Immigrants as Economic Contributors: They Are the New American Workforce
Immigrants today play a crucial role in the U.S. workforce. Although 17 percent of the overall workforce is foreign-born, certain industries are much more dependent on immigrants.
How Immigrants Have Been Driving Billions in American Innovation for Decades
The vaccine breakthroughs at Moderna and Pfizer are the latest examples of how immigrants have been driving billions in American innovation for decades.
Joni Mitchell
For many of her fans, the name “Joni Mitchell” will forever be identified with songs about New York and California. But Mitchell came by her folk roots via small towns in Canada, in rural Saskatchewan.
John Muir (Immigrated 1849)
The man who helped preserve many of the United States’ natural treasures was himself Scottish.
Arianna Huffington
One of the 100 most powerful women in the world (according to Forbes), Huffington is the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of game-changing news site The Huffington Post.
Sammy Sosa
Seven-time All Star baseball player Sammy Sosa was born Samuel Kelvin Peralta Sosa in Consuelo, a small town outside the larger Dominican city of San Pedro de Macorís.
Sundar Pichai
The Google CEO was born in Madurai in 1972 and came to the United States in 1993 to study at Stanford University.
Madeleine Albright – the First Woman Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright was born in Prague in 1937 and moved to America with her family as a child.
Hamdi Ulukaya – CEO of the Chobani Greek Yoghurt Empire
After attracting negative attention from the authorities for his involvement in political activism, Ulukaya chose to move to America, with $3,000 to his name, no English, and a distaste for capitalism.
A majority of Americans say immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want
Americans generally agree that immigrants – whether undocumented or living legally in the country – mostly do not work in jobs that U.S. citizens want.
How Many Undocumented Immigrants Are in the United States and Who Are They?
Who are the undocumented and how do we count people who are here illegally?
Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger, the 56th United States Secretary of State under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, was born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in 1923 in Fürth, a small city in south-central Germany.
Bob Marley
Interestingly, it was a trip to America in 1966 that cemented Marley’s Jamaican roots.
African Immigrants
The story of people of African descent in the United States is not primarily a story of immigration. Most Africans who arrived in North America came against their will, caught up in a brutal system of human exploitation.
Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History: Mexican
Millions of people in the United States today identify themselves as Mexican immigrants or Mexican Americans, and are among both the oldest and newest inhabitants of the nation.
Ayah Bdeir
Immigrating from Lebanon, Ayah Bdeir had to learn to adjust to American culture.
Phil Libin
After immigrating from the Soviet Union, Phil Libin settled in the Bronx with his family.
Joseph Pulitzer – Journalist and Publisher
When you look at the landmark events, inventions and technological breakthroughs that have shaped America though, it’s plain to see that most of them would not have happened without immigrants.
