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Wages and High-Skilled Immigration
This wage calculation is at the heart of the employment-based immigration system Congress devised to protect U.S. workers from unfair competition, while refraining from micromanaging the hiring decisions of U.S. employers.
Read MoreCivil and Human Rights Organizations File Joint Complaint With DHS on Behalf of Families Forcibly Separated in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Custody
A complaint on behalf of family members who have been forcibly separated while in custody at the southern border of the United States was filed with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General and Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Read MoreInside 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 cultural training for agencies that […]
Read MoreNew Americans in Indianapolis
Accounting for just 6.3 percent of the overall population, immigrants were responsible for nearly a quarter of overall population growth in the Indianapolis region between 2009 and 2014, and held $2.3 billion in spending power in 2014 alone. The brief, New Americans in Indianapolis, finds: Immigrants contributed $9.2 billion to the GDP of Greater Indianapolis in 2014. They also paid $522 million in federal […]
Read MoreNew 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 region between 2009 and 2014, and held $2.3 billion in spending power in […]
Read MoreDACA Recipient Wants to Give Her All to Only Country She Knows
In 2012, when Liz Cortez finally got her work permit under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which allows undocumented immigrants brought to the country as young children to legally live and work in the United States, she treated the paper like a massive engagement ring. “I was obsessed with my work permit for […]
Read MoreTulsa World: Tulsa’s growing immigrant population responsible for significant economic gains, study shows
If you told Manuel Gomez 15 years ago how much of an impact Tulsa’s immigrant population would have on its economy now, he probably wouldn’t have believed you. Gomez, co-owner of local grocery chain Supermercados Morelos, is one of thousands of Tulsa immigrants contributing to the economic boost outlined in a study released Wednesday. Even […]
Read MoreNew Americans in Tulsa
Representing just 6.7 percent of the population, immigrants in Tulsa, OK accounted for 27.9 percent of overall population growth between 2010 and 2015 and contributed $3.8 billion to the metro area’s GDP in 2015. The research brief, New Americans in Tulsa finds: There were 4,047 immigrant entrepreneurs in the Tulsa metro who generated $55 million in business […]
Read More4,000 Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Tulsa Metro Area Generated $55 Million in Business Income, New Study Shows
NEW YORK, NY – Today at the New Tulsans Summit, New American Economyreleased a report in partnership with the City of Tulsa and the Tulsa Regional Chamber documenting the economic impact of immigrants in the Tulsa metro area. Representing just 6.7 percent of the population, immigrants accounted for 27.9 percent of overall population growth between 2010 and 2015 and […]
Read MoreImmigrants Contribute $390 Million to GDP in Iowa’s Story and Boone Counties
NEW YORK, NY — Immigrants living in Iowa’s Story and Boone Counties are preserving American jobs and paying millions in state and local taxes, a new research brief released by New American Economy and the Ames Chamber of Commerce finds. Though making up just 6.6 percent of the population, they contributed $390 million to GDP in 2015 and paid $17.3 million in state and local taxes. Furthermore, nearly 97 percent of […]
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