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Are Republicans in Three Key 2016 States Softening on Immigration?
Most Republicans in the key early 2016 states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina support allowing undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S. and earn citizenship or permanent legal status, newly released surveys by a GOP polling firm for a pro-immigration group has found. But the polls also underscored the issue’s potential to sharpen […]
Read MoreDon’t Repeat Mitt Romney’s Mistake on Immigration
As deputy campaign manager of Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential bid, I saw first-hand how the rhetoric on immigration during the GOP primary, from all of the candidates, painted our party in a negative light and came back to bite us in the general election. Sunday on “Meet the Press,” Gov. Romney acknowledged that it was […]
Read MoreMayor Kasim Reed Celebrates Immigrant Heritage Month by Launching Office of Immigrant Affairs and New Welcoming Atlanta Website
ATLANTA – Mayor Kasim Reed announced the new Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Welcoming Atlanta website (www.welcomingatlanta.com) today as the City of Atlanta celebrates Immigrant Heritage Month. The Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Welcoming Atlanta website are two of the twenty recommendations put forth by the Welcoming Atlanta Working Group in September of 2014 […]
Read More3 Years In, It’s Increasingly Clear That DACA Benefits All of Us
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), President Obama’s deportation deferral program for DREAMers–undocumented young people brought to the United States as children–is celebrating its third birthday today. Three years in, we know that DACA is benefiting the individuals who receive it, and a growing pool of evidence suggests what many have anticipated since the program’s […]
Read MoreImmigrants Kept for Days in Border Patrol’s Bedless Holding Cells
Every day, over a thousand individuals are held in Border Patrol detention facilities near the U.S. southern border. These facilities are notorious for freezing cold temperatures, overcrowded conditions and lack of any bedding or beds. In addition, they routinely lack adequate food, water, and medical care. The reality is that these facilities are not designed […]
Read MorePolling and Focus Group Analysis Shows Cost of Opposing Immigration Reform in the 2016 Election
New York, NY —The New American Economy and Burning Glass Consulting today released new polling and focus group results analyzing the impact of candidate positions in support of or opposition to immigration reform in both the 2016 presidential primary and general elections. The poll and focus groups show that the benefits for candidates in opposing immigration […]
Read MoreHow 40 Million Immigrants Create Housing Wealth and Stabilize Communities
New research by Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and New American Economy (NAE) finds that the 40 million immigrants in the United States have created $3.7 trillion in housing wealth, helping stabilize less desirable communities where home prices are declining or would otherwise have declined. View more of the findings. Explore the interactive map. […]
Read MoreHow 40 Million Immigrants Create Housing Wealth and Stabilize Communities
New research by Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and New American Economy (NAE) finds that the 40 million immigrants in the United States have created $3.7 trillion in housing wealth, helping stabilize less desirable communities where home prices are declining or would otherwise have declined. View more of the findings. Explore the interactive map. […]
Read MoreCalls to End Family Detention Come From Capitol Hill
Over the past year, the Obama Administration has rapidly propped up family detention facilities as a knee-jerk response to the influx of women and children who crossed our southern border last summer. The families fleeing violence and persecution have been apprehended, detained in poor conditions, and rapidly processed through immigration hearings with little due process. […]
Read MoreImmigrants in Nevada
One in five Nevada residents is an immigrant, while one in six residents is a native-born U.S. citizen with at least one immigrant parent.
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