This new AS/COA working paper, the first in a three-part series focused on new immigrant gateway cities, documents how organizations are promoting immigrants’ socioeconomic integration and maximizing Hispanic immigrants’ contributions in Nashville.
ASCOA hosted a public luncheon to discuss the importance of workforce integration for business success. As immigration reform becomes a priority in the United States, the private sector, which employs a large number of Hispanic immigrants, will play a decisive role for policy development.
The White House predicts little movement on comprehensive immigration reform before 2010. The ailing economy taking up much of the Obama administration’s time has shown its impact in immigration and remittances as well.
The Carnegie Corporation grant will support Americas Society’s new project to increase public awareness of the role of the private sector in Hispanic immigrant integration and highlight Hispanics’ contributions to the U.S. economy.
AS/COA speaks with Colorado Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll about why his state has been “ground zero” for anti-immigrant legislation and how this has adversely affected Colorado. Carroll, an ordained minister and practicing attorney, also focuses on the lessons to be learned at a national level from the Colorado experience.
Migrants, who are 30 percent more likely to start a business than non-immigrants, can play a crucial role in reinvigorating the U.S. economy, according to this first article in Western Union’s three-part series.