After Finding Success, He Turns His Focus to Serving His New Home
When Mathew Ittoop left his native India on New Year’s Eve in 1990, he couldn’t wait to start his new life in the United States. He stepped off the plane and thought, “This is a great country that leads the rest of the world.” Ittoop and his wife landed in New York City, where… Read More
Dallas-Based Artist and Immigrant Found Success Thanks to Her Parent’s Drive for a Better Life
As one of six children in her family in Taipei, Taiwan, Jin-Ya Huang grew up watching her parents struggle to overcome poverty. Her mother scraped together money by cooking and sewing, and her father worked and lived at a distant cement factory, where he was a mechanical engineer. When he lost his job, money… Read More
Dallas DACA-Recipient Works to Improve His Community
Alex Medrano was 11 years old when his mother brought him to the United States from Mexico in search of a better education, an opportunity Medrano fast took advantage of. By his sophomore year of high school, he was taking college classes, and by graduation he had 62 hours of… Read More
NAE Statement on SCOTUS Decision on DACA
After the Supreme Court declined to take up the Trump administration’s appeal on DACA, New American Economy released the following statement: “The courts kept DACA alive for at least a few more months, but it’s Congress’s job to end the uncertainty once and for all,” said John Feinblatt, President of New… Read More
Grand Forks Herald: New stats and a new plan for Grand Forks’ new Americans
Grand Forks leaders have new, revealing statistics about local immigration—and by the end of the year, they’ll have a plan for the community to go with it. That new data is an early step toward a “Welcoming City” plan, spearheaded by city staff and Grand Forks’ Immigrant Integration Initiative and… Read More
Class Action Suit Challenges Government’s Denial of TPS Holders’ Green Cards
In violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act, USCIS denies the green card applications of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders who first entered the United States without going through an inspection process at a port of entry, ignoring the fact that they subsequently were inspected and admitted when they were granted TPS. Read More
On News of DACA’s End, College Dreamer Turns College Drop-Out
In September 2017, Cristian Olivares was ready to start his freshman year of college. He had registered for business classes and signed a lease for an apartment. Then he learned that the Trump administration was ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), the 2012 policy that temporarily defers deportation and… Read More
Dreamer Forced to Shelve Plan to Use IT Skills to ‘Protect Our Troops’
Axel did not know he was an undocumented immigrant until he started high school. His parents had brought him and his brother to the United States from Guatemala when he was 6 years old, and, as he got older, the Sioux Falls resident assumed he had the same rights as… Read More
Without DACA, South Dakotan Will Lose Chance to Fill Critical Healthcare Role
Mario Gonzalez is on the front line of emergency care at North Kansas City Hospital. A cardiac sonographer, Gonzales conducts ultrasounds of patients’ hearts. It is a critical diagnostic tool for cardiologists, and trained health technicians like Gonzales are in high demand as an aging population across the United States… Read More
Memphis Flyer: New Report Shows Immigrants Contribute Billions to Local Economy
In 2015, immigrants contributed $4.2 billion to Memphis’ gross domestic product, according to a report by Latino Memphis and New American Economy. The report, “New Americans in Memphis: A Snapshot of the Demographic and Economic Contributions of Immigrants in the Metro Area,” is the first solely dedicated to immigrant contributions in… Read More
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