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The Economic Cost of Oklahoma Senate Bill 1459 and House Bill 1407
Oklahoma is currently set to experience a labor shortage of nearly 20,000 workers over the next decade due, in large part, to workers aging out of the workforce. At the same time, two bills being considered in the State House and Senate threaten to further limit the state’s labor pool and cost the state economy […]
Read MoreAs Trump Slashes All Immigration, Other Countries Open Their Doors
The Trump administration has worked to close the door on all types of immigrants—including people trying to come to the United States on visas. Consequently, the United States is experiencing a severe drop in legal immigration. Other nations like Canada are picking up the slack and reaping the benefits. Between fiscal year 2016 and 2018, […]
Read MoreGreyhound Has a Long History of Racially Profiling Latino Passengers
The Greyhound bus company announced it will no longer allow Border Patrol agents to conduct warrantless checks for people in the country without authorization. This reverses the company’s policy of allowing agents to board its buses in search of undocumented passengers. The practice has been long been criticized as racial profiling. The announcement comes after […]
Read MorePower of the Purse: The Contributions of Hispanic Americans
Every day, Jose Brito Bueno does special work, providing life-improving services to thousands of seniors and people with disabilities. Through the company he founded, WeCare, some of the most vulnerable residents of New Jersey and Pennsylvania are able to receive the precious in-home health care they need. This is no easy task, and central to […]
Read MorePrivacy Concerns Over Trump’s Demand to Collect the DNA of Hundreds of Thousands of People
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began collecting DNA from people held at the border earlier this month. This is part of a pilot program that DHS plans to expand nationwide. The program is currently operating at the port of entry in Eagle Pass, Texas and within the Border Patrol’s Detroit Sector. When fully implemented, […]
Read MoreRepublican and Democratic Officials Continue to Accept Refugees, Rejecting Trump’s Executive Order
Update: On January 15, federal Judge Peter Messitte issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the Trump administration from enforcing its executive order giving state and local governments the power to opt out of refugee resettlement. Judge Messitte ruled the executive order was likely unlawful. In his decision, he called for the program to “go forward […]
Read MoreImmigration Detention in the United States by Agency
This fact sheet describes the populations, duration, and conditions for noncitizens detained in the United States by department.
Read More2019 End of Year Report
Dear Friends and Supporters, 2019 was a groundbreaking year for New American Economy. We officially launched a new Arts & Culture program, added 16 communities to our State and Local work, bringing our total number of active communities to over 75 — 75 percent of which are in red and purple areas — released State […]
Read More3 Ways Our Immigration System Can Eliminate Barriers to Becoming a US Citizen
When people who immigrate to the United States are enabled to become U.S. citizens, everyone benefits. Citizenship allows people to have more stable lives by granting access to better work, housing, health care, and education. This leads to a stronger, safer, and more prosperous country for foreign- and native-born Americans alike. Yet the Trump administration […]
Read MoreICE Revises Its Standards for Some Detention Facilities
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently published an update to its National Detention Standards (NDS), which govern the treatment of people held in facilities that rent some of their beds to ICE, often city or county jails. The new standards may weaken some protections for up to 20% of ICE’s detained population. ICE does […]
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