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LATEST ANALYSIS
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Fortune 500: Powering the U.S. Economy in 2024 [[link removed]]
Immigrant entrepreneurs continue to shape our economy and play a critical role in the success and innovation of major corporations. In 2024, this trend is clearer than ever, with 46% of Fortune 500 companies being founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Texas Attorney General Paxton Continues Fight Against NGOs That Serve Migrants [[link removed]]
Earlier this summer, a state judge issued a strong rebuke to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to shut down the faith-based Annunciation House, labeling his actions as “outrageous and intolerable.”
Council and BAJI Highlight Their Efforts on Government Transparency to Audience in South Africa [[link removed]]
This past week, the Council, alongside the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), had the privilege to present the report the organizations co-authored on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) deployment during protests demanding racial justice after the murder of George Floyd at the Sixth World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Social Inequality.
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Several false claims about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were made during the presidential debate on Tuesday.
At the American Immigration Council, we bring you the facts. And those facts show that immigrants are an integral part of Ohio’s communities and make extensive contributions that benefit all residents of the state.
For example, the foreign-born population in Ohio accounts for 8% of entrepreneurs, 11.7% of STEM workers, and 5% of nurses in the state.
This fact sheet examines immigrants’ contributions in Ohio as neighbors, business owners, taxpayers, and workers.
Read more: Immigrants in Ohio [[link removed]]
ACROSS THE NATION
A record 100 million people around the globe were forced to flee their homes in 2022, up from 65 million in 2015. Of those displaced that year, 32.5 million were refugees who had to leave their country in fear of persecution due to their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or group membership.
While the United States set its refugee admissions target at 125,000 for 2023, today’s global crises are increasing the demand upon that number.
In this report, we break down how refugees are beneficial to the United States and how they are uniquely positioned to aid the U.S. during demographic changes.
Read more: Starting Anew [[link removed]]
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Border policy focuses on individuals who have already made the decision to leave home and have made it to the U.S.-Mexico border and aims to either prevent them or to quickly process them for humanitarian relief or deportation once they cross. By contrast, ‘root causes’ policy focuses on individuals who have not left their homes yet, and aims to convince them to stay in their home countries either through economic development … or through reduction of violence and persecution that forces people to seek protection elsewhere.”
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FURTHER READING
Mother Jones: No, Noncitizens Are Not Voting in Droves. Trump and Republicans Know It. [[link removed]]
Christian Science Monitor: Are noncitizens really voting in US elections? [[link removed]]
Texas Signal: What Happened To The 10,000 Afghan Refugees Who Resettled In Texas? [[link removed]]
Newsweek: Greg Abbott's Migrant Buses Cost $1,841 Per Passenger [[link removed]]
Univision: ¿Qué pudo pasar con 32,000 menores no acompañados que no se presentaron en sus cortes de inmigración? [[link removed]]
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