Inside Indiana Business: “Indy Doubling Down on Immigrant Efforts”
The Immigrant Welcome Center is partnering with the city on a new strategy designed to help immigrants, a population a new study suggests has a $9.2 billion impact on the greater Indianapolis area’s Gross Domestic Product.The “Beyond Welcome” plan includes creating an Office For International and Immigrant Affairs and language and… Read More
New Americans in Greater Indianapolis Contributed $9.2 Billion to GDP in 2014, New Study Shows
Indianapolis, IN – Today, New American Economy released a research brief in partnership with the Immigrant Welcome Center documenting the economic impact of immigrants in the Indianapolis metro area. Accounting for just 6.3 percent of the overall population, immigrants were responsible for nearly a quarter of overall population growth in the… Read More
Without DACA, Gifted Linguist Faces Deportation Instead of Law School
When Santiago Tobar Potes was brought to the United States at age 3, he spoke only Spanish. Now 20 and a student at Columbia University, he has become a gifted linguist, teaching himself English, French, Portuguese, Italian, Haitian Creole, and Chinese, and now working on Arabic and Russian. He wants… Read More
KIMA TV: Yakima Valley’s economy could take a hit if immigrants are forced to leave in March
$1.65 billion dollars. That’s how much Yakima County made in 2014 from all its crop sales. Which such a large amount of money, it’s easy to see that agriculture is one of the driving forces of the county’s economy. That includes the valley’s famous apples and cherries. Luz Bazen Gutierrez… Read More
WZZM 13: Study: Immigrants pay millions in taxes in Grand Rapids
The New American Economy partnered with dozens of national organizations to host the iMarch for Immigration Campaign – a nationwide campaign happening Wednesday, Dec. 6. As part of the campaign NAE released new data regarding the role of immigrants throughout the U.S. Their study revealed the following: In the Grand Rapids Metro Area,… Read More
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