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Without Migrant Labor, a Minnesota Resort’s 460 U.S. Workers at Risk
Ben Thuringer is the managing director of Madden’s on Gull Lake, a resort founded by his grandfather in 1929 in the Brainerd Lakes Region of Central Minnesota. The family resort is a seasonal getaway, operating April through October, with more than 1,000 acres and 283 rooms. “Of the 520 people we employ each season, 58 […]
Read MoreImmigrants contributed $7.6 billion to the GDP of Greater New Orleans in 2014, New Study Shows
New Orleans, LA – Today, the City of New Orleans and New American Economy released a report documenting the economic impact of immigrants in the metropolitan area. Accounting for seven percent of the overall population, the foreign-born of New Orleans make an outsized contribution to the local economy through their high rates of entrepreneurship, large […]
Read MoreDuPage Policy Journal: “Report shows economic impact of immigrants in Illinois’ District 6”
New American Economy, a New York-based group that advocates for immigration reform, released a report Tuesday detailing the impact immigrants have on the economy, job creation and filling the skills gap nationwide and within Illinois’ District 6. The data include details of how District 6 has benefited from the growing immigrant population. The report also […]
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 MoreWPRO Newstalk 630: Jeremy Robbins – study examines impact of immigrants on the U.S. economy
Jeremy Robbins, Executive Director of “New American Economy”; issues a report examining the impact of immigrants on the U.S. economy. Listen to the full interview from WPRO Newstalk 630: “Jeremy Robbins – study examines impact of immigrants on the U.S. economy” Visit MapTheImpact.org
Read MoreImmigrant Professor Aims to Solve Dental Health Issues Costing Americans $60 Billion per Year
Shortly after the Chinese Cultural Revolution — a decade that saw the brutal persecution of intellectuals — China reversed course and started seeking foreign brainpower to help salvage its ravaged economy. As part of Deng Xiaping’s sweeping economic reforms, the state began sending its most promising students to overseas universities. “When our thousands of Chinese […]
Read MoreLessons to Be Found in DHS’ 2016 Immigration Enforcement Numbers
As the Obama Administration comes to an end and its legacy on immigration is solidified, one of the defining characteristics of the President’s eight years in office will be how he enforced immigration laws. One of the strongest indicators of that will be how many individuals he actually removed and returned out of the country. […]
Read MoreSix of America’s 2016 Nobel Laureates are Immigrants
Each year, the Nobel Foundation awards prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace to the most innovative scientists, researchers, writers, and peace-builders in our world. So far this year, six Americans have been awarded the prize in the areas of chemistry, physics and economics—each of whom is an immigrant. These scientists have […]
Read MoreNearly 6 Million Workers Employed at Immigrant-Owned Businesses, New Report Finds
Nearly 6 Million Workers Employed at Immigrant-Owned Businesses, New Report Finds 40.2 Percent of 2016 Fortune 500 Firms Founded by Immigrants or Their Children New York, NY – New American Economy released a report detailing the outsized role immigrants play as entrepreneurs in the U.S. economy. In 2014, America’s foreign-born population owned close to three million […]
Read MoreNearly 6 Million Workers Employed at Immigrant-Owned Businesses, New Report Finds
Nearly 6 Million Workers Employed at Immigrant-Owned Businesses, New Report Finds 40.2 Percent of 2016 Fortune 500 Firms Founded by Immigrants or Their Children New York, NY – New American Economy released a report detailing the outsized role immigrants play as entrepreneurs in the U.S. economy. In 2014, America’s foreign-born population owned close to three million […]
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