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August 5, 2016

Quoting George W. Bush, Political Economist Says America Must ‘Match Willing Workers with Willing Employers’

Jim Hollifield is an international scholar and policy analyst who has spent 35 years studying the impact of migration on communities around the globe. “Immigration is hardwired into our political…
August 5, 2016

Border-Town Mayor: ‘We’re The Safest City in the State of Texas’

McAllen, Texas, a city of 130,000 people on the Mexican border, is one of the safest communities in the state. But Jim Darling, McAllen’s mayor, often struggles to convince…
August 4, 2016

Republican Party Official: Immigrants Should be Allowed to ‘Come Out of the Shadows’ to Contribute Their Best to America

Linda Lee Tarver says she and her nine siblings were raised by “very fiscally and socially conservative Christian people,” and Tarver — now the president of the Republican…
August 4, 2016

The U.S. Could Be Stonger Economically If It Utilized Immigrant Potential, Says Purdue University Professor

After completing an M.A. in mathematics in her native Germany, Brigitte Waldorf came to America in 1985, for a PhD program in geography at the University of Illinois. Like many…
August 4, 2016

Pakistani Immigrant, Navy Reservist, Successful Businessman Believes in a “Nation of Optimism and Ideas”

When Ali Samana came to the United States from Pakistan as a 13-year old, he immediately adopted America as his home. “This is my country of choice,” he says. “I…

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