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Report Shows that Asian American and Pacific Islander Immigrants Have More Than $335 Billion in Spending Power
New York, NY—Today, New American Economy (NAE) released a report on the contributions of immigrants from Asia and the Pacific Islands (AAPI immigrants) to the U.S. economy. While migration from Latin America has been at the forefront of the immigration debate during the last fifty years, AAPI immigrants have constituted an increasing… Read More

Power of the Purse: Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in America
While migration from Latin America has been at the forefront of the immigration debate during the last fifty years, AAPI immigrants have constituted an increasing share of newcomers arriving to the United States. In fact, almost 40 percent of all newly arrived immigrants came from Asia or the Pacific Islands… Read More

Power of the Purse: Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in America
While migration from Latin America has been at the forefront of the immigration debate during the last fifty years, AAPI immigrants have constituted an increasing share of newcomers arriving to the United States. In fact, almost 40 percent of all newly arrived immigrants came from Asia or the Pacific Islands… Read More

CNN: How serious is Trump on DACA?
The Trump administration dropped a potential bomb into negotiations on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy on Sunday night — but key players on the Hill still aren’t sure yet whether the fuse is actually lit. Reaction to the administration’s priorities list of tough border security… Read More

American Immigration Council’s Statement on President Trump’s Immigration Principles
The White House released its long anticipated, "Immigration Principles and Policies," which lay out many of the already-stated aspirations of the Trump administration on immigration. The laundry list represents a wholesale attack on immigration and immigrants. It includes not only limits on immigration generally, but enables mass deportations and envisions bypassing necessary procedures that protect children and asylum seekers. Read More

Once Undocumented, Mexican Salon Owner Wants to Prove Immigrants Make a Difference
Mexican immigrant Estela Nava has owned a hair salon on the South Side of Chicago for 30 years. Every day she tends to her clients’ needs for haircuts, color treatments, and perms. For Nava, who came to Chicago as an undocumented immigrant at age 17, owning her own business means… Read More

GRBJ: Research eyes impact of refugees, immigrants
Thanks to a national initiative in its second year, Grand Rapids will be one of 25 communities getting an assist quantifying the economic contributions of refugees and immigrants. Samaritas — a faith-based nonprofit — the city of Grand Rapids and the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce recently received a… Read More

NAE Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on DACA
New American Economy Statement for the Record Senate Judiciary Committee Full Committee Oversight Hearing “The Administration’s Decision to End Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” October 3, 2017 As Congress considers the fate of recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals… Read More

Local Kentucky Leaders Respond to the Announcement of the SUCCEED Act, Calls on State Delegation to Support DREAMers in the Economy
Louisville, KY — Today, local Kentucky leaders responded to the announcement of the SUCCEED Act, legislation that addresses the uncertain future of DREAMers following the announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program. The group urged the Kentucky Congressional Delegation to support reforms that allow… Read More

Without DACA, University Graduate Could Wait Decades to Legally Work in U.S.
Marisol Estrada, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, has lived in the United States since she was 5 years old. With a dream to enter the legal profession, she studied hard, choosing at her Savannah, Georgia, high school to take the International Baccalaureate, a two-year, rigorous college preparatory program recognized by… Read More
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