Posts Tagged ‘economy’
Lamar Smith: Freedom Hater
Posted: January 18, 2012 at 3:00 pm By annie-roseRep. Lamar Smith, famed anti-immigrant zealot, is behind SOPA, and it’s really no surprise. He’s built a reputation solely on the idea of going out of his way to limit people’s personal freedoms and stick his nose where it doesn’t belong.
5 Billion Dollars
Posted: January 27, 2011 at 3:58 pm By Rachel LaBruyereThat’s how much money our government spent on arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants last year. While Congress gives never-ending lip service to fixing the economy, the cost of enforcement without reform continues to accumulate.
A high-level immigration official says it costs $12,500 to arrest, detain and deport each person removed from the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement [...]
Driving home our point: Immigrants boost the economy
Posted: September 1, 2010 at 1:38 pm By Rachel LaBruyereWe’ve been saying for months that immigration is an overall net-positive for our recovering economy. With unemployment at a scary high and our economy still limping slowly towards recovery, many have repeated history by scapegoating immigrants as “taking our jobs” and have pointed fingers at the undocumented immigrant population as somehow responsible for the current [...]
We love taxes: Our trip to the Capitol on Tax Day
Posted: April 15, 2010 at 5:41 pm By Rachel LaBruyereYesterday and today, we’ve been asking you to stand up for immigration reform by sending a blank tax form to Congress. Each tax form represents the money that could be added to our ailing economy if immigration reform were passed.
Today, my colleagues and I carried boxes and boxes of blank tax forms (5,681 total) to [...]
Rep. Jared Polis: “Immigration and economic growth go hand-in-hand”
Posted: December 9, 2009 at 4:22 pm By Rachel LaBruyereHere is a great video of Representative Jared Polis (D-CO) discussing immigration and the economy on the floor of the House of Representatives today.
Studies Show Latinos Climb Socio-Economic Ladder of Success
Posted: December 8, 2009 at 11:13 am By Walter EwingOriginally posted at the Immigration Impact blog.
As a front-page story in today’s Washington Post reminds us: “Not since the last great wave of immigration to the United States around 1900 has the country’s economic future been so closely entwined with the generational progress of an immigrant group.” The story highlights the degree to which [...]
How Some Houston Charities Stole Christmas…Almost
Posted: December 4, 2009 at 11:30 am By Seth HoyOriginally posted at the Immigration Impact blog.
This week, the Houston Chronicle reported on several Houston area charities that distribute Christmas gifts to needy children—among them, the Salvation Army, Outreach Program Inc., and West Houston Assistance Ministries. Giving to the needy, especially during an economic recession, is truly an admirable mission—except this year the card attached [...]
Immigrants Pull Their Own Weight
Posted: December 3, 2009 at 11:36 am By Wendy SefsafOriginally posted at Immigration Impact.
This week, the New York-based, non-partisan Fiscal Policy Institute released its long-awaited report, Immigrants and the Economy: Contribution of Immigrant Workers to the Country’s 25 Largest Metropolitan Areas. The report studies the 25 largest metro areas (by population) which produce nearly one half of the total gross domestic product of [...]
Post Postville, Immigrants Still Vital to Iowa’s Economy
Posted: December 1, 2009 at 12:46 pm By Seth HoyOriginally posted at Immigration Impact.
Postville, Iowa—home to one of the largest immigration raids in U.S. history—made headlines again this month when Sholom Rubashkin, owner of Agriprocessors Inc., was convicted of “all but five of the 91 business fraud charges listed in a 163-count indictment.” Although the 72 immigration charges were dropped (since they would have [...]
Would Mass Deportation Mean More Jobs for U.S. Workers? (Hint: No)
Posted: November 9, 2009 at 12:50 pm By Rachel LaBruyereBy Wendy Sefsaf. Originally posted at Immigration Impact.
As the U.S. experiences its highest unemployment levels in a generation and news reports document the desperation of some native-born workers who are unable to find steady work, we must ask the question whether now is really the best time to implement a legalization program.
Basic math would suggest [...]
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