Immigrants in Dallas Held $5.4 Billion in Spending Power in 2016

Immigrants in Dallas Held $5.4 Billion in Spending Power in 2016

DALLAS, TX – Immigrant households earned nearly $8 billion in 2016 and contributed $2.5 billion to local, state, and federal taxes in 2016, according to a new research brief released by New American Economy in partnership with the City of Dallas. The report will be published at… Read More

Texas Social Worker Sees Valuable Talent Stifled Without DACA

Texas Social Worker Sees Valuable Talent Stifled Without DACA

As a social worker, Bere Hernandez helps people in her community reach their full potential. As an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, she knows how many obstacles the foreign-born can encounter. “Immigrants are often seen as individuals who need to be rescued,” says Hernandez, who received her master’s degree in social… Read More

National 2018 Immigration Survey

National 2018 Immigration Survey

New American Economy and TargetPoint Consulting released new polling that shows how Republican and conservative voters, including Trump’s base, overwhelmingly support a deal in Congress for increased border security in exchange for a path to citizenship for Dreamers. Topline Results: National 2018 Immigration Survey… Read More

New Polling Shows Huge Support Among Republicans, including Trump’s Base, for Border Security/Dreamer Protection Deal

New Polling Shows Huge Support Among Republicans, including Trump’s Base, for Border Security/Dreamer Protection Deal

NEW YORK, NY – Today, New American Economy and TargetPoint Consulting released new polling showing that Republican and conservative voters, including Trump’s base, overwhelmingly support a deal in Congress for increased border security in exchange for a path to citizenship for Dreamers. The results show that… Read More

Pioneering Latina Aviator Tells the Stories of Other Latinos

Pioneering Latina Aviator Tells the Stories of Other Latinos

A child of Mexican immigrants, Graciela Tiscareño-Sato grew up in small, north Colorado towns dominated by meatpacking plants. Her mother worked on the assembly line, her father in high-end men’s clothing stores as a tailor. Together they raised five children. It was stable, honest work, says Tiscareño-Sato, but she aspired… Read More

KERA News: How Immigrants Benefit The Local Economy

KERA News: How Immigrants Benefit The Local Economy

The top local stories this morning from KERA News: A new report from the group New American Economy looked at the economic contributions of immigrants in the city of Dallas. This comes as the U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to take up the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or… Read More

U.S. Could Deport the STEM Grads it Desperately Needs

U.S. Could Deport the STEM Grads it Desperately Needs

American companies need young people like Cesar Guzman, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Texas at El Paso. U.S. employers are already struggling to find qualified workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields; in 2016, there were more than 12 STEM jobs posted… Read More

Dallas News: Dallas leaders release study that says immigrants have a lot of economic punch

Dallas News: Dallas leaders release study that says immigrants have a lot of economic punch

City leaders and a coalition of business and political leaders released a study Wednesday that says immigrants in Dallas had $5.4 billion in spending power in 2016. That represents about 22 percent of the city population’s entire $24.1 billion in spending muscle. “Findings for Dallas really amplify trends we see across the country… Read More

After Finally Escaping Vietnam, Refugee Works to Help Those Who Come After Him

After Finally Escaping Vietnam, Refugee Works to Help Those Who Come After Him

In 1982, at age 31, Walter Nguyen made his fifth and final attempt to escape Vietnam. Prior attempts had landed him in jail, but he did not have a choice. Food was scarce, and, because he had worked as a press officer for U.S.-backed South Vietnamese forces, the communist government… Read More

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