Industries
Caught in Limbo, STEM-Educated Dreamer Ponders a Move to Canada
Ecuadorian immigrant Edison Suasnavas is part of Silicon Slopes—a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) hot spot that is propelling Utah’s economy. He holds a master’s degree in animal science from Utah State University and works as a molecular oncologist at Arup Laboratories, in Salt Lake City,… Read More
Despite an Uncertain Future, DACA Law Student Continues to Help Others in Oklahoma City
Javier Hernandez was brought to the United States when he was a 1-year-old. In the 24 years since, he has founded a tutoring and mentorship program for high school students in his home town of Oklahoma City; tutored college students in math; coached little league soccer; and worked as a… Read More
Tennessee 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… Read More
STEM Worker Worries He May No Longer Be Able To Contribute
Brad Figueroa’s parents brought him to the United States from Mexico when he was 2 years old. Six years later, his father died, leaving Figueroa’s mother to raise him alone, working service jobs to make ends meet. When Figueroa, now in his mid 30s, came of age, he immediately began… Read More
In the U.S. Since Age 13, Young Mother Calls DACA Her ‘Last Chance’
For Hyun Jung Kim, an undocumented immigrant from South Korea, last Thanksgiving in Anchorage, Alaska, was typical. “We had a big turkey and Jell-O salad,” she says. “As a family, we gathered, and had a meal together, and celebrated, and were thankful that we are all together.” Kim spent her… Read More
Statement on Senator Orrin Hatch’s Immigration Innovation Bill
Following the reintroduction of Senator Hatch’s Immigration Innovation Bill, New American Economy issued the following statement: “We need high-skilled immigration reform, especially as we face labor shortages in areas like engineering, medicine, and science,” said John Feinblatt, President of New American Economy. “But we also need a system that protects… Read More
Dreamer Could Help Ease South Carolina’s Shortage of Healthcare Providers
Jacqueline Mayorga was born in Hidalgo, Mexico, to poor but hardworking parents. Her mother was a maid in Mexico City, and her father was a migrant farmworker in the United States who sent money home to the family. When Mayorga was 3 years old, her parents decided to reunite the… Read More
Researcher Works on Children’s Blood Disorders — but Only With DACA
Today, Martin Rodriguez, a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, is a PhD student at Wake Forest University, where he is working on developing gene therapies for pediatric blood disorders. “I believe that fulfillment for any human being is best achieved through service to others,” Rodriguez says. “Helping children born with bleeding disorders is something I can… Read More
Haitian-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… Read More
Immigrant’s App Safely Connects Parents, Schools, and Kids
Originally from Vizianagaram, a town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, entrepreneur Chaks Appalabattula had already earned an engineering degree with honors and was working as a computer science engineer when he decided to immigrate to the United States in 1998. Today, he is the CEO of Bloomz, a… Read More
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