Texas, District 1
Immigrants in North Texas
Read the Brief: Immigrants in North Texas Download Now New research from New American Economy shows that immigrants make up nearly 30 percent of North Texas’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workers. The brief, Immigrants in North… Read More
Times Telegram: Study: Crime rates drop as refugees move in
Nine out of 10 cities that received the most refugees relative to the size of their total population have experienced a decrease in their violent crime rates and property crime rate, according to a recent study. Utica, where refugees make up about 20 percent of the total population, experienced an… Read More
This Texas Faith Leader Sees Huge Opportunity Lost When Communities Don’t Welcome New Immigrants
Pat Kelly is the lead pastor at Fredonia Hill Baptist Church in Nacogdoches, Texas. In recent years, the church has seen large influxes of Hispanic and Korean immigrants, as well as Burmese refugees known as the Karen people. When Kelly saw their communities struggling to adjust to life in the… Read More
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