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Ohio Worksite Immigration Raid Ignores the Impact on the Local Community
More than 100 workers were arrested at a gardening and landscaping company in northern Ohio on Wednesday, marking another massive employment crackdown under the Trump administration. This raid comes two months after one of the largest employment crackdowns in a decade took place at a meat-processing plant in rural Tennessee. According to ICE’s acting director […]
Read MoreSioux City Journal: Report: Immigration fuels metro Sioux City’s recent population growth
Foreign-born newcomers accounted for more than 75 percent of metro Sioux City’s population growth between 2010 and 2015, a new report shows. The number of immigrants in the metro area were estimated at 14,817 in 2015, or 8.8 percent of the combined population of 169,069 for Plymouth and Woodbury counties in Iowa, Dakota and Dixon […]
Read MoreAsylum Seeker Files Lawsuit After CBP Officers Falsify Paperwork and Then Deport Him
Time and time again, immigrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border are never given a meaningful opportunity by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to explain why they fear returning to their country of origin. All too often CBP officers fail to follow the rules designed to protect asylum seekers at the border, and […]
Read MoreKTIV: Tyson Foods and One Siouxland team up to build a stronger Siouxland
Tyson Foods and One Siouxland are teaming up to support newcomers in Siouxland. The partnership will help newcomers to the community adapt, integrate, and thrive in the Sioux City Community. The two organizations will host 15 workshops throughout the tri-state region to help newcomers acquire skills, information, community contacts, and help access basic services and […]
Read MoreImmigrants in Siouxland Contribute Millions to Regional GDP and Play an Integral Role in the Local Workforce
SIOUX CITY, IA – Immigrants in Iowa’s Plymouth and Woodbury counties contributed $522.2 million to GDP and held $137.7 million in spending power in 2015, according to a new research brief released by New American Economy in partnership with One Siouxland. The report highlights the demographic and economic contributions of immigrants in the Tri-State Siouxland region by looking […]
Read MoreNew Americans in the Siouxland Tri-State Region
A new research brief from New American Economy (NAE) shows that immigrants in Iowa’s Plymouth and Woodbury counties contributed $522.2 million to GDP and held $137.7 million in spending power in 2015. The report was produced partnership with One Siouxland. The report highlights the demographic and economic contributions of immigrants in the Tri-State Siouxland region […]
Read MoreVietnamese Immigrant Wants to Help Her Community for Future Generations
Like so many Vietnamese people, Joanne Nguyen has lived a life shaped by American foreign policy. When she was born, in 1966, U.S. troops were already engaged in the ground war and her father, an English professor in Saigon, had been drafted into the South Vietnamese Army to assist U.S. forces. When America withdrew in […]
Read MoreTrump’s Zero-Tolerance Immigration Policy Treats Parents like Criminals
Since the implementation of a “zero-tolerance” policy in April 2018 toward illegal entry (as well as attempted illegal entry) into the United States, criminal prosecutions of unauthorized border-crossers under the Trump administration have started to rise. Criminal prosecutions of migrants apprehended by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) along the southwest border with Mexico jumped a […]
Read MoreImmigrants in Jackson Hole
A new report from New American Economy (NAE) shows that immigrants in the Greater Jackson region are more likely to be of working age than their U.S.-born peers. The report, Immigrants in Jackson Hole, finds that 87.2 percent of the region’s foreign-born residents are working-age, compared to 62.1 percent of the region’s U.S.-born population. While […]
Read MoreForeign-Born Residents Contributed Over $564 Million to Warren County’s GDP in 2016
BOWLING GREEN, KY – Immigrants in Warren County contributed $564.3 million to the county’s GDP in 2016 and paid $43 million in federal taxes and $21.1 million in state and local taxes, according to a new research brief by New American Economy (NAE), in partnership with the City of Bowling Green, the Bowling Green Area Chamber of […]
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