The Economic Policy Institute’s EARN conference is always a highlight of my year. The convening last week was particularly special, since it coincided with EPI’s 40th Anniversary. Minnesota took ...

It is increasingly clear that the program of mass deportation being carried out by the current administration is hurting American workers, both immigrants and those born in the United States. Nowhere ...

In 2025 and the early parts of 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal enforcement agencies, supercharged by a huge infusion in their budgets, vastly ramped up activity in ...

There are 50 million immigrants in the United States, making up 15 percent of the overall population. This includes all people who are living in the United States and were born in another country, ...

The Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) EARN conference is always a highlight of my year. The convening last week was particularly special, since it coincided with EPI’s 40 th Anniversary. A new report ...

A state-by-state look at the size and share of immigrant populations across the country, highlighting how immigrants contribute to communities nationwide and showing key data on non-citizens and ...

Local officials have repeatedly justified the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, first as a for-profit prison, then as an ICE detention facility, with promises of economic benefits to the local ...

The United States is home to 50 million immigrants, including about 12 million immigrants who are undocumented, according to the most recent estimates. Despite widespread misunderstanding about the ...

From the vendors who sell jewelry and souvenirs, to the classic hot dog stands and food trucks that serve tourists and attract foodies from across the world, to the women selling refreshing fruits to ...

It is increasingly clear that the program of mass deportation being carried out by the Trump Administration is hurting American workers, both immigrants and those born in the United States. The data ...

Entrepreneurship is an important part of the economic landscape across the United States. From Main Street businesses that help give a community its character to truck transportation or accounting ...

Fig. 1 Immigration Research Initiative analysis of Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, for placement of refugees by federal fiscal year (ending in September), and 2019 American Community ...