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Abandoning Priorities Just Made Immigration Enforcement Work Much Harder

The Trump administration ensured this week that its immigration enforcement policies will be a chaotic affair marked by mistakes, civil rights violations and overzealous enforcement. They did this by outlining measures that they claim simply return power to immigration agents to do their jobs—measures such as authorizing the hiring of thousands more border and interior […]

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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 […]

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Immigrant Dishwashers Do the Jobs Americans Don’t Want, Says Mexican-American Restaurant Owner

When Jose Villa was a 16-year-old dishwasher, he didn’t mind putting in 72-hour weeks or working the graveyard shift at a diner in Kingston, New York. He didn’t mind the mile long walk back to the house he shared with four other people. It was very hard work, Villa says, but he had a plan: […]

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CT News Junkie: Report Finds Immigrants Are A Powerful Economic Force In Connecticut

A new report shows that immigrant-lead households in Connecticut earned $18.9 billion in 2014 – 13.9 percent of all income earned by everyone in the state that year. The report, Map the Impact, was released by New American Economy (NAE). The report was compiled for all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C. and was designed to […]

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Iowa State Daily: Letter: The state of Iowa needs responsible, pro-growth immigration reform

Iowa knows better than perhaps any other state in the union the tendency of politicians to talk about one of the most pressing issues — immigration — just once every four years. Then the issue fades away, with little meaningful action taken, until the next election. In the meantime, our outdated immigration system hampers our […]

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WNCN TV (NC): “RTP leaders call for immigration reform”

To do that, local leaders are showing off new research on the contributions immigrants have in the Triangle. Leaders said global talent promotes many of the businesses in RTP. Research found that in the 2nd congressional district nearly 9 percent of the area’s population are foreign-born residents. The numbers also show immigrants held $1.6 billion […]

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Providence Business News: “Report: R.I. home to 104K immigrants”

A new report released this week shows that Rhode Island is home to nearly 140,000 immigrants, and that they are mostly of working age, and work in the manufacturing and software industries. That number grows to more than 200,000 when the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area is included. Again, most of the immigrants in the metro […]

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Philadelphia Magazine: “Here’s How Much Spending Power Immigrants Hold in Philly”

If last week’s national “Day Without Immigrants” boycott wasn’t enough to signal the impact of immigrants on the economy, a data map released on Tuesday details the impact of immigrants across all 50 states, in all 435 congressional districts, and in the country’s 55 largest metro areas. The New American Economy, a nonpartisan group of mayors and business […]

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Upworthy: Immigrants make America great, and one organization has the data to prove it

President Donald Trump has been busy making changes to our immigration system — for better or for worse. Between the border wall, “deportation force,” and travel ban, Trump is taking bold action to address our country’s broken immigration system. His focus on removing undocumented immigrants and making it more difficult to enter the country legally, […]

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Inc: Mark Cuban-Backed Group Explains How Immigrants Affect Your Local Economy

As the Trump administration continues its push for aggressive enforcement of immigration laws, a group of business leaders want to use economic data to influence the conversation. A group called New American Economy–whose members include Y Combinator’s Sam Altman, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Twitter and Square’s Jack Dorsey, and Rent the Runway co-founder Jennifer […]

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