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March 17, 2016

When Undocumented Immigrants Are Targeted, American Consumers Lose, Says Chamber Executive

Francisco Treviño, President and CEO of the Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, remembers what happened in 2007 when the Oklahoma state legislature passed one of the country’s most punitive…
March 17, 2016

Cleveland Clinic, Bolstered by Immigrant Healthcare Professionals, Gets a Top Specialist Once Rejected for his ‘Foreign’ Last Name

Even as one of America’s most accomplished physicians — a man considered an international leader in the field of pediatric pulmonary medicine — Dr. Giovanni Piedimonte has sometimes…
March 17, 2016

Child of Mexican Restaurant Owners Helps Build Houston’s Next Generation of Business Leaders

In 2007, when Laura Murillo became president and CEO of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the organization had just two employees and was in financial peril, about to lose…
March 15, 2016

This Venezuelan-Born Chemical Engineer Explains Why Immigration Reform Could Help Cure Cancer

There’s one central reason that Agustin Lopez Marquez, a chemical engineer, was able to pioneer what Scientific American has called a “world changing” idea: The United States let…
March 15, 2016

Texas Immigration Attorney Sees Firsthand How Immigration Policy Stifles North Texas Economy

Ann Massey Badmus has spent over 22 years working in immigration law. Her greatest takeaway from over two decades of experience? The national conversation surrounding immigration does not represent what…

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