The Forum Daily | Wednesday, October 19, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

 

A new study
shows that
immigrants long have been strong contributors to American innovation and
economic growth, Stuart Anderson writes in Forbes
.

Academics from George Mason University, Harvard University and the
University of Exeter examined surnames, counties and patents in the
United States from the 1850s to the 1940s. They found that diverse
backgrounds and ideas are powerful.

"The core idea is that many, if not most, innovations arise from the
recombinations of existing ideas, approaches and techniques that come
together through the connections among diverse minds," the authors
write.

Other research supports the findings, including a November 2021 study

from the National Bureau of Economic Research concluding that "[t]he
large inflow of foreign migrants into the U.S. since 1965 may have
contributed to an additional 8% growth in innovation and 5% growth in
wages."

Those contributions, not to mention relief for an economy that needs
more workers, are on hold for more than 400,000 migrants who are
eligible for work permits but have been waiting at least six months.
Daniel Rivero of WUSF

reports on work permit differences among humanitarian parolees from
different countries, forcing migrants from Latin America and the
Caribbean to wait.

"At a minimum, we would like for the Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and
Venezuelans to have the same eligibility for work that the Afghans and
Ukrainians have so that at least they can start working ...," said
Cecilia Esterline, an immigration research analyst at the Niskanen
Center - who also highlights a potential solution.

Welcome to Wednesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan Gordon,
the Forum's strategic communications VP, and the great Forum Daily
team also includes Jillian Clark, Clara Villatoro and Katie Lutz. If you
have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at
[email protected] . 

**RESETTLING** - The Afghan Adjustment Act

is firmly on the radar of Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), AJ Dome reports
in the Kansas Reflector
.
"The goal is to have this bill completed by the end of the year," Moran
said at an event in Garden City. Meanwhile, U.S. resettlement
organizations and former top officials are urging Pakistan to exempt
"thousands of Afghan applicants for special U.S. visas or refugee
relocation to the United States" from plans to deport Afghans back to
Afghanistan, Jonathan Landay of Reuters

reports.

**SUPPORT NEEDED**- Cities and states continue to struggle with the
volume of arriving migrants. Nearly 18,500 immigrants have been released
in the San Diego area with limited coordination since Sept. 13, Daniel
Trotta of Reuters

reports. In New York City, Mayor Eric Adams announced this week that
shelter stays for migrant families with children will be limited to 60
days, reports Anthony Izaguirre of the Associated Press
.
And Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said her state "can no longer
guarantee shelter placement for families who are sent here" as shelters
reach capacity, per Samantha J. Gross and Matt Stout of the Boston Globe
.

**FINANCIAL BURDEN** - Dallas County commissioners said they may sue
the state if a bill that would permit any law enforcement officers to
arrest undocumented immigrants becomes law, reports Josephine Peterson
of The Dallas Morning News
.
County officials say the law would require thousands of additional beds
when the Dallas County Jail has been nearly full for months. They worry
that the financial burden will fall on them, without state assistance.

**SAFETY** - In the past year, Erie, Pennsylvania, has welcomed 45
refugees from Guatemala, adding diversity to the refugee community
already settled in town, reports Matthew Rink of the Erie Times-News
.
"It was very difficult to leave home, to leave what you knew, your
neighborhood, your childhood, to leave your friends, to leave some of
your family," Guatemalan Tania Perez Bolos said through an interpreter.
"It was painful. It's difficult, but it was for the best for the safety
of the family."

Thanks for reading, 

Dan

  

 

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