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Texas Dream Act Survives—Because Texans Showed Up
In a legislative session marked by political division and increasingly polarized rhetoric, the Texas Dream Act endured. The win affirms that all Texas high school graduates—regardless of immigration status—will continue to have access to higher education. Read More
In-State Tuition Policies for Undocumented Students Change Lives. I Should Know—Mine Changed for the Better
“And I think it is healing behavior, to look at something so broken and see the possibility and wholeness in it.” — adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy The Texas Dream Act was signed into law in 2001, years before I… Read More
The Contributions of New Americans in Arizona
After decades when states such as California, Florida, and New York attracted the majority of immigrants to the country, Arizona—which shares a 372-mile border with Mexico—has recently emerged as a major destination for New Americans. In 1990, 7.6 percent of Arizona residents were foreign-born. By 2010, that figure had risen… Read More
Miss Michigan 2016 Just Happens to Be an Automotive Designer–and a Chinese Immigrant
This summer, Arianna Quan was crowned Miss Michigan — but the 23-year-old, who aspires to be an automobile designer and is paying for her studies with the tens of thousands of dollars she’s won from competing with the Miss America Organization, didn’t have a typical “Toddlers & Tiaras” upbringing. Quan,… Read More
A Georgia Farmer’s Not So Peachy Ordeal with the Immigration System
Lawton Pearson is a fifth-generation Georgia peach farmer. Even though he left rural Fort Valley, GA to attend college and law school, he couldn’t give up the farming way of life and soon returned. He’s attracted to the high-risk, high-reward stakes of owning his own business. Plus, he loves the… Read More
Georgia Board of Regents Sued for Limiting Immigrant Students’ Access to Higher Education
The Georgia Board of Regents is being hauled into court, once again, over its highly-controversial policies that limit young immigrants’ access to higher education. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and Horsley Begnaud filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Georgia Latin Alliance for Human… Read More
How States Are Shaping the Opportunities for Those Who Are DACAmented
Since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was first implemented back in August 2012, it has positively changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of young individuals in the United States. According to the most recent official statistics, as of September 2015, almost 700,000 individuals received DACA. Read More
Weekend Reading: Highlights From This Week’s Immigration News
Where does innovation come from? This was the question at the heart of a recent study by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. The answer: immigrants are a driving force behind American innovation, with over a third of U.S. innovators born outside the country. An updated report by… Read More
Report: Foreign-born residents strengthening Toledo
Immigrants continue to strengthen communities across the United States, including Toledo and other Ohio cities, according to research done by The Partnership for a New American Economy. A series of research briefs unveiled by Lucas County commissioners Tuesday offer insight into the ways foreign-born residents of Toledo and other Ohio… Read More
Foreign Students Add Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs to the U.S. Economy
Most people don’t think of foreign students as an economic resource, yet that is precisely what they are. Each year, students from other countries spend billions of dollars in the U.S. economy, pumping money not only into the colleges and universities they attend, but the surrounding businesses as well. In… Read More
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