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Wisconsin Ag Connection: “WFBF Supports Immigration Reform Day of Action”
The state’s largest farm organization says it is in support of the New American Economy’s National Day of Action and immigration reform campaign. The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation announced that the campaign, which kicked off this week with the launch of the Map of Impact that includes updated immigration statistics by state and congressional district, […]
Read MoreInc: 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 […]
Read MoreDuPage Policy Journal: “Report shows economic impact of immigrants in Illinois’ District 6”
New American Economy, a New York-based group that advocates for immigration reform, released a report Tuesday detailing the impact immigrants have on the economy, job creation and filling the skills gap nationwide and within Illinois’ District 6. The data include details of how District 6 has benefited from the growing immigrant population. The report also […]
Read MoreWyoming Tribune Eagle: “Local immigrant wants what’s best for America”
For one month Nesley Corona waited in Agua Prieta in the state of Sonora, Mexico, with her two older sisters before boarding a truck that would cart her across the border into the United States. While she waited, the person responsible for her transport kept asking her for more money. She was 15 years old. […]
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 MoreKHon2: Hawaii one of top 10 states benefiting economically from immigration
With President Donald Trump’s immigration-policy reform actions likely to affect state economies, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017’s Economic Impact of Immigration by State. In order to determine which states benefit most from immigration, the website’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 18 key metrics, ranging from […]
Read MoreNew Study on Buffalo and Syracuse Shows the Economic Power of Immigrants
Upstate, NY – Today, 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 […]
Read MoreGrand Junction Daily Sentinel: Study highlights contributions made by Colo. Immigrants
Colorado has more than half a million foreign-born residents who contribute billions of dollars to the economy, according to a new study to be released today on the impact immigrants have on the state. The New American Economy, a national bipartisan group of elected officials and business leaders, is trying to show just what impacts […]
Read MoreKHON: Analysis: Hawaii one of top 10 states benefiting economically from immigration
With President Donald Trump’s immigration-policy reform actions likely to affect state economies, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017’s Economic Impact of Immigration by State. In order to determine which states benefit most from immigration, the website’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 18 key metrics, ranging […]
Read MoreLanguage Diversity and the Workforce: The Growing Need for Bilingual Workers in Colorado’s Economy
The Seal of Biliteracy has been hailed as an important initiative to recognize high school graduates who have attained proficiency in two or more world languages, and provide employers in their states a method of identifying job candidates with multiple language skills, according to a study by New American Economy. The Seal of Biliteracy creates a tangible […]
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