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Statement on the Administration’s Decision to End DACA
NEW YORK, NY – Following the announcement that the administration will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, which grants law-abiding undocumented youth a renewable two-year reprieve from deportation and the ability to work, New American Economy President John Feinblatt issued the following statement: “Ending DACA will disrupt hundreds of thousands of promising […]
Read MoreAs Texans Struggle for Survival, Judge Puts SB4 Largely On Hold
Texas’ Senate Bill 4 (SB4), the state’s punitive, anti-immigrant law slated to go into effect on September 1, was largely blocked by a Texas Judge late Wednesday evening.
Read MoreParents of Children Fleeing Violence Targeted for Enforcement
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly begun targeting undocumented parents and guardians who allegedly paid human smugglers to bring their children to the United States to escape violence and death in their home countries. A recent two-month sweep conducted by ICE resulted in the arrest of at least 400 individuals. However, despite their stated […]
Read MoreMore Immigrants are Dying in Detention, and the Government Wants More Facilities
The Administration’s efforts to massively expand immigration detention in the United States are already evident in Texas, where a for-profit prison company is building the largest complex in the country to detain immigrants—and taxpayers are footing the bill. The Geo Group, a for-profit, private prison corporation, has begun constructing a $110 million, 1,100-bed facility in […]
Read MoreGovernment Terminates Protection Program for At-Risk Central American Children
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was terminating the CAM (Central American Minors) Parole Program, a special program which allows certain at-risk children in Central America to enter the United States and be reunited with their legally residing parents. This is yet another example of the administration’s increasingly cruel disregard for vulnerable immigrant […]
Read MoreICE Settles Case Challenging Interference with Legal Representation at Dilley
The parties in Dilley Pro Bono Project v. ICE have reached a settlement that ensures access to mental health evaluations for certain detained mothers and children seeking asylum.
Read MoreFarmers Struggle to Find Labor, Threatening Americans’ Food Supply and Prices
America’s farmers have been acutely aware of the consequences of restrictive immigration policies for some time. When migration levels drop or restrictive policies drive migrants out of the state or country, farmers feel the pinch first, as their crops are left to rot in the fields due to the shortage of available workers. Since a […]
Read MoreOne Cost of Cutting Back on Less-Skilled Immigration: Potential Business Creation
NEW YORK, New York – Following the introduction of a Senate bill that would cut legal immigration in half and prioritize immigrants with higher levels of education, a new analysis by New American Economy shows that foreign-born entrepreneurs with less than a bachelor’s degree play a significant role in the U.S. economy. As reported by […]
Read MoreOne Cost of Cutting Back on Less-Skilled Immigration: Potential Business Creation
There are few aspects of immigrants and their contributions to the U.S. economy that get more attention than their high levels of entrepreneurship. As our past research has noted, immigrants are more than twice as likely as the U.S.-born population to found their own businesses. This phenomenon has been vital to our economy in recent […]
Read MoreOne Cost of Cutting Back on Less-Skilled Immigration: Potential Business Creation
There are few aspects of immigrants and their contributions to the U.S. economy that get more attention than their high levels of entrepreneurship. As our past research has noted, immigrants are more than twice as likely as the U.S.-born population to found their own businesses. This phenomenon has been vital to our economy in recent […]
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