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Crain’s Cleveland Business: Personal View: New data show economic impact of immigrants
New American Economy, an immigration reform advocacy organization, last week launched “Map the Impact” — a campaign to highlight the vital economic contributions of immigrants in communities across the country. Global Cleveland has joined this time of action to help promote the new research on the contributions of immigrants in… Read More
Cleveland.com: Cleveland immigrants pay taxes, start businesses, create jobs, New American Economy says
Immigrants comprise just about 5 percent of Greater Cleveland’s population, but are far more likely than their native-born neighbors to be entrepreneurs, and to work in professional, scientific, technical, healthcare, and manufacturing. A just-released Map the Impact study says that the region’s 113,252 immigrants also paid $1.2 billion in state… Read More
WISTV: Midlands peach farmer urges Congress to pass reform for immigrant employees
On Titan Farms in Ridge Spring, between thousands of rows of blossoming peach trees, are dozens of migrant workers with pruning shears. There’s a lot of work to do on the second largest peach farm in the country. “They work with open hearts seven days a week, and they never… Read More
St Louis Review: “Immigrant entrepreneurs take risks, enrich local economy”
Luis Rivero founded H?ga Bar (think “PowerBar”) and recently added Whole Foods stores as an outlet for the nutrition bar with flavors inspired by international recipes. H?ga Bar is an example of many businesses in St. Louis founded by immigrants and refugees, some small-scale and others large corporations. The St. Read More
Columbia Business Report: “Group shows impact immigrants have on U.S. communities”
The Partnership for a New American Economy has gathered statistics that show the economic impact of immigrants in the United States, and launched an interactive online map, called the “Map of Impact,” that showcases new research on the contributions immigrants have on the communities throughout the country. According to its… Read More
A Plus: This Interactive Map On Immigrants’ Economic Impact Could Help Shape Immigration Policy
Like many highly politicized issues, the debate on immigration policy runs high on emotion and low on facts. Many anti-immigration positions are rooted in social biases and framed in an economic argument to rationalize these prejudices. Take, for example, the assertions about immigrants stealing jobs and draining welfare programs —… Read More
Immigrant Dishwashers Do the Jobs Americans Don’t Want, Says Mexican-American Restaurant Owner
When Jose Villa was a 16-year-old dishwasher, he didn’t mind putting in 72-hour weeks or working the graveyard shift at a diner in Kingston, New York. He didn’t mind the mile long walk back to the house he shared with four other people. It was very hard work, Villa says,… Read More
CT News Junkie: Report Finds Immigrants Are A Powerful Economic Force In Connecticut
A new report shows that immigrant-lead households in Connecticut earned $18.9 billion in 2014 – 13.9 percent of all income earned by everyone in the state that year. The report, Map the Impact, was released by New American Economy (NAE). The report was compiled for all 50 states, plus Washington,… Read More
Nashville Business Journal: “Study highlights role of immigrants in Tennessee’s economy”
Immigration has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump took office, and a new study helps highlight the role immigrants have in Tennessee’s economy. According to a report from the bipartisan New American Economy, Tennessee is home to more than 322,000 immigrants, who have nearly $6 billion in annual spending… Read More
Chicago Sun Times: Reality check for Trump’s deportation plan is up to us
Let people know where they stand. As a pragmatic and economic matter, as well as a moral one, every Illinois town and county would be wise to decide and let residents know just how far their local cops will go to carry out President Donald Trump’s plan to more aggressively… Read More
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