Immigrant Advocates Recognize Key Investments in NYC FY23 Budget, But Demand More As Elected Leaders Fail Immigrant Students

Immigrant Advocates Recognize Key Investments in NYC FY23 Budget, But Demand More As Elected Leaders Fail Immigrant Students

New York NY USA-March 15, 2022 NY City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams joins activists on the steps of City Hall in New York to rally against pay disparity on Equal Pay Day. (Shutterstock) New York, NY: Late last night,[June 12], the New York City Council passed the FY 2023 budget. Included in its investments […]

Social Determinants of Immigrants’ Health in New York City: A Study of Six Neighborhoods

Social Determinants of Immigrants’ Health in New York City: A Study of Six Neighborhoods

On Monday, June 6th, CMS hosted a webinar and discussion of the forthcoming CMS report, “Social Determinants of Immigrants’ Health in New York City: A Study of Six Neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens” by Jacquelyn Pavilon and Vicky Virgin. The report is based on CMS research that examined the social determinants of immigrants’ health in […]

The Los Angeles Declaration Could Represent a Big Step for Real Migration Cooperation across the Americas

The Los Angeles Declaration Could Represent a Big Step for Real Migration Cooperation across the Americas

Guatemala – Guatemala City 07-06-2021. USA Vice President Kamala Harris met Guatemala’s President and community leaders to discuss migration and corruption control. (Shutterstock) By Andrew Selee, Migration Policy Institute The Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection signed by leaders from countries across the Western Hemisphere at the conclusion of this week’s Summit of the […]

A Border Patrol Agent Assaulted a Citizen in His Own Home. The Supreme Court’s Ruling Lets the Agent Off.

A Border Patrol Agent Assaulted a Citizen in His Own Home. The Supreme Court’s Ruling Lets the Agent Off.

Yuma Sector, Ariz. / US – September 8, 2017: A reporter interviews Customs and Border Protection agents along the U.S.-Mexico border. 8740 (Shutterstock) By American Immigration Council Staff, Immigration Impact The Supreme Court issued a decision on Wednesday barring a civil rights lawsuit against a U.S. Border Patrol agent for reportedly entering the property of […]

New Fortune 500 List Shows America’s Economic Success Relies on Immigrants

New Fortune 500 List Shows America’s Economic Success Relies on Immigrants

By Steven Hubbard, Immigration Impact America’s economic success is built on the world’s best and brightest coming to our shores bringing ingenuity, creativity, and determination. From Wall Street to Main Street, businesses started by immigrants have helped the U.S. economy enormously. The history of immigrant entrepreneurship stretches back to the country’s founding. Famously, the designer […]

For Over a Decade, Legislative Paralysis has Forgotten “Dreamers” and Other Matters

For Over a Decade, Legislative Paralysis has Forgotten “Dreamers” and Other Matters

Activists signs express support for immigrant community at a rally to protest president Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA Downtown Portland, OR, on September 5th, 2017. (Shutterstock) By America’s Voice The 15th of June marks the tenth anniversary of the executive order that ex-President Barack Obama issued creating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which […]

No, Latinos Don’t Actually Have Less Heart Disease – a New Large Study Refutes the Longstanding ‘Latino Paradox’

No, Latinos Don’t Actually Have Less Heart Disease – a New Large Study Refutes the Longstanding ‘Latino Paradox’

By Olveen Carrasquillo, The Conversation The big idea Latinos may have higher rates of heart disease than previously thought, refuting a well-accepted idea known as the “Latino paradox,” according to a new study that I was involved in. The crux of the Latino paradox is as follows: A broad body of research shows that Latinos […]