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Poll shows Trump backers strongly support path to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’ as part of border security deal

Mar 18, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Republican and conservative voters – including President Donald Trump’s base supporters – overwhelmingly approve of providing a path to citizenship for so-called Dreamers in exchange for increased border security, according to a national poll released this week that drew praise from Colorado business groups. The survey found that 86 percent of Trump backers support protecting Dreamers…
New American Economy buying TV ads in Colorado urging a DACA rescue from Congress

Feb 2, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

Dreamers aren’t just about compassion or amnesty, but dollars and cents as well, according to a New American Economy campaign headed to Colorado TVs. The national coalition has been urging compromise on comprehensive immigration reform, and it’s pushing for a compromise now on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients. DACA recipients, brought to the U.S.…
DACA talk at Metro State Thursday part of national iMarch on immigration

Dec 7, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Metropolitan State University of Denver is putting on a roundtable Thursday for Colorado business and community leaders to talk about the economic benefit of immigrants covered by DACA. The discussion is part of a broader national campaign to urge Congress to reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, passed by President Obama to shielded…
Colorado crop OK for now, but need for immigration reform ever more pressing

Jul 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Despite concerns earlier this year that the new Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies would lead to labor shortages across Colorado’s agricultural sector, growers and their advocates are breathing a sigh of relief as the harvest approaches, confident they’ll have the hands to pick and package what could be a bumper crop. But even though one…
Colorado’s immigrants by the numbers: a cornerstone of the economy

Jun 13, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Just in case you didn’t get enough of the immigration debate during Colorado’s 2017 legislative session, New American Economy thought you’d like some fodder for starting your own discussion on the subject in the off season. The business-backed, pro-immigration advocacy group started in 2010 by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and major CEOs –…
Colorado economists sign letter to Trump: Immigration is a money-maker

Apr 13, 2017

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Joey Bunch

A whole bunch of smart Coloradans signed a letter to President Trump saying immigration is good for the American economy. The 18 Colorado economists added their voices to a national campaign started in February by the New American Economy and the American Action Forum, two organizations hard to portray as liberal gunslingers. “The undersigned economists represent…
Business groups push for immigration reform, calling it a bipartisan issue

Feb 27, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Colorado business leaders – including Republican interests – are trying to put a face to immigration by highlighting the economic impact immigrants have on the country. The effort comes as President Trump explores expanded deportations and travel restrictions for undocumented immigrants, going as far as to threaten to punish local governments for interfering with any…
Coalition releases data to demonstrate impact of immigrants, need for policy reform

Feb 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A national organization of business and civic leaders released troves of data Tuesday to back up its contention that it’s long past time to fix the country’s immigration system. Research compiled by New American Economy details the foreign-born population, spending power, taxes paid, home ownership and other measures for every congressional district in the country…