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Fortune 500 Companies with Immigrant Roots Generated More Money Than the GDP of Most Western Nations
When Fortune released this year’s Fortune 500 list—the magazine’s iconic ranking of the year’s top-grossing American companies—one fact remained unchanged from previous years: the profound role that immigrants and their children have played in establishing many of this country’s most successful and influential companies. Research by the American Immigration Council finds that nearly half of […]
Read MoreNew Report Reveals Immigrant Roots of Fortune 500 Companies
In an annual review of the most successful companies in the United States, the American Immigration Council unveiled today (August 29, 2023) a report that sheds light on the contributions of immigrant entrepreneurs and their children to the U.S. economy.
Read MoreBeyond the Border: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Presence at Racial Justice Protests in Summer of 2020
Our new, joint report shows that CBP often got involved in policing protests without being asked by city or state officials, and that its actions went beyond its supposed mandate to protect federal property.
Read MoreTyler Texas Hispanic Power of the Purse
New research, Hispanic Power of the Purse in Tyler, Texas, released today by the American Immigration Council, underscores the crucial role Hispanic Americans in Tyler, Texas play in the metro area’s economy.
Read MoreNew Americans in Androscoggin County
Research from the American Immigration Council shows that immigrants in Androscoggin County paid over $24.0 million in taxes and held over $74.0 million in spending power in 2019.
Read MoreNew Americans in Houston
A new research report, New Americans in Houston, released by the American Immigration Council, underscores the crucial role immigrants play in the Houston economy.
Read MoreNew Americans in Allen County
New research from the American Immigration Council shows that immigrants in Allen County paid over $160 million in taxes and exceeded $496.0 million in spending power in 2019. The new report, New Americans in Allen County, was prepared in partnership with Amani Family Services, Downtown Fort Wayne, and Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
Read MoreCBP’s Continued ‘Turnbacks’ Are Sending Asylum Seekers Back to Lethal Danger
On April 8, a family came to the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana and asked to be let into the United States to seek asylum. The husband’s arm was bleeding. He’d been shot. The cartel that had driven him and his family from Jalisco the previous fall, when he refused to cooperate with […]
Read MoreAsylum Seekers Ask Court to Block Turnback Policy
On Wednesday a group of asylum seekers moved to block the Biden administration’s unlawful policy of turning back people seeking asylum at ports of entry along the southern border.
Read MoreNew American Fortune 500 in 2023
See our updated web report on the largest American companies and their immigrant roots.
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