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Immigrant to Denver Founds Dragon Boat Festival that Attracts 120,000 Attendees Annually
When Taiwanese Chinese immigrant Ding-Wen Hsu followed her engineer husband from Iowa to Denver after he received a job offer as a hydrologist, she admired the abundant Colorado sunshine and the beautiful Rocky Mountain landscape. But it was the welcoming attitude of Denverites that inspired her to stay for 40 years. “I’ve never felt like […]
Read MoreMedical Neglect and Abuse Reported at Atlanta Immigration Detention Center
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) currently uses hundreds of detention centers throughout the country to hold individuals in immigration proceedings. Many of these facilities have a concerning record, with appalling conditions and treatment of individuals under ICE’s custody. A recent report from Project South and Georgia Detention Watch highlights such issues at the Atlanta […]
Read MoreJohn McCain’s Legacy on Immigration
The United States Senate and Republican Party lost one of their biggest champions for bipartisan immigration reform and most vocal critics of President Trump’s immigration policies when Senator John S. McCain III (R-AZ) passed away at the age of 81 last week. While McCain will largely be remembered for his 32-year career in the Senate […]
Read MoreNew Americans in Portland, Maine
A new report from New American Economy shows that immigrants in the Portland, ME metro area contributed $1.2 billion to the area’s GDP in 2016 and paid $133 million in federal taxes and $62 million in state and local taxes. The report, New Americans in Portland, ME, was developed in partnership with the Portland Office […]
Read MoreForeign-Born Residents Contributed $1.2 Billion to Portland Metro Area GDP in 2016
PORTLAND, ME – Immigrants in the Portland, ME metro area contributed $1.2 billion to the area’s GDP in 2016 and paid $133 million in federal taxes and $62 million in state and local taxes, according to a new report by New American Economy (NAE), in partnership with the Portland Office of Economic Opportunity and the […]
Read MoreRwandan Refugee Expands Immigrant-Focused Newspaper into Buffalo-Based Non-Profit
Shortly after Rwandan refugee Rubens Mukunzi began publishing a newspaper about immigrant and refugee life, he got a visit from the Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash. “He was very excited to have the newspaper, Karibu News, as a voice for refugees and immigrants in Buffalo Public Schools,” says Mukunzi. Karibu News, which is published […]
Read MoreArgentinian Immigrant Credits Boston with Enabling Business Success
Jonathan Thon, an Argentine native, first came to the Boston area in 2008 to complete a Harvard Medical School postdoc, and stayed on to become an Assistant Professor there. He knew that platelets, the cells that promote clotting, had enormous commercial and medical potential, and so in 2014, Thon and his postdoctoral adviser founded Platelet […]
Read MoreAustin Mayor Touts the Value of Immigrants as City is Recognized in NAE Cities Index
Austin, Texas, is known for being one of the most creative, innovative cities in the United States. It’s why Steve Adler is so proud to be the city’s mayor—and he knows that to maintain the city’s vibrancy it needs to celebrate its immigrant residents. In Austin, more than 18 percent of all residents are foreign–born, and 24 […]
Read MoreUSCIS’ Wait Times for Citizenship Have Doubled
The average wait time on a U.S. citizenship application was about five months in 2014. Today, the average time a green card holder will wait for their citizenship application to be processed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is 10 months. With the increased wait time, the backlog of pending applications has also grown […]
Read MoreNAE Food & Immigration Initiative
Across languages and cultures, food brings people together. To understand the key roles immigrants play in America’s food and restaurant industries, we’re launching the NAE Food & Immigration Initiative. We’re traveling to cities across the United States, meeting immigrant entrepreneurs and sharing their stories, identifying ways to remove barriers to entrepreneurship and economic growth, and partnering […]
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