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Read MoreBorder-Town Mayor: ‘We’re The Safest City in the State of Texas’
McAllen, Texas, a city of 130,000 people on the Mexican border, is one of the safest communities in the state. But Jim Darling, McAllen’s mayor, often struggles to convince others of this fact. The reason, of course, is McAllen’s large immigrant population. “We’re trying to recruit retail and businesses in the industry, and the first […]
Read MoreThis Immigrant is Bringing Billions in Investments and Tens of Thousands of Jobs to Michigan
There aren’t many people who can claim to have created as many jobs as Birgit Klohs, the German-born CEO of Grand Rapids economic development organization The Right Place. Since Klohs took the reins 29 years ago, The Right Place has brought $4.7 billion in new investment and created 40,000 new jobs to western Michigan. In […]
Read MoreTexas Ends Attempt to Deny Birth Certificates to Children of Immigrants
More than a year ago, Texas county officials began to require that foreign passports presented by parents seeking to obtain their child’s birth certificate include a valid U.S. visa. The state also ended its practice of accepting Mexican “matriculas” as a form of identification. As a result, many undocumented parents were unable to obtain birth […]
Read MoreThe EB-5 Visa Program: What It Is and How It Works
The Immigrant Investor Program, also known as “EB-5,” has become an increasingly important source of investment for development projects in the United States, attracting billions of dollars to the U.S. economy and creating tens of thousands of jobs in the United States.
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This week, Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced new research from our organization showing that the 82,308 foreign-born residents of the region have a significant impact on southwestern Pennsylvania’s economy. The Tribune Live touted the fact that “in 2014, businesses owned by immigrants generated $120 million in total income. Those with […]
Read MoreColumbus, OH Evangelical Pastor Shares his Reason for Reform
Rich Nathan, senior pastor of the Vineyard Church in Columbus, OH, knows what it’s like to feel out of place. He grew up in a Jewish home in Queens, NY, and attended religious schools, but he always felt somewhat disconnected from the faith of his parents and teachers. For many years, well into college, he […]
Read MoreFormer Hotel Executive Says his Chain Couldn’t Have Thrived without the Contributions of Refugee Workers
Tom Negri has worked in hotels his entire life. After graduating from high school, he moved to Colombia for school and work. At the Hotel Irotama in Colombia, he met his future wife. By age 21, while attending the New York Hotel School, Negri was married and working six days a week at the Loews […]
Read MoreColumbus, OH Evangelical Pastor Shares his Reason for Reform
Rich Nathan, senior pastor of the Vineyard Church in Columbus, OH, knows what it’s like to feel out of place. He grew up in a Jewish home in Queens, NY, and attended religious schools, but he always felt somewhat disconnected from the faith of his parents and teachers. For many years, well into college, he […]
Read MoreGoing From Masters Degree to Meat Processing, But Still Looking Ahead to a Bright Future
Sam Komla Ewu holds a master’s degree in linguistics from one of the best universities in Togo, a small West African country, and has years of experience teaching high school English. Today, however, he makes his living carving up pig carcasses at a JBS meat-processing plant in Beardstown, Ill. — a vast facility that employs […]
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