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West Virginia Record: “West Virginia immigrants’ impact includes crucial creation of jobs”
New American Economy (NAE) has released a Map the Impact report, which highlights the economic, voting and other impacts immigrants have on their respective states, cities, congressional districts and industries and uses that data as a basis for its call for immigration reform efforts across the country. Map the Impact includes information on immigrant tax […]
Read MoreSoutheast Texas Record: “Immigrant impact findings no surprise to congressman”
New American Economy (NAE) has released a Map the Impact report, which highlights the economic, voting and other impacts immigrants have on their respective states, cities, congressional districts and industries and uses that data as a basis for its call for immigration reform efforts across the country. “Study after study proves that immigrants strengthen our […]
Read MoreLouisiana Record: New Orleans mayor spokesman: Immigrants ‘make considerable impacts’ on economy
New American Economy (NAE) has released a Map the Impact report, which highlights the economic, voting and other impacts immigrants have on their respective states, cities, congressional districts and industries and uses that data as a basis for its call for immigration reform efforts across the country. “Mayor (Mitch) Landrieu believes America is a nation […]
Read MoreKMOV TV: “International Institute highlighting vital contributions of immigrants”
The St. Louis-based International Institute has unveiled a new initiative to highlight the vital contributions immigrants are making all across the United States. The initiative comes in response to President Trump’s executive order on immigration. The CEO of the International Institute said the executive order affected many refugees headed for the St. Louis area. Although their […]
Read MoreDuPage Policy Journal: “Report shows economic impact of immigrants in Illinois’ District 6”
New American Economy, a New York-based group that advocates for immigration reform, released a report Tuesday detailing the impact immigrants have on the economy, job creation and filling the skills gap nationwide and within Illinois’ District 6. The data include details of how District 6 has benefited from the growing immigrant population. The report also […]
Read MoreChicagoInno: What Would Illinois Look Like Without Immigrants? 113K Fewer Entrpreneurs: A new report breaks down immigrants’ impact on the economy of Illinois
What would Illinois look like without immigrants? 113,939 fewer founders. 281,090 employees out of a job. $2.6 billion in business income lost. And that’s just from foreign-born entrepreneurs. A new report from New American Economy, a bipartisan group of more than 500 mayors and business leaders who support immigration reform with a focus on the […]
Read MoreSW Illinois News: Illinois district relies on immigrant businesses, workers
Immigrants account for 14 percent of the Illinois population, but they make up about 22 percent of the state’s entrepreneurs — translating to more than $2 billion in business in 2014 alone. Those statistics are part of the New American Economy’s “Map the Impact,” a recently released report that showcases immigration contributions to all 435 […]
Read MoreTrump Administration Begins to Abandon Common Sense Immigration Enforcement Priorities
The Trump administration is quickly unraveling the last administration’s efforts to prioritize those for deportation who pose a serious threat over those who don’t. The new administration is ignoring priorities that were put into place by the Obama Administration as a way to manage limited law enforcement resources. The priorities recognized that there is a […]
Read MorePresident Trump Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day by Banning Refugees and Muslims
President Trump marked the end of his first full week in office with another sweeping Executive Order, this one bringing to a screeching halt the United States’ long history of providing refuge for those seeking protection. Today’s order, Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals, halts all refugee admissions for at least four […]
Read MoreJob Development Expert Says Immigrants ‘Absolutely Critical’ to Economic Vitality
“Immigration is critically important,” says Dr. Ioanna Morfessis, an economic development expert who has helped create 200,000 new jobs as the founder of three high-profile American economic development organizations: the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore; the Greater Phoenix Economic Council; and the Montgomery County, Maryland, Department of Economic Development. “Immigration is the bedrock of our […]
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