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Making the Grade: The Economic Impact of Attracting and Retaining International Students in Ohio
“Making the Grade: The Economic Impact of Attracting and Retaining International Students in Ohio” draws on data from the U.S. Department of Education, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to find that: Increasing the share of international students at universities in Ohio would… Read More
A Vanishing Breed: How the Decline in U.S. Farm Laborers Over the Last Decade Has Hurt the U.S. Economy and Slowed Production on American Farms
New American Economy’s new report, “A Vanishing Breed: How the Decline in U.S. Farm Laborers Over the Last Decade Has Hurt the U.S. Economy and Slowed Production on American Farms,” shows that in the last decade, as fewer young agricultural workers have come to the United States,… Read More
How Immigration Reform Can Strengthen The Coverage For U.S. Seniors
Americans are retiring in greater numbers. As our senior citizens age and leave the workforce, an increasing proportion of the population is depending more and more on on our already strained entitlement programs, including Medicare and Social Security. But to stay solvent, these entitlement programs need greater numbers of young… Read More
Cleveland Taxis Broadcast Immigration Ads
The Cleveland area is getting inundated with political rhetoric and ads timed to run coincide with Thursday’s Republican debate. Promoted posts on Twitter, Facebook videos, pre-rolls, protesters and placards — the debate has spilled into seemingly every street and glowing screen and even into taxicabs. The… Read More
How Immigration Reform Can Strengthen the U.S. Healthcare System
America is getting older. To meet the growing healthcare demands of the country’s aging population, the United States will need younger workers to fill critical shortages at all skill levels of the medical industry. From physicians and surgeons to home health aides, immigrants can help meet these increasing demands, ensuring… Read More
Global Detroit Welcomes 105 New Americans
This past June marked the second celebration of Immigrant Heritage Month, a month dedicated to sharing stories celebrating the diversity and shared heritage that make America. We’re a country built by immigrants, and one of our greatest strengths lies in the new people we welcome every year. Global Detroit chose… Read More
How immigrants help health reform succeed
Medicare turns 50 today, which has provided an opportunity for all manner of retrospectives and speculation about what the future holds. The Partnership for a New American Economy is publicizing one of my favorite arguments: that immigrants are a key reason that Medicare is still solvent. Their 2014 study (Staying Covered:… Read More
From an ‘Undocumented’ Boyhood to a Doctorate
As Dan-el Padilla Peralta toggled fluidly between worlds for much of his life — ancient and modern, poor and privileged, Dominican and American — there were times when he managed to forget he was a child without a country. He found… Read More
GOP needs much bigger share of Latino vote for ‘16 win, study finds
Republicans probably need as much as 47 percent of the Latino vote next year to win the presidency, according to a new study, and current polls suggest that could be tough to reach. A study released Friday by Latino Decisions, which specializes in Latino public opinion research,… Read More
New data suggest GOP 2016 nominee will need to win nearly half of Latino vote
New research out Friday shows that Republicans will need a larger slice of Latino voters than previously thought if they hope to win the White House in 2016, creating an even tougher hurdle for the eventual nominee. Thanks to changing demographics, the conventional math that once said the GOP would… Read More
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