-fired boilers —because no one else wanted to do it. “The boilers were red hot, the work was dangerous and dirty,” he says. “But I was making really good money, a lot more money than I ever imagined. Read More

The Virginian-Pilot Column: Churches, leaders must be open on immigration

The Virginian-Pilot Column: Churches, leaders must be open on immigration

AS A PASTOR and educator of young adults, I’ve been increasingly worried about the mass exodus of young people from the church. But the reason they give concerns me more: They can’t support the anti-immigrant or xenophobic sentiments that conservatives often express in the name of religion. Even I’m shocked… Read More

NAE Gifts Back Sweepstakes: Abbreviated Rules

NAE Gifts Back Sweepstakes: Abbreviated Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  Void where prohibited.  Open to residents of the 50 United States (incl. DC), who are 18+ (19+ in NE and AL; 21+ in MS) at entry.  Begins 12:00 PM ET on 12/14/18; ends 12:00 PM ET on 1/3/19.  To enter, follow Sponsor on Instagram and comment on… Read More

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