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Denver Business Journal: Metro Denver immigrants have $6.9 billion in spending power, says report
As the immigration issues heat up with new immigration rules on deportation and President Trump’s promise to revise his travel ban with seven Muslim countries, the Partnership for New American Economy has released state data on immigrants in an effort to show the economic impact they have. In metro Denver, immigrants are estimated to have […]
Read MorePittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Local officials, clergy challenge the narrative of Trump’s immigration policies”
On a day when the Trump administration unveiled new policies to intensify the hunt for and deportation of immigrants without legal status, numerous Pittsburgh-area voices mobilized to send a different narrative. Civic, religious and immigrant-community leaders released statistics asserting that immigrants have brought more than $2 billion in annual spending power to the region’s economy […]
Read MoreThe Miami Herald: “Miami Republicans worry about Trump deportations: ‘You’re going to catch a lot of good people’”
Two Miami Republicans in Congress questioned on Tuesday the Trump administration’s new policy exposing to deportation nearly all immigrants illegally in the country. U.S. Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen were speaking at an event highlighting the contribution of immigrants to Miami’s fledgling tech industry when the Department of Homeland Security announced its rules expanding […]
Read MoreThe Jamestown Sun: Study: Immigrants make up growing part of workforce, tax base of ND, Minnesota
A new analysis is shedding some light on the growing economic impact of immigrants who live and work in North Dakota and Minnesota as questions of immigration policy, especially for refugees, continue to split opinions locally and nationally. Newly compiled data released Tuesday, Feb. 21, morning by national organization New American Economy crunched the number […]
Read MoreBoise State Public Radio: What Are Immigrants Doing For Idaho’s Economy?
Many agree the immigration system is broken, and there’s a national debate on how best to fix it. This debate is sometimes based on emotions, not on data. But a new study released Tuesday is taking a closer look at the numbers. Asmaa Albukaie was Boise’s first refugee from Syria, arriving in late 2014. “For me as a refugee, […]
Read MoreCleveland Plain Dealer: “U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan hears immigration panel at International Institute of Akron”
Those immigrants paid $126 million in taxes and had a spending power of $342 million in 2014, the latest year for which figures are available, says the research, conducted by the International Institute of Akron in partnership with the New American Economy. With immigration threatened by President Donald Trump, the institute on Tuesday presented the research to […]
Read MoreThe Cap Times: Study: Over 13,000 immigrants in Wisconsin are entrepreneurs
As a little girl in Mexico, Armida Ramos remembers spending many days in her mother’s restaurant. “I always used to be helping my mom, so in the future I wanted to have my own business,” she said. She moved to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 14, and brought her entrepreneurial instincts with her. […]
Read MoreInforum: Immigrants make up growing part of workforce, tax base of North Dakota, Minnesota
A new analysis is shedding some light on the growing economic impact of immigrants who live and work in North Dakota and Minnesota as questions of immigration policy, especially for refugees, continue to split opinions locally and nationally. Newly compiled data released Tuesday, Feb. 21, morning by national organization New American Economy crunched the number […]
Read MoreNew Americans in Buffalo and Syracuse
New American Economy (NAE) released a report documenting the critical impact immigrants have on the Upstate economies of Buffalo and Syracuse through their contribution to population growth, high rates of workforce participation, large tax contributions, and spending power. This report was released in conjunction with the launch of Map the Impact—an NAE campaign to highlight the power of immigrants […]
Read MoreNew Americans in Buffalo and Syracuse
New American Economy (NAE) released a report documenting the critical impact immigrants have on the Upstate economies of Buffalo and Syracuse through their contribution to population growth, high rates of workforce participation, large tax contributions, and spending power. This report was released in conjunction with the launch of Map the Impact—an NAE campaign to highlight the power of immigrants […]
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