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Are Immigrants More Likely to Move Within the United States for a Job?

Are Immigrants More Likely to Move Within the United States for a Job?

When IBM launched its first e-business educational program in the United States in 2003, the company hired Saad Yousuf, an immigrant from Pakistan. Yousuf had a master’s degree in computer science and experience in corporate training—valuable, in-demand skills—but there was something else: Yousuf was willing to move to Kenosha, Wisconsin… Read More

Are Immigrants More Likely to Move Within the United States for a Job?

Are Immigrants More Likely to Move Within the United States for a Job?

When IBM launched its first e-business educational program in the United States in 2003, the company hired Saad Yousuf, an immigrant from Pakistan. Yousuf had a master’s degree in computer science and experience in corporate training—valuable, in-demand skills—but there was something else: Yousuf was willing to move to Kenosha, Wisconsin… Read More

The Tennessean (TN): Opinion: It’s time to renew a push for immigration reform

The Tennessean (TN): Opinion: It’s time to renew a push for immigration reform

Immigration is one of the most urgent problems our country faces today. With a little political will and leadership, it can be solvable. There are an estimated 11 million undocumented people in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center. These people are living and working in the shadows… Read More

VT Digger: Commentary: Immigrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers And The  Myths Of Migration

VT Digger: Commentary: Immigrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers And The Myths Of Migration

When I was a child, I thought everyone was a first-generation American like me. I couldn’t believe it when friends said their parents and grandparents were born here. All of my maternal and paternal family – parents, aunts, uncles and their parents – emigrated to the United States and Canada… Read More

From Struggle to Resilience: The Economic Impact of Refugees in America

From Struggle to Resilience: The Economic Impact of Refugees in America

Refugees earn more than $77 billion in household income and paid almost $21 billion in taxes in 2015, according to this New American Economy report, that offers one of the few comprehensive analyses of how refugees contribute to the U.S. economy overall and provides insight into the economic… Read More

From Struggle to Resilience: The Economic Impact of Refugees in America

From Struggle to Resilience: The Economic Impact of Refugees in America

Refugees earn more than $77 billion in household income and paid almost $21 billion in taxes in 2015, according to this New American Economy report, that offers one of the few comprehensive analyses of how refugees contribute to the U.S. economy overall and provides insight into the economic… Read More

Refugees in the U.S. Had More Than $56 Billion in Spending Power in 2015, New Study Shows

Refugees in the U.S. Had More Than $56 Billion in Spending Power in 2015, New Study Shows

NEW YORK, New York – Refugees earned more than $77 billion in household income and paid almost $21 billion in taxes in 2015, according to a new study released by New American Economy. The new report is one of the few comprehensive analyses of how refugees contribute to… Read More

Award-Winning Dairy Farmer Depends on Immigrant Workforce

Award-Winning Dairy Farmer Depends on Immigrant Workforce

With 430 milk cows, Mitch Breunig’s family farm, Mystic Valley Dairy, in Sauk City, Wisconsin, is a large operation. The round-the-clock job of caring for the animals is done by the farm’s eight full-time employees, seven of whom are immigrants from Latin America. “They come to Wisconsin for the opportunity… Read More

MLive (MI): Immigrants drive economy, ease population decline in Detroit,  study shows

MLive (MI): Immigrants drive economy, ease population decline in Detroit, study shows

Immigrants in Detroit are helping to drive business activity and ease the city population decline, according to a study of demographic and economic impact of immigration in the Motor City. The study by Global Detroit and New American Economy found immigrant-owned businesses in Detroit generated $15.5 million in business income in 2014. “Detroit is an early pioneer in the… Read More

Without Immigrants, Dairy States Would Suffer

Without Immigrants, Dairy States Would Suffer

In Shelly Mayer’s view, the United States isn’t facing an immigrant labor shortage but a rural labor shortage. Specifically, a farm labor shortage. Mayer is the executive director of the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), a national development organization for dairy professionals. She sees the labor shortage problem close up, and it’s nationwide. “We have fewer farms,… Read More

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