‘We can put someone on the moon, why can’t we have comprehensive immigration reform?’ Collins said at the rally. “I think that’s the story that oftentimes people don’t want to listen to and don’t want to realize”.
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“There are undocumented people that are working in the industry that really need to find a pathway to citizenship”, she said.
A new report released by the Michigan Office for New Americans (MONA) purports to show the wide-ranging economic benefits contributed by immigrants in the state of Michigan.
Nevada immigrants make up 26 percent of the state’s workforce, taking up a larger share because almost three-quarters of Nevada’s foreign-born population is working age. While that’s a smaller share than the national proportion of immigrants, Indiana’s immigrant population has been growing quickly in recent years.
Immigrants living in IN earned more than $8 billion in 2014 and paid more than $2 billion in taxes, according to a report released by the Reason for Reform Campaign, which works to underscore immigrants’ contributions to the economy.
Peter Landis, an immigration attorney with the Portland firm Landis, Arn & Jaynes, said Congress needs to stop treating immigration like the third-rail of politics.
Thousands of acres of farmland each year go unplanted, while hundreds of millions of dollars of produce rots in the field, Detrick said.
Holevoet said the seasonal work visa used by many immigrants isn’t suitable for year-round dairy work. The report noted that more than one of every seven people living in Maryland was born in another country.
The Indiana Right to Reform team presented at a press conference Wednesday, Indiana statistics that argue immigrants play a pivotal part in Indiana’s economy.
The group is pushing for federal immigration reform and would not officially come out in support of proposals put forth by either presidential candidate.
PNAE’s push to raise awareness about immigrants’ impact on the economy comes just four months before a general election in which voters will elect a new president, 34 senators and 435 seats in the U.S. House.
Business leaders said Wednesday they want comprehensive federal reform, as opposed to state-level moves.
Walke said inhospitable policies and stereotyping make life more hard for the immigrants she knows in her congregation.
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They also include securing borders; developing a simple and secure system for employers to verify employment eligibility; increase opportunities for immigrants to enter the United States workforce – and for foreign students to stay in the United States to work in order attract and keep the best workers and create a streamlined process by which employers can get the seasonal and permanent employees they need when Americans aren’t filling vacant jobs.
