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LATEST ANALYSIS
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Rising
Inflation,
Immigrant
Workers
Help
Ease
Labor
Shortages
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ACROSS THE NATION
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New
Americans
play
a
critical
role
in
Utah
as
participants
in
the
state’s
workforce
and
as
entrepreneurs,
international
students,
and
more.
Between
2000
and
2019,
the
number
of
immigrants
in
Utah
increased
by
63.7
percent.


This
week,
the
Governor’s
Office
of
Economic
Opportunity
(GoUtah),
EDCUtah,
the
Salt
Lake
Chamber,
and
World
Trade
Center
Utah
launched
their
New
Americans
Task
Force
with
dedicated
working
groups
to
help
address
some
of
the
main
barriers
to
inclusion
and
belonging
—
economic,
social,
educational,
and
beyond.


This
research
brief
from
the
American
Immigration
Council
highlights
the
demographic
and
economic
contributions
that
immigrants
are
making
across
Utah.


Read
more:
New
Americans
in
Utah
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"While the COVID-19 pandemic brought massive disruptions to the U.S. labor market, our research found that immigrants have been a stabilizing force, filling openings in essential occupations and helping to meet the demand for the fastest-growing jobs over the next decade.”
– Andrew Lim, research director at the American Immigration Council [[link removed]]
FURTHER READING
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Newsweek:
Immigrants
Needed
to
Meet
Anticipated
U.S.
Job
Opening
Surge:
Report
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KSL
News:
Report
shows
how
immigrants
have
helped
Utah's
economy
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C-SPAN
Washington
Journal
(Watch):
Aaron
Reichlin-Melnick
on
Biden
Administration
Immigration
and
Border
Policies
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