The U.S. Department of Security is planning to greatly increase the cost to immigrants applying for citizenship or for a Green Card (work permit). In addition, for the first time ever in the U.S., there will be a fee for those applying for asylum. The cost for a citizenship application, which will go up on…
A study by the New American Economy shows that across the U.S., 16.5% of all health care providers are immigrants! Physicians: 28.7% immigrants Surgeons: 19.7% immigrants Registered Nurses: 15.7% immigrants Psychiatrists: 32% immigrants Lab Technicians: 19.6% immigrants Respiratory Therapists: 13.6% immigrants Home Health Aides: 36.5% are immigrants. Many other immigrants work in housekeeping at hospitals…
Adapted from the work of philanthropic strategist Bruce DeBoskey, JD Go deep, not wide DeBoskey says that too many donors adopt the “peanut butter” approach to giving – spreading charity thinly across a variety of causes and nonprofits. He believes that donors benefit when they focus deeply on a few carefully selected causes. Support smaller…
According to Amnesty International, 12 million Syrians have fled their homes in fear. Half of them are children and more than five million of them have left the country and become refugees. Today, 99% of Syrians are held in just five countries: Turkey – more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees Lebanon – 949,000 Jordan –…
A new study published in Health Affairs finds that immigrants make up nearly 1 in 4 workers in the long-term care sector, and over 25 percent of direct care workers (Yusra Murad, writing in Morning Consult). “Millions of Americans rely on direct care workers, such as nurse aides, home health aides and personal and home care aides, for…
According to a new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) report, the number of people who became citizens in fiscal year 2018 reached a five-year high (Abigail Hauslohner, writing in The Washington Post). The report shows USCIS naturalized 756,800 people in 2018, a 16% increase from 2014.
According to CPR News (May 14, 2019), undocumented college students in Colorado will soon be able to access state financial aid. Governor Jared Polis has sign a bill into law that allows undocumented students to apply for the $160 million dollars Colorado gives out in financial aid every year. Until now, undocumented students in Colorado…
The respected Pew Research Center released a report in June of 2018 showing the support for increasing the number of legal immigrants has risen among Americans. The study found that 32 percent of Americans feel that legal immigration should be increased, which is the highest percentage since at least 2001. Conversely, 24 percent say legal…
Most of you probably have heard about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) that was established by President Obama to allow children who were brought to America by their parents without documents to apply to stay and work in the country. These are young people who have grown up in the U.S., have been educated…
Watch 200 years of U.S. immigration history in one animated map. Migration flows are visualized as colored dots, each one representing 10,000 people. The lower left of the screen shows the top three countries immigrating during the time period shown. http://metrocosm.com/us-immigration-history-map.html