Missouri, District 6
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Wolf
The American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association submitted an amicus brief in Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Wolf, a case filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, and ACLU of the District of Columbia. The amicus brief urges the… Read More
Economic Impact of Proposed Change to Public Charge Rule: State-Level Analysis
Taking our analysis of potential national impacts of the proposed public charge rule change, NAE now takes a look at what the economic effects could be in 11 different states. New York About 92 percent of all adults active in the labor force who would be affected by the… Read More
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh: The Role of Immigrants in Reviving the Great Lakes Region
Angelica Ocampo talks to Kate Brick from New American Economy about their new report: New Americans – The Role of Immigrants in Reviving the Great Lakes Region. New American Economy (NAE) brings together more than 500 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors and business leaders who support immigration reforms that will… Read More
Statement on White House Immigration Proposal
In response to White House’s immigration proposal, New American Economy issued the following statement: “The cost of doing the right thing for Dreamers shouldn’t be a drastic and arbitrary cutback on legal immigration, or the undermining of healthy, bipartisan efforts in Congress,“ said John Feinblatt, President of New American Economy. “We hope… Read More
Greenville, South Carolina, Chamber Lobbies Congress to Let Dreamers Stay
Carlos Phillips, CEO of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, says most of his chamber’s 2,200 businesses support federal action to protect Dreamers, the young people eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). These undocumented immigrants — brought to the country as children, raised and educated here — are an… Read More
Lancaster Online: “Lancaster Chamber wins Gateways for Growth Challenge Award focused on immigrants”
Lancaster Chamber has gotten another grant from two national organizations that seek to integrate the new Americans into local communities. The Gateways for Growth Challenge Award from New American Economy and Welcoming America presented to Lancaster and 24 other communities is to develop a plan for welcoming immigrants into the… Read More
Washington Post: How big business is trying to convince Congress to save the ‘Dreamers’ from Trump
Business leaders across industries, from tech to agriculture, are appealing to Congress to protect nearly 800,000 undocumented workers from deportation as President Trump is expected on Tuesday to announce a plan to revoke their permission to work. The Trump administration has indicated it would phase out the five-year-old Deferred Action… Read More
Mental Health Counselor’s Life in Limbo Without DACA Solution
The last time Nidya was in Nayarit, a state on the west coast of Mexico where she was born, she was just 2 years old. That’s when she moved with her parents to San Diego. Since then, she has thrived. She attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, and received… Read More
Ancient Indian Tradition Sparks 21st Century Business
When Sudha Krishnasamy was growing up in India, family meals were served on dried leaves. They were inexpensive, disposable, and completely biodegradable. After arriving in the United States, Krishnasamy was bothered by the frequent use of paper and Styrofoam plates; it felt wasteful to use something once, toss it in… Read More
City Planner Sees Iowa Towns Get an Economic Boost From Immigrants
While studying immigration as an undergraduate at Iowa State University, Madeline Sturms toured a Tyson Foods meatpacking plant in Perry, Iowa. She saw that Tyson Foods employed mostly Latino immigrants who worked long hours at difficult jobs, such as those slaughtering animals on the “kill floor.” She also… Read More
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