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With Challenge to CHNV Parole Program, the 'Right to Welcome' Goes on Trial in Texas [[link removed]]
The Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) went on trial in a federal Texas court. The lawsuit represents the first time that a use of the president’s immigration parole authority has been challenged in federal court. A ruling against the program wouldn’t just throw the over 200,000 people with CHNV parole into chaos but might throw a legal shadow over other parole programs expanded by the administration. Read More » [[link removed]]
Fortune 500 Companies with Immigrant Roots Generated More Money Than the GDP of Most Western Nations [[link removed]]
When Fortune released this year’s Fortune 500 list—the magazine’s iconic ranking of the year’s top-grossing U.S. companies—one fact remained unchanged from previous years: the profound role that immigrants and their children have played in establishing many of this country’s most successful and influential companies. Read More » [[link removed]]
ACROSS THE NATION
This week, the American Immigration Council released a report that showed that more than two out of every five Fortune 500 companies—the 500 largest corporations by revenue in the country—had at least one immigrant or child-of-immigrant founder.
44.8% of these “New American” companies were founded by immigrants or their children. Big-name companies like Apple, Costco, Hasbro, and Lululemon all have immigrant roots.
This new report and data interactive shows that immigrants and their children are important contributors to some of the top corporations in the United States, building everything from IT infrastructure to America’s roadways.
Read more: New American Fortune 500 in 2023 [[link removed]]
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Congress should fund legal service providers and community-based groups that work to help immigrants navigate our court system. Basic things like making a plan for how to get to court and finding a lawyer to prepare for their case, so they get a fair shot. ”
– Jennifer Whitlock, supervisory policy and practice counsel for the American Immigration Lawyers Association [[link removed]]
FURTHER READING
The Baltimore Sun: As Labor Day approaches, remembering what the American workforce owes to immigrants | GUEST COMMENTARY [[link removed]]
WOSU | NPR: There's a labor shortage in the U.S. Why is it so hard for migrants to legally work? [[link removed]]
Latin Times: H-1B Visa Applications More Than Doubled Under Biden In 2023: Report [[link removed]]
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