Center for Immigration Studies

Center for Immigration Studies

New American Economy and National Partners Launch iMarch for Immigration to Highlight Economic Contributions of Immigrants, Call for Action on Dreamers

New American Economy and National Partners Launch iMarch for Immigration to Highlight Economic Contributions of Immigrants, Call for Action on Dreamers

NEW YORK, New York — Today, New American Economy is launching iMarch for Immigration in partnership with more than twenty national organizations, including faith groups like the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Evangelical Association, tech companies like IBM and Pinterest, Hispanic groups like VotoLatino and the National… Read More

Kansas City Star: Chamber report proves immigrants’ contribution

Kansas City Star: Chamber report proves immigrants’ contribution

Ricardo Quinones was six months old when his family left Mexico for the United States. Today, he uses his college degree in psychology as a “behavioral implementer” — focusing on the well-being and care of his clients, who suffer from intense behavioral issues. The overall goal is to decrease unwanted… Read More

Undocumented for Years, Republican Immigrant Runs for State House

Undocumented for Years, Republican Immigrant Runs for State House

Not many brides choose GOP figureheads as their wedding inspiration, but for Brazilian-American newspaper editor, local Republican candidate, and formerly undocumented immigrant Emanuela Palmares, it was a no-brainer. This fall, when Palmares married Connecticut Rep. J.P. Sredzinski, the couple put portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson on their wedding… Read More

First Generation Farmer May Be Only-Generation Farmer if Foreign Labor Stays Home

First Generation Farmer May Be Only-Generation Farmer if Foreign Labor Stays Home

Brandon Fawaz grew up tending backyard crops on 15 acres in Fort Jones, a small town in California’s far north Scotts Valley. The son of a Lebanese-American highway patrolman and a school principal, Fawaz ultimately stuck with farming. Today, Fawaz Farming, located 12 miles south of his hometown, produces hay… Read More

Watch: Actor Robert Davi Joins the iMarch

Watch: Actor Robert Davi Joins the iMarch

Watch: Tech Entrepreneur Tom Chavez Joins the iMarch

Watch: Tech Entrepreneur Tom Chavez Joins the iMarch

https://youtu.be/2HjuyGUWF2o

Without Migrant Workers, Texas Shrimp Trawlers Forced to Tie Up Boats

Without Migrant Workers, Texas Shrimp Trawlers Forced to Tie Up Boats

In 2007, Andrea Hance and her husband decided to buy a shrimp boat. The couple had stable careers in South Texas — he as a crop insurance agent and she as the owner of a mortgage company. But they were looking for a new challenge and were taken with the… Read More

The Daily Illini: Champaign County research to reveal impact of immigration on economy

The Daily Illini: Champaign County research to reveal impact of immigration on economy

Some would say the current political climate in the United States is rather cold to waves of immigration from foreign countries. Champaign County on the other hand, is welcoming immigrants with open arms. Throughout the next few years, collective efforts from the University YMCA, Research Park, the Champaign County Economic… Read More

Fox News: White House releases 'explosive' tally of green cards issued in 'chain migration'

Fox News: White House releases ‘explosive’ tally of green cards issued in ‘chain migration’

For the first time, the White House said, the federal government has counted the green cards issued between 2005 and 2015 to migrants admitted through family preference, or as immediate relatives of migrants already admitted into the country in perhaps the fullest portrait of “chain migration” ever developed. Read More

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