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Immigration Enforcement in Schools, Churches, and Courts: What the Government Can (and Can’t) Do
Following the release of President Trump’s immigration enforcement executive orders and implementation memos, and the recent arrest of a transgender domestic violence victim at a courthouse in El Paso, Texas, there has been widespread confusion about where immigration enforcement can and cannot take place. Questions and concerns stem from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) […]
Read MoreCrain’s Chicago Business: My grandparents were immigrants
My maternal grandparents came to America in the early 1900s: Giuseppi Cimino and Fortunata Cardia, both right off the boat in New York and Baltimore from Cefalu, a lovely but economically challenged little town on the north coast of Sicily. Their life here wasn’t easy, not when terms like wop and dago were rife. But […]
Read MoreNashville Business Journal: “Study highlights role of immigrants in Tennessee’s economy”
Immigration has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump took office, and a new study helps highlight the role immigrants have in Tennessee’s economy. According to a report from the bipartisan New American Economy, Tennessee is home to more than 322,000 immigrants, who have nearly $6 billion in annual spending power, The Tennessean reports. “Immigrants fill […]
Read MoreWNCN 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 […]
Read MoreSupreme Court Hears Case on Shooting of Sergio Hernandez by U.S. Border Patrol Agent
Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)—the federal agency which includes the Border Patrol—are rarely held accountable for their actions. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the case of Sergio Hernandez, a 15-year-old boy shot dead in 2010 in Mexico by a Border Patrol agent who fired on him from the U.S. side […]
Read MoreFond du Lac Reporter: “Farm briefs”
Milk production and cow numbers in the dairy state are creeping upward, according to the latest USDA, National Ag Statistics Service Milk Production report. Milk production in Wisconsin during January 2017 totaled 2.54 billion pounds, up 1 percent from the previous January. The average number of milk cows during January, at 1.28 million head, was 1,000 […]
Read MorePhiladelphia 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 […]
Read MorePittsburgh Business Times: “Data reveals economic impact of immigrants in Pittsburgh metro area”
Immigrants make up 3.4 percent of the Pittsburgh metro’s population, but their ranks include 4,409 entrepreneurs and they make up 6.9 percent of the local education services industry and 6.3 percent of the professional, scientific and technical services sector here. That’s part of the data released on Tuesday by political, faith and academic leaders on […]
Read MoreTechnical.ly: “Cool data viz alert: Economic impact of immigrants in Philly”
In case Day Without Immigrants wasn’t enough of a reminder, immigrants are a significant part of this city’s economy. To put things in perspective, Philly’s Office of Immigrants Affairs partnered a national initiative from advocacy group New American Economy aimed at producing an interactive map with stats on immigrant population in every congressional district, taxes paid and spending power, among other stats. […]
Read MoreJewish Business News: Michael Bloomberg Backed Group Fights Donald Trump On Immigration
An organization led by billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg is fighting back against President Donald Trump’s harsh immigration policies. The Partnership for a New American Economy is an advocacy group for immigration reform in America. After the Federal courts struck down his travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim nations, Donald Trump declared his intention to […]
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