Kentucky, District 2

Kentucky, District 2

Dreamer Could Help Ease South Carolina’s Shortage of Healthcare Providers

Dreamer Could Help Ease South Carolina’s Shortage of Healthcare Providers

Jacqueline Mayorga was born in Hidalgo, Mexico, to poor but hardworking parents. Her mother was a maid in Mexico City, and her father was a migrant farmworker in the United States who sent money home to the family. When Mayorga was 3 years old, her parents decided to reunite the… Read More

Researcher Works on Children’s Blood Disorders — but Only With DACA

Researcher Works on Children’s Blood Disorders — but Only With DACA

Today, Martin Rodriguez, a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, is a PhD student at Wake Forest University, where he is working on developing gene therapies for pediatric blood disorders. “I believe that fulfillment for any human being is best achieved through service to others,” Rodriguez says. “Helping children born with bleeding disorders is something I can… Read More

Immigrants are ‘Our Colleagues, Our Employees’ Says Advocate

Immigrants are ‘Our Colleagues, Our Employees’ Says Advocate

Maria Teresa Borden, a journalist-turned-communications professional, was born in the United States, but she has an intimate understanding of the reasons people leave their native countries to start new lives. Her parents were refugees who fled Cuba after the revolution. And in Texas, where she lived from the age of… Read More

U.S. Lacks Computer Workers to Help Entrepreneur Expand U.S. Business

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

New Americans in Birmingham

New Americans in Birmingham

Immigrants Birmingham, Alabama are making big economic contributions, despite making up a small fraction of the city’s population. Accounting for just 3.5 percent of the overall population in 2014, the foreign-born of the Birmingham metro area made up an outsize 5.2 percent of the employed workforce – contributing to the… Read More

The Globe and Mail: “Trump’s immigration ambitions extend beyond the wall.”

The Globe and Mail: “Trump’s immigration ambitions extend beyond the wall.”

In a speech before U.S. lawmakers last week, President Donald Trump identified Canada’s system for admitting immigrants as worthy of emulation. But the changes his administration has in mind aren’t ones Canadians would recognize. Mr. Trump’s ambitions to reshape the U.S. immigration system go well beyond building a… Read More

ESL Students — and Immigrant Families — Excel in Kentucky

ESL Students — and Immigrant Families — Excel in Kentucky

Roughly 14 percent of students in Kentucky’s Bowling Green Independent School District are immigrants or refugees, a statistic associate superintendent Vicki Writsel is particularly proud of. “It serves our students well that our school district is so diverse,” she says. “When they graduate, they are prepared to work with people… Read More

After Accepting Immigrants, Kentucky Thrives

After Accepting Immigrants, Kentucky Thrives

Since the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, began helping immigrants and refugees secure employment and affordable housing, something has happened: the local economy has grown 6 percent and unemployment has dropped to one of the lowest rates in the state. “A lot of these folks are entrepreneurs at heart,” says Joe… Read More

Refugees Learn English — Then Buoy Kentucky Economy

Refugees Learn English — Then Buoy Kentucky Economy

It’s been four decades since Skip Cleavinger moved to Bowling Green to study at Western Kentucky University, and in that time he has witnessed a significant shift in the demographics of west-central Kentucky. A local refugee resettlement program and a livable community — with job opportunities, strong schools, and a… Read More

New Americans in Buffalo and Syracuse

New Americans in Buffalo and Syracuse

New American Economy (NAE) released a report documenting the critical impact immigrants have on the Upstate economies of Buffalo and Syracuse through their contribution to population growth, high rates of workforce participation, large tax contributions, and spending power. This report was released in conjunction with the launch of Map the Impact—an NAE… Read More

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