United States of America
Statement of NAE Executive Director Jeremy Robbins on Biden-Harris Domestic Policy Council Personnel Appointments
“The work of rebuilding our immigration system — into one that is smart, fair, and humane — will be one of the most important challenges facing the Biden-Harris administration,” said Jeremy Robbins, Executive Director of New American Economy. “With the appointments of talented, respected leaders like Tyler Moran and Esther… Read More
Statement from NAE Executive Director Jeremy Robbins following outcome of Georgia Senate runoffs
Following the results of the George Senate runoffs, NAE Executive Director Jeremy Robbins issued the following statement: “For decades, there has always been an excuse not to fix our broken immigration system,” said Jeremy Robbins, Executive Director of New American Economy. “It is now evident that the votes are there in both… Read More
New American Economy Statement on Recent Federal Court Ruling to Fully Reinstate DACA
Following a federal judge’s ruling regarding the DACA program on Friday, December 4, New American Economy issued the following statement: “We applaud Judge Garaufis’ recent decision ordering the Trump administration to fully reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which will require the Department of Homeland Security to… Read More
Lawsuit Demands Information on CBP’s Role in Racial Justice Protests
Civil and immigrants’ rights organizations filed a FOIA lawsuit today in the Eastern District of New York against CBP demanding information about the federal agency’s involvement in domestic policing at protests, demonstrations, and gatherings across the United States following the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minnesota. Read More
Time for Us All to Stand Up for Our Democracy
It is not news that our nation is in an unprecedented moment where many of our democratic traditions and norms are being challenged. We have grown deeply concerned by the ongoing attacks on democracy that are unfolding before us. Read More
San José Uses New Research to Inform Immigrant-inclusive COVID-19 Relief Measures
New research from New American Economy shows that immigrants in San José play an outsize role in essential industries, including 68 percent of all agriculture workers, nearly 50 percent of all restaurant and food services and 43.5 percent of healthcare workers in 2018. San José, CA– New research from… Read More
Indianapolis Uses New Research to Inform Immigrant-inclusive COVID-19 Relief Measures
New Research from New American Economy shows that immigrants in Marion County play an outsize role in critical industries, making up over 14 percent of the food sector workers and 13.5 percent of transportation and warehouse workers. Indianapolis, IN – New research from New American Economy (NAE) released today… Read More
Lawsuit Now Covers Thousands of Asylum Seekers Unlawfully Turned Back at Ports of Entry
A federal judge has granted class certification in Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of turning back asylum seekers at ports of entry. The ruling provides that the challenge to the Turnback Policy will continue on behalf of all asylum seekers along the U.S.-Mexico border who were or will be prevented from accessing the asylum process at ports of entry as a result of the government’s Turnback Policy. Read More
Executive Order to Exclude Millions From the Census Gets It Wrong; All People Must Be Counted
President Trump issued an executive order to prevent undocumented immigrants from being counted as part of the 2020 Census. This policy would unlawfully exclude 10.7 million undocumented immigrants, despite the clear requirement of the 14th Amendment to count “the whole number of persons in each state.” Read More
New American Economy Statement on Trump Administration’s Suspension of Green Cards
In response to President Trump’s decision to suspend much of U.S. immigration for 60 days, New American Economy issued the following statement: “The President is rightly eager to get the economy moving again, but a 60-day suspension of green cards will only slow down that process and hurt American businesses… Read More
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