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2020 End Of Year Report
Dear Friends and Supporters, As we near the end of this unprecedented and challenging year, we want to thank you for your partnership and support. Despite a year like none other, we at New American Economy are proud of what we were able to accomplish. Here’s a snapshot of what we did this year: We […]
Read MoreLawsuit Now Covers Hundreds of H-1B Petitions for Market Research Analyst Positions Filed by American Businesses
A federal judge has granted class certification in MadKudu Inc., et al. v. USCIS, et al., a lawsuit challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ pattern and practice of arbitrarily denying H-1B nonimmigrant employment-based petitions for market research analyst positions filed by businesses in the United States.
Read More21 for ‘21: Fixing America’s Immigration System
President-elect Biden has promised a new course on immigration policy in his Administration. The challenges before him and his Administration will be many, but so are the opportunities to reaffirm the importance of immigration to American society, American culture, and the American economy. At New American Economy, we believe that immigration reform can and should […]
Read MoreGovernment Faces Lawsuit for Failing to Disclose Information on Expansion of Immigration Courts and Immigration Adjudication Centers
Public information about the location and expansion of these courts and centers is critically important.
Read MoreICE’s COVID-19 Death Toll Might Be Higher Than It Claims
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to mismanage the spread of the coronavirus in its facilities nationwide—and the consequences might be far more deadly than the agency wants to admit. As of October 22, ICE confirmed a total of 6,743 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed across 99 facilities since the pandemic began in March. 661 […]
Read MoreNorthern Virginia Uses New Research to Inform Immigrant-inclusive COVID-19 Relief Measures
New Research from New American Economy shows that immigrants in Northern Virginia play an outsize role in critical industries, making up over 60 percent of all construction workers and 50 percent of all food service workers. Fairfax, VA– New research from New American Economy (NAE) released today in partnership with the Northern Virginia Regional Commission […]
Read MoreICE Deported Cameroonian Immigrants Despite Protests and Congressional Intervention
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported a flight of approximately 100 African asylum seekers to their home countries, where they could face immediate arrest and death. Many of the Cameroonian and Congolese immigrants had protested their detention and spoken out about abuses in U.S. custody. ICE went forward with the deportations on October 13 […]
Read MoreInvestigating Border Patrol’s Militarized Raids on Humanitarian Aid Station
This Freedom of Information Act request seeks to uncover Customs and Border Protection’s actions and further expose its militarized response to the provision of humanitarian aid.
Read MoreElection 2020: Shifting Demographics in U.S. States
Last week, we examined how the U.S. electorate has changed nationwide from 2010 to 2018. However, these demographic changes at play nationally are even more pronounced at the state level, especially in many of the states that have developed recently into perennial or emerging swing states in state-wide contests. Compared with national figures, some states […]
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