State and Local Initiatives
They say all politics is local, right? While most of the debate about immigration focuses on congressional action (or inaction), local communities across the country are the ones who feel the value of immigration most tangibly. Now active in more than 50 communities – more than 80 percent of which are in conservative states – the NAE State & Local team works with policymakers, business, and civic leaders to promote policies and programs that help create jobs and drive economic growth. You can explore more of our work on the state and local level here.
Connecticut Mirror: English Learners: Other Places Are Showing What Works
Donación Garcia wanted what was best for his daughter Gabriella, so he enrolled her in an English-only classroom and declined his district’s offer to also provide instruction in Spanish, a language his family often uses at home. “We thought she needed English,” said Garcia, whose daughter is now a high… Read More
PGH City Paper: Immigrants are propping up the Pittsburgh metro area population
Without an influx of international migration to the Pittsburgh metro area, the region would have lost 36,580 residents since 2010. This would have been far and away the largest population decline of any large U.S. metro area over that time span. Luckily, enough people came across borders to the Steel… Read More
Head of Hispanic Leadership Council Makes Economic Case for Reform
Greg Torrales first moved to South Carolina in 2007 to work as a translator and help immigrants navigate the healthcare industry. Today he is the director of the South Carolina Hispanic Leadership Council (SCHLC), which provides social services for the state’s Hispanic residents. “Before I moved to South Carolina, I… Read More
The Detroit News: Opinion: Immigrants revitalize Detroit
Immigration has been quietly powering the population growth, neighborhood revitalization, innovation, entrepreneurship, and broad diversity upon which a bright future for Detroit’s neighborhoods and current residents can be secured. New data released this week by the New American Economy, a collection of more than 500 Republican, Democratic, and independent mayors… Read More
New Americans in Detroit
While recent Census reports show continued population loss for the city, an NAE & Global Detroit report highlights that immigrants, who have added over 4,000 new residents to the city between 2010 and 2014 (a 12.1 percent rate of growth), are helping the city to stop its… Read More
AL.com: Immigrants contribute $3B to Birmingham metro area’s GDP: Report
A new report has found that immigrants contributed $3 billion to the Birmingham metro area’s GDP in 2014. Foreign-born people also constituted outsize percentages of the metro area’s employed workforce, ranks of business owners and population of people with advanced degrees, according to the study. Many immigrants across Alabama and the… Read More
Crain’s Detroit Business: Report highlights immigrants’ economic contribution to Detroit
Following the uproar over President Donald Trump’s now-stalled executive order on limiting immigration from certain Middle East nations, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan reaffirmed the city’s commitment to immigrants. New data released Tuesday makes the case for why. While the city continued to lose native-born residents between 2010 and 2014, its… Read More
Detroit’s Immigrant-Owned Businesses Generated $15.5 Million in Business Income, New Report Shows
DETROIT, Michigan – Today, Global Detroit and New American Economy released a report documenting the rapid population growth and economic impact of immigrants in Detroit. While recent Census reports show continued population loss for the city, today’s data highlights that immigrants, who have added over… Read More
Bangladeshi Uses an Overseas Education to Fight for Worker Rights in U.S.
Farook Hossain has a master’s degree in political science and was working as a medical clinic director in Bangladesh when he won a green card through the diversity lottery. He gave it all up to move to America, in 2001, and was soon working for $5 an hour at a… Read More
Once an Undocumented Child, Now He Educates Virginia’s Youth
Sal Romero Jr. came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico when he was 13 years old. Today, he is a citizen and serves on the Virginia Board of Education and as the first-ever Coordinator of Family and Community Engagement for Harrisonburg City Public Schools. It is… Read More
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