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Measuring immigrants' impact on innovation

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Ariana Rosas
Jan 9, 2023
Chris Farrell says that immigrants can benefit the US economy in hard-to-quantify ways, such as innovation.
Immigrants stand for the national anthem before becoming American citizens. Chris Farrell says that datasets often underestimate the positive impact immigrants have on the economy.
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Immigration fees would increase under new USCIS proposal

by Lily Jamali
Jan 4, 2023
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is funded mostly by these fees, which it hasn't raised since 2016.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services hasn't raised filing fees since 2016. Above, new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Philadelphia.
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The Transistor at 75

The transistor's story is one of innovation and immigration

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Dec 16, 2022
Mohamed Atalla of Egypt and Dawon Kahng of Korea are responsible for the technology that helped harness the transistor's power.
The technology developed by two immigrants at Bell Labs in 1959 allowed transistors to become small enough so that more could fit on a microprocessor.
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Who's paying what when Texas buses migrants to sanctuary cities?

by Andy Uhler
Sep 6, 2022
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent more than 7,000 people from the Mexican border to New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.
A bus carrying migrants who crossed into Texas from Mexico arrives at the Port Authority bus station in New York City in August.
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Biden administration can drop "remain in Mexico" policy, but what will it use instead?

by Andy Uhler
Jul 5, 2022
It's not clear how current White House officials will handle incoming migrants and asylum seekers after the Supreme Court's ruling.
Migrants approach the U.S. border on Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas on March 2, 2021. President Biden announced that he was ending the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) enacted under President Trump that sent asylum seekers back to Mexico as they awaited their trial dates.
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As labor shortage persists, fewer immigrants means fewer workers

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Erika Soderstrom
May 9, 2022
The U.S. had 2 million fewer working-age immigrants at the end of 2021 than it would have had if pre-pandemic trends continued.
The decline in immigration may be contributing to the scarcity of workers relative to employers' needs. Immigrants are also well-represented among the ranks of entrepreneurs.
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U.S. authorities extend work permits for hundreds of thousands of immigrants

by Lily Jamali
May 5, 2022
The move is intended to ease a massive backlog at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, but not every applicant is eligible.
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Ukrainians will soon be eligible for temporary protected status. What does that mean?

by Samantha Fields
Apr 6, 2022
It lets people get work permits and protects them from deportation. The status does not offer a path to citizenship.
While Ukrainians will soon be eligible for temporary protected status, it is not a path to citizenship and doesn't include eligibility for programs like federal housing assistance or food stamps.
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Boosting American innovation might involve immigration reform

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Jul 12, 2021
Experts say U.S. progress in STEM fields is closely tied to immigration policy.
Congress is worried the U.S. is losing its technological edge. Experts say immigration reform is the answer.
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Canada's agricultural worker program is under scrutiny amid the pandemic

by Emma Jacobs
Jun 14, 2021
COVID-19 raised questions about the working and living conditions for some of the country's immigrant workers.
Farm workers fill up bins in the back of a truck with zucchini.
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