Center for Immigration Studies

Center for Immigration Studies

ABC Local 10 News: Local Republican lawmakers call on White House to work with Congress on immigration reform: Politicans say immigrants have significant economic impact on South Florida

ABC Local 10 News: Local Republican lawmakers call on White House to work with Congress on immigration reform: Politicans say immigrants have significant economic impact on South Florida

As the country waits for President Donald Trump to release a revised version of his executive order on immigration, new information is emerging about the economic impact of immigrants in South Florida. “Miami is a successful immigrant story, and we’ve got a lot to brag about,” U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,… Read More

Wisconsin Dairy Farms Rely on Immigrant Labor

Wisconsin Dairy Farms Rely on Immigrant Labor

John Holevoet is the director of government affairs for the Dairy Business Milk Marketing Cooperative, a Midwest trade group. The Green Bay, Wisconsin, organization advocates for the industry and the farmers and workers that drive it — and that includes the region’s immigrant residents. “In Wisconsin, we rely pretty… Read More

Concentrate on Working Together, Says Chilean-American Minister

Concentrate on Working Together, Says Chilean-American Minister

When Fredy Pavez was ministering to his congregation in Vina Del Mar, Chile, a Southern Baptist pastor from Amarillo, Texas, asked for his help. The cleric explained that his city had a growing Hispanic population but his church’s attendance was low, and he wanted to know if Pavez would consider… Read More

Long-Time HR Manager Could Lose Own Job Without DACA Fix

Long-Time HR Manager Could Lose Own Job Without DACA Fix

As the human resources manager for a Greensboro, North Carolina, company, Laura Garduño García has had to tell many job applicants that she cannot hired them if they are unauthorized to work in the United States. But there’s a twist: While she has lived in North Carolina for the past… Read More

Iranian Refugee Fills In-Demand Role in U.S. Workforce

Iranian Refugee Fills In-Demand Role in U.S. Workforce

When Iranian refugee Muhsin Kazemipour stepped into his first accounting class at Amarillo College, he knew it was a good fit. “I saw my classmates struggling through the class, and I really enjoyed it. It was like a fun puzzle to fix. After the first semester of those classes, I… Read More

WE Global Network: How Immigrants Are Helping To Rebuild Rust Belt Economies

WE Global Network: How Immigrants Are Helping To Rebuild Rust Belt Economies

Welcoming immigrants and providing them an opportunity to build a life and contribute to the fabric of our society is one of America’s longest and proudest national traditions. But that central tenet of our national character is now being challenged by Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies. As this national debate rages… Read More

KCAL 9 CBS Los Angeles: Sen. Harris Calls Trump’s Immigration Policies ‘Outrageous’

KCAL 9 CBS Los Angeles: Sen. Harris Calls Trump’s Immigration Policies ‘Outrageous’

California State Senator Kamala Harris says President Trump’s immigration policies are extreme and outrageous. Harris held a discussion on immigration in Chinatown Wednesday. “As a prosecutor, I can tell you, it is a serious mistake for us to conflate criminal justice policy with immigration policy as though they are the… Read More

KPCC: As Trump’s immigration policies roll out, California economic concerns grow more urgent

KPCC: As Trump’s immigration policies roll out, California economic concerns grow more urgent

The Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants living in the country illegally is increasing worries about possible economic impacts on California. Speaking at a forum on immigration in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, state Sen. Kamala Harris said removing unauthorized immigrants from the work force will be clearly felt. “This is… Read More

Demand for Bilingual Workers More than Doubled in 5 years, New Report Shows

Demand for Bilingual Workers More than Doubled in 5 years, New Report Shows

New York, NY –  Today, New American Economy (NAE) released a report on the growing demand for bilingual talent in major industries in the United States. The research looks at online job posting data acquired by Burning Glass Technologies, a leading labor market analytics firm that searches 40,000 job… Read More

Inside Higher Ed: Job Market is Strong for Bilingual Workers

Inside Higher Ed: Job Market is Strong for Bilingual Workers

On the heels of a report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences urging a national strategy to boost language learning capacity, the New American Economy today released a paper emphasizing the critical need for language skills in the workplace. The bipartisan group of some 500 pro-immigration reform mayors… Read More

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