Venezuelan Fulbright Scholar Brings Soulful Food to Baltimore
In 2015, when Irena Stein opened Alma Cocina Latina in Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood, the food world took notice. “The best restaurant to open for years in the Southeast Baltimore neighborhood,” said The Baltimore Sun. The Washington Post told readers they should “prepare to be dazzled” by both the Venezuelan cuisine… Read More
Washington Post: White House claims ‘dreamers’ take jobs away from blacks and Hispanics. Here’s the truth.
It’s a long-running talking point spouted by Trump administration members and the president himself: Undocumented immigrants are taking jobs away from black and Hispanic Americans. Hours after President Trump dismantled an Obama-era program that had granted 800,000 young undocumented immigrants permission to live and work in the United States, White House Press… Read More
Bloomberg View: Trump’s DACA Failure Is Congress’s Opportunity
An executive’s job is to make tough decisions and convince people to follow you. That’s what CEOs are hired to do — and it’s what we elect presidents to do. By punting the legal status of young immigrants to Congress without offering his own proposal, President Trump has failed an important… Read More
CNN Money: Immigrants made American business what it is today
Imagine the United States with no AT&T. No Procter & Gamble. No Bank of America. Also no Apple, Google or eBay. And no upstarts like Tesla, SpaceX or Uber. These companies share one important characteristic besides the thousands of employees who depend on them for a paycheck: They all were founded or co-founded by… Read More
Buzzfeed News: Scrapping DACA Could Cost The Economy As Much As $215 Billion
Reversing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could cost the economy $215 billion in lost GDP and cost the federal government $60 billion in lost revenue over 10 years, according to the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute. Ike Brannon, a visiting fellow at Cato, wrote in a recent blog post: “It is… Read More
POLITICO: Trump’s DACA move resuscitates immigration reform left for dead
President Donald Trump, who launched his campaign with a forceful attack on immigrants, is now the man responsible for catapulting immigration reform back into contention. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the administration would rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era executive action that protected from… Read More
Washington Post: Companies to offer ‘dreamers’ legal protection as Trump scraps DACA
President Trump’s decision Tuesday to scrap an Obama-era program allowing young undocumented immigrants to work in the United States would fall most heavily on the hospitality, retail and construction industries, which together employ nearly half of the 1.3 million immigrants initially eligible for protection, according to an analysis by New… Read More
Arizona Immigration Reform Coalition Responds to Trump Administration’s Decision to End the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan DREAM Act to Keep State Economy Strong
Phoenix, AZ — Today, the Arizona Immigration Reform Coalition responded to President Trump’s announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, opposing the decision to remove the thousands of individuals that help make Arizona’s economy stronger. The coalition called for Congressional solutions that instead harness the power… Read More
Georgia Business and Faith Leaders Respond to Trump Administration’s Decision to End the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan DREAM Act to Keep State Economy Strong
Atlanta, GA — Today, Georgia business and faith leaders responded to President Trump’s announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, opposing the decision to remove the thousands of individuals that help make Georgia’s economy stronger. The group called for Congressional solutions that instead harness the power… Read More
Iowa Business and Community Leaders Respond to Trump Administration’s Decision to End the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan DREAM Act to Keep State Economy Strong
Des Moines, IA — Today, Iowa business and community leaders responded to President Trump’s announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, opposing the decision to remove the thousands of individuals that help make Iowa’s economy stronger. The group called for Congressional solutions that instead harness the… Read More
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