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What Views Do Millennials Hold Around Immigration?
The Millennial Generation constitutes the most racially and ethnically diverse generation America has ever known. Millennials are the largest living generation by population size (79.8 million in 2016) and are the generation with the largest number of individuals who identify as multiracial. A recent study on millennial attitudes around immigration reveals interesting and sometimes contradictory […]
Read MoreThe Federal Government Is Using Immigration Raids as Retaliation Against California
When agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided 77 businesses throughout northern California at the end of January and beginning of February, they were doing more than looking for undocumented immigrants and the employers who hire them. They were also mounting an attack against so-called “sanctuary cities”—or, in the case of California, a […]
Read MoreOne in Seven DACA-Eligible Individuals has Language Skills Needed by U.S. Military
NEW YORK, NY – As Washington debates how best to move forward on DACA, New American Economy (NAE) is highlighting the vital role Dreamers play in our economy, our communities, and our national security. According to research released by NAE, a substantial portion of the DACA-eligible population has language or workforce training that could help address the […]
Read MoreMore Than 2.5 Million U.S. Citizens Live with DACA-Eligible Immigrants
NEW YORK, NY – While Washington works to find a solution for Dreamers, New American Economy is showcasing how crucial they are to communities across the nation. Over the last few days we’ve shown the impact Dreamers have through their income, tax contributions, payments into Social Security and Medicare, employment, and entrepreneurship. Today, we highlight research showing the impact that they have at […]
Read MoreNinety Percent of DACA-Eligible Population Over 16 are Employed
NEW YORK, NY – As the President prepares to talk about immigration in his State of the Union address tonight, and Congress works to find a solution for Dreamers, New American Economy is releasing data and stories showing just how critical these immigrants are to our communities and our economy. Despite rhetoric that claims undocumented youth are […]
Read MoreDeep in Conservative South Carolina, Republican Lawmaker Touts DACA’s Economic Necessity
South Carolina is one of America’s reddest states, and Pickens is its reddest county; 75 percent of voters in the county cast their ballot for President Donald Trump in 2016. But when Neal Collins, a Republican representing Pickens, introduced a bill to help South Carolina Dreamers get an education, his constituents expressed support. “The vast […]
Read MoreTennessee Adopts Seal of Biliteracy as State Industries Seek Bilingual Talent
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Tennessee’s Board of Education established a Seal of Biliteracy program to recognize high school graduates who have attained proficiency in at least one language in addition to English. As new research from New American Economy shows, and this program acknowledges, industries across Tennessee need diverse bilingual talent in order to grow and compete […]
Read MoreDACA Allows Utah Grad To Provide After-School Care for Kids
Karina Palestina, 30, spends her days coordinating after-school care with the Park City, Utah, school district, but she dreams of a studying for a master’s degree in higher education. Holding her back is the uncertainty around Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a 2012 policy that allows qualifying undocumented immigrants who were brought to the […]
Read MoreHaitian-American Nurse Advocates for Protection of All Farmworkers
When Myrto Cesaire left the instability of her native Haiti in 1980, she took the first job she could find when she arrived in Florida. She became a cabbage picker. Although she only worked in the field for a few months, she found a lifelong calling as a farmworker activist. “I saw how hard they […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post: Democrats can’t shut down the government, but they can win on DACA
There is lots of talk about whether Democrats will try to shut down the government, after the two-week funding bill runs out, in order to get relief for young people affected by President Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Harry Enten at FiveThirtyEight ponders: “Democrats arguably have more to lose politically from a […]
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