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Immigrants in New Mexico
Nearly one in ten New Mexico residents is an immigrant, while one in nine residents is a native-born U.S. citizen with at least one immigrant parent.
Read MoreImmigrants in New Hampshire
Six percent of New Hampshire residents are immigrants, while 8 percent of residents are native-born U.S. citizens with at least one immigrant parent.
Read MoreStaying Covered: Immigrant Contributions to the United States Healthcare System
Sign up to join the movement for U.S. immigration reform: Email Address First Name Last Name Zip Code Did you know that immigrants in the U.S. have contributed a near $200-billion surplus to Medicare? In addition, they help fill increasingly needed positions caring for America’s seniors. As Washington grapples with how to ensure the future […]
Read MoreFrom an ‘Undocumented’ Boyhood to a Doctorate
As Dan-el Padilla Peralta toggled fluidly between worlds for much of his life — ancient and modern, poor and privileged, Dominican and American — there were times when he managed to forget he was a child without a country. He found refuge in New York’s libraries, the Greek and Latin texts speaking to him even […]
Read MoreA Humane Approach Can Work: The Effectiveness of Alternatives to Detention for Asylum Seekers
For decades, the U.S. refugee protection system has been a symbol of the nation’s generosity and openness to the world’s persecuted. Yet since Congress’ enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), asylum seekers arriving at the United States-Mexico border have been subject to mandatory detention and summary deportation processes, resulting […]
Read MoreRupert Murdoch: Donald Trump is wrong
Rupert Murdoch, the 21st Century Fox/News Corp. chief who has long pushed the Republican Party to embrace immigration reform, took Donald Trump to task over the weekend for his recent controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants: https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/620352927807377408 https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/620346262747910144 The public admonition may surprise those who associate Murdoch’s Fox News with Trump’s anti-immigrant views. In fact, Murdoch […]
Read MoreOne Year Later: Government Officials Request Lawyers for Immigrant Children and More Judges
On Tuesday, the Senate Homeland Security committee held a hearing examining the U.S. government’s response to last year’s arrivals of unaccompanied children fleeing Central American violence. Despite continuing disagreements between Senators as to the cause of the increased numbers of children fleeing their homes, two solutions received uniform support from U.S. government officials: providing lawyers […]
Read MoreNativist Group Misrepresents Facts Again to Support Detaining Children and Families
Last week, the nativist group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) did it again. This time, CIS misrepresented data on children and families appearing in immigration court, echoing what Fox News reported earlier in the week—both outlets implying that detention is necessary to ensure appearance in court. Yet data from the immigration courts—the same data CIS […]
Read MoreImmigrants Kept for Days in Border Patrol’s Bedless Holding Cells
Every day, over a thousand individuals are held in Border Patrol detention facilities near the U.S. southern border. These facilities are notorious for freezing cold temperatures, overcrowded conditions and lack of any bedding or beds. In addition, they routinely lack adequate food, water, and medical care. The reality is that these facilities are not designed […]
Read MoreHow 40 Million Immigrants Create Housing Wealth and Stabilize Communities
New research by Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and New American Economy (NAE) finds that the 40 million immigrants in the United States have created $3.7 trillion in housing wealth, helping stabilize less desirable communities where home prices are declining or would otherwise have declined. View more of the findings. Explore the interactive map. […]
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