AS/COA's Summit of Gateway Cities convened leaders to share best practices for facilitating immigrants' integration and changing the public discourse around the local and national immigration debate.
AS/COA’s immigration forum in Charlotte prompted the Charlotte City Council to establish an Inter-Agency Task Force to promote better integration of immigrants and educate the community on the economic and social benefits of its growing immigrant populations.
While President Barack Obama’s reforms have supported changes on the island, more can be done to advance U.S.-Cuba ties, writes AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini for Financial Times’ beyondbrics.
Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a Council of Americas event on the upcoming Central America election.
Representatives from the public and private sectors discussed how government and business can work together to integrate immigrant residents to build a strong workforce.
At an AS/COA immigration forum, Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Reed announced the city will be joining Welcoming America’s initiative to support the inclusion of immigrants into the local life.
