Posts About Immigrant Integration

This blog post was originally published by Hoy on April 6, 2016. The article includes an infographic detailing the tax contribution from undocumented immigrants. To read the original article, click here.  

CHICAGO — Los indocumentados no pagan impuestos y suponen una sangría para la economía de Estados Unidos. Estos prejuicios carecen de datos que los avalen, pero están en la calle. Lo cierto es que los números contradicen estas afirmaciones. Según un informe del Instituto de Tasación y Polítca Económica (ITEP), los indocumentados contribuyen 11,600 millones de dólares anualmente. Sólo en Illinois, estos ciudadanos aportan más de 743 millones de dólares en impuestos locales y estatales, sólo por detrás... Continue Reading

Posted In: Immigration, Immigrant Integration, Immigration Reform & Policy

Here are the latest immigration updates from the Forum.

DACA/DAPA: The court case that has stalled the President’s executive actions to expand the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA+) and launch the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program (DAPA) will be heard by the Supreme Court later this month. Oral arguments are set to begin April 18. Though the executive orders were issued in November 2014, the case has been in legal limbo since February 2015 when a Texas Circuit Court judge placed an injunction on them, preventing their implementation.

The case has only grown in notoriety with the recent unexpected death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, which was followed... Continue Reading

Posted In: Immigration, Immigration Reform & Policy, Immigrant Integration, Leadership

An April 16 Reuters headline heralded what many immigrants and immigrant advocates had been anticipating for weeks, months, lifetimes: “Senators unveil immigration reform bill.”

The story devoted nearly 1,000 words to the particulars of the “Gang of 8” Senate proposal and included quotes from an Iowa Senator and unnamed “immigration expert.” Conspicuously absent from the piece, however, were the voices of those poised to be most affected by eventual reform legislation: immigrants themselves. But this troubling reporting dynamic isn’t unique to Reuters: Far too many of the thousands of stories written about immigration reform in past weeks have woefully omitted immigrant perspectives, for reasons ranging from a lack of time to a lack of will to seek out grassroots... Continue Reading

Posted In: Immigrant Integration, Immigration Reform & Policy, Immigration
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