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Sandra Campuzano
In August 2021, after more than two decades living in the United States as a Green Card holder and serving in the U.S. military, Sandra Campuzano will finally become an American citizen. “I’ve always felt like I belonged here,” she says. But Donald Trump’s anti-immigration platform changed things. “All of a sudden, it seemed more […]
Read MoreArts & Culture Initiatives
Culture Club The Council’s Culture Club is a membership striving to build empathy through the language of art. The goal is to introduce participants to a new and wide range of immigrant stories, exploring a variety of lived experiences. Get access to film screenings focused on immigrant filmmakers, our extensive list of books shedding light […]
Read MoreGTCN Resources Hub
New resources will be added periodically. For questions or additional support, email a member of the Council Team or [email protected]. Issue Area Toolkits Brain Waste Entrepreneurs International Students Multi-Sector Plans Letters and Statements Texans for Economic Growth Urges Action on Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act 60 Chambers of Commerce Call on Congress to Protect DACA […]
Read MoreThe End of Title 42: A Long-Overdue Step Toward Rebuilding our Asylum System
The Biden administration announced today plans to end a border expulsions policy known as Title 42 by May 23. This policy allowed the U.S. government to turn people away at the U.S southern border over 1.7 million times in the past two years under the guise of protecting the country from COVID-19.
Read MoreGlobal Talent Chamber Network
Members of the network have access to the following support: Chamber Network Updates COVID-19 resources for chambers of commerce and small businesses On a local level, chambers of commerce are already leading the way as a resource for their members. From promoting local small businesses to analyzing the federal stimulus package, answering FAQs, connecting members […]
Read MoreOffice of New Americans (ONA) State Network
Together with World Education Services, the Council supports and co-convenes an emerging, nationwide Office of New Americans (ONA) State Network. Through this network, the Council and WES provide a forum for state policy leaders to drive positive change that supports immigrant and refugee integration into the workforce and economy. The ONA State Network brings together a […]
Read MoreCongress Ends Months of Uncertainty for Immigrant Investors in Regional Centers
For more than 8 months, noncitizens with approved immigrant petitions for investments in regional centers have been in limbo. Congress has now ended that limbo, by reauthorizing the EB-5 regional center program. At midnight on June 30, 2021, the congressional authorization for the EB-5 regional center program investor category expired. U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Services […]
Read MoreICE to Close or Scale Back Use of Four Immigration Detention Facilities, Citing Concerns over Conditions, Treatment of Detained Individuals
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it will close or scale back four detention facilities over concerns about conditions at those centers.
Read MoreLaotian Refugee Gives Back to Lincoln Community
Soulinnee PhanCity of Lincoln City Clerk Soulinnee Phan’s parents came to Nebraska from Laos, fleeing the Communists. A few years prior, they’d swum for their lives across the Mekong River and met at a Thai refugee camp. By the time Phan’s mother boarded a military plane to America in 1980, she was six months pregnant. […]
Read MoreNew Americans in Lancaster County
In January 2022, NAE merged with the American Immigration Council to combine a broad suite of advocacy tools to better expand and protect the rights of immigrants, more fully ensure immigrants’ ability to succeed economically, and help make the communities they settle in more welcoming. New research from New American Economy shows that immigrants in […]
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