Washington, District 5

Washington, District 5

As Georgia Considers Expanding In-State Tuition, New Research Shows Legislation for Dreamers Could Lead to $3.4 million in Additional Tax Revenue for Georgia

As Georgia Considers Expanding In-State Tuition, New Research Shows Legislation for Dreamers Could Lead to $3.4 million in Additional Tax Revenue for Georgia

New data shows significant economic benefits for the state, including $27.6 Million More in Immigrants’ Spending Power Every Year Atlanta, Georgia – Today New American Economy (NAE), a bipartisan immigration research and advocacy organization, released a new study showing how extending in-state tuition to all residents, regardless of immigration… Read More

New Research Shows Banning In-State Tuition for Dreamers Could Cause Missouri to Miss Out on Millions in Additional  Tax Revenue and Spending Power Every Year

New Research Shows Banning In-State Tuition for Dreamers Could Cause Missouri to Miss Out on Millions in Additional Tax Revenue and Spending Power Every Year

As the Missouri Legislature considers prohibiting access to in-state tuition for Missouri Dreamers, new data shows there are significant economic benefits the state would bypass. Jefferson City, MO – Today New American Economy (NAE), a bipartisan immigration research and advocacy organization, released a new study showing how offering in-state… Read More

From Alexandria, Egypt to Charlotte, NC: An Immigrant's Support for Other International Students Pays Off

From Alexandria, Egypt to Charlotte, NC: An Immigrant’s Support for Other International Students Pays Off

Tarek Elshayeb is from Alexandria, Egypt, and came to the United States to attend graduate school at Clemson University in South Carolina. “I was looking for a better education, better work opportunities, a better life in general,” he says. While studying for his master’s degree in human resources, he obtained… Read More

Muncie Star Press Opinion: My best friend is a Dreamer and a BSU grad. Congress, let her stay

Muncie Star Press Opinion: My best friend is a Dreamer and a BSU grad. Congress, let her stay

Our freshman year at Ball State University, my best friend and college roommate Erika Espinoza revealed a closely guarded secret. She was an undocumented immigrant. Fleeing poverty, her parents brought her from a rural town outside of Mexico City to Indiana when she was 9. Fortunately, in 2012, during her… Read More

Cambodian Immigrant Turns Street Lessons in English into Full-Time Position at Middlesex Community College in Lowell, MA

Cambodian Immigrant Turns Street Lessons in English into Full-Time Position at Middlesex Community College in Lowell, MA

Tooch Van was the youngest of 10 children, a baby when the Khmer Rouge took his family away. His parents must have hid him, he says; a neighbor later heard his cries, “A miracle.” In Cambodia between 1975 and 1979, when the Khmer Rouge set out to build… Read More

Escaping Cambodia as a Child, Lowell Resident Uses Business Expertise to Help His Community

Escaping Cambodia as a Child, Lowell Resident Uses Business Expertise to Help His Community

Rasy An was about 9 when the Khmer Rouge sent him to a work camp. “I still have scars on my hand,” he says. “I told my daughter: This is something I had to do to survive, because if you couldn’t work they didn’t keep you alive.”… Read More

Cincinnati Enquirer Opinion: Bipartisan immigration bill could help solve health care crisis

Cincinnati Enquirer Opinion: Bipartisan immigration bill could help solve health care crisis

I’m a physician who specializes in treating older patients for conditions and illnesses associated with aging. As a so-called “geriatrician,” I run a non-stop practice. I work full-time five days a week, in addition to overnight and weekend call coverage. Even so, new patients must wait three months to get an… Read More

New Report Shows Immigrants in Northern Kentucky Contributed Over $116 Million in Taxes

New Report Shows Immigrants in Northern Kentucky Contributed Over $116 Million in Taxes

Fort Mitchell, KY – Immigrant households in Northern Kentucky earned nearly $430 million and paid over $116 million in taxes in 2017, according to new research by New American Economy (NAE) in partnership with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of… Read More

Press-Republican In My Opinion: Let international students stay

Press-Republican In My Opinion: Let international students stay

On Saturday, as I watched my friends and classmates walk across the stage to accept their hard-earned diplomas at SUNY Plattsburgh’s commencement ceremony, I couldn’t help but imagine myself dressed in the same cap and gown next year. That’s when I’m expected to graduate with my master’s degree in mental… Read More

The Rivard Report: Trump Action Could Put Immigrant Spouses Like Me Out of Work

The Rivard Report: Trump Action Could Put Immigrant Spouses Like Me Out of Work

When a United States pharmaceutical company offered my husband an information technology job in 2008, I was excited to join him in the United States with our 5-month-old daughter. As we boarded a plane from India, I felt like we were embarking on a great family adventure. But when I… Read More

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