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THE FORUM DAILY
A recent study released by the Atlanta Fed shows an immigration slowdown impacts the U.S. economy, reports David Pendered for Economy Matters.
Economists of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors analyzed how the decrease in immigration between 2007 and the COVID-19 pandemic "fueled inflation, led some U.S. workers to decide against investing in education, and contributed to an unbalanced economy," Pendered notes.
The research considers the effect of migration on the labor market and demographics amid a drop in birth rates.
Separately, a new report from the American Immigration Council shows how immigration plays a big role in Michigan's economy, writes Lucy Valeski of Michigan Advance.
The report shows that immigrants make up 8.4% of Michigan's workforce. In addition, immigrants compromised nearly 9% of the state’s spending power in 2022, which represented a total of $23.1 billion. The report expounds upon the need for these workers to bolster Michigan’s advancement.
"It’s absolutely imperative for policy leaders to invest in what has proven to be our strongest asset in fighting population loss and economic stagnation — our immigrant workforce," said Jeremy Robbins, the executive director of the American Immigration Council.
Welcome to Friday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Clara Villatoro, the Forum’s strategic communications senior manager, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Dan Gordon and Ally Villarreal. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected].
NEW PLAN — The Biden administration plans to call on Italy and Greece to take in migrants from Latin America, reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News. As a part of the continuing effort to discourage arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants would be referred to Italy or Greece after being processed at the Safe Mobility Offices set up by the administration throughout Latin America.
SPONSORSHIP — In Canada, Sister Gabrielle Servant and Sister Pierette Bertrand of Franciscan Oblates of St. Joseph in Montreal are helping to welcome newcomers to the area, reports Joanna Kozakiewicz of Global Sisters Report. Working alongside the Ministry of Immigration, the nuns sponsor both Christian and Muslim immigrants and refugees. They assist in finding shelter, tracking down jobs for the adults and
making sure the children are attending school.
This week in local welcome:
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In Nebraska, three Afghan high school students graduate in Omaha. They resettled in the city after the fall of Kabul. (6 News WOWT)
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Church World Service of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, helps to resettle refugees and give them a new chance at life. (Phyllis Zimmerman, The Burg)
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In Brattleboro, Vermont Abdul Wahid Rizwanzai helps refugees integrate into a new community. (Gordon Hayward, Brattleboro Reformer)
LONG JOURNEY — For Chattanooga, Tennessee, resident and newly minted American citizen, Mercy Rodriguez-Kealey, the journey from Cuba to America was a long and difficult one, reports William D'Urso of the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Coming to the U.S. via Miami with her family at the age of four, Rodriguez-Kealey shares her journey as "a woman without a country" before her naturalization.
THE BIG BEE — Congratulations to Bruhat Soma, who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee last night. Earlier this week, Ben Nuckols of the Associated Press analyzed what the makeup of spelling bee champions says about immigrants’ success in the United Stats. "The experiences of first-generation Indian Americans and their spelling bee champion children illustrate the economic success and cultural impact of the nation’s second-largest immigrant group," writes Nuckols.
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