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Silicon Valley Business Journal: More than a third of Silicon Valley’s population is foreign-born
More than one out of three people in Silicon Valley are foreign-born, a group that collectively pays around $11.4 billion in state and federal taxes each year, according to a new compilation of immigration data from the Partnership for a New American Economy. The group, which is spearheaded by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg […]
Read MoreTaxpayers Foot the Bill for Trump’s Immigration Detention Expansion
The executive orders on immigration enforcement, both along the border and in the interior of the U.S., call for a significant increase in immigration detention. This means more noncitizens in detention, more taxpayer money being spent on detention, and more profits for private prison companies–but less due process for those detained. The administration has called […]
Read MoreCT Post: Study shows value of undocumented immigrants
As President Donald Trump prepares to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally, a new national study shows undocumented workers pump billions of dollars into Connecticut’s economy each year. The New American Economy, a coalition of mayors and business leaders who support “sensible” immigration reform, found the nearly 130,000 undocumented Connecticut residents […]
Read MoreSalt Lake Tribune: “Utah leaders acknowledge immigrants’ contribution to state’s economy”
Utah immigrants pay $1.2 billion taxes and have about $4 billion in spending power per year. They account for 8.6 percent of the state population, running businesses that provide jobs for more than 31,000 people, and they have a reputation of entrepreneurship and special skills. They also support the agriculture, construction and restaurant industries, by […]
Read MoreKMOV TV: “International Institute highlighting vital contributions of immigrants”
The St. Louis-based International Institute has unveiled a new initiative to highlight the vital contributions immigrants are making all across the United States. The initiative comes in response to President Trump’s executive order on immigration. The CEO of the International Institute said the executive order affected many refugees headed for the St. Louis area. Although their […]
Read MoreThe Capital Times: “Study: Over 13,000 immigrants in Wisconsin are entrepreneurs”
As a little girl in Mexico, Armida Ramos remembers spending many days in her mother’s restaurant. “I always used to be helping my mom, so in the future I wanted to have my own business,” she said. She moved to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 14, and brought her entrepreneurial instincts with her. […]
Read MoreDenver Business Journal: Metro Denver immigrants have $6.9 billion in spending power, says report
As the immigration issues heat up with new immigration rules on deportation and President Trump’s promise to revise his travel ban with seven Muslim countries, the Partnership for New American Economy has released state data on immigrants in an effort to show the economic impact they have. In metro Denver, immigrants are estimated to have […]
Read MoreThe Columbus Dispatch: “Immigrants Crucial to Ohio economy, Report says”
Omar D’Angelo and his family moved to Columbus in 2000 to escape a crippling financial collapse that devastated the middle class in their native Argentina. Shortly after arriving here, he started helping his parents bake cakes and other South American confections for family members and friends. At the same time, he was learning English, taking […]
Read MoreThe Cap Times: Study: Over 13,000 immigrants in Wisconsin are entrepreneurs
As a little girl in Mexico, Armida Ramos remembers spending many days in her mother’s restaurant. “I always used to be helping my mom, so in the future I wanted to have my own business,” she said. She moved to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 14, and brought her entrepreneurial instincts with her. […]
Read MoreColumbus Dispatch: Immigrants crucial to Ohio economy, report says
Omar D’Angelo and his family moved to Columbus in 2000 to escape a crippling financial collapse that devastated the middle class in their native Argentina. Shortly after arriving here, he started helping his parents bake cakes and other South American confections for family members and friends. At the same time, he was learning English, taking […]
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