Right after turning 13, Onelio Mencho Aguilar left his home in Guatemala and journeyed alone to the United States for a new start He didn’t speak English, had very little money, and didn’t know anyone in the new country. He faced many hardships of homelessness and hunger, but with the help of teachers found hope. …
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Over 23 million immigrants in the United States will be allowed to vote in the 2020 presidential election, equaling around a tenth of the country’s overall electorate According to the Pew Research Center, this is a record high. The total of immigrants eligible to vote has risen at a steady pace by 93 percent over …
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Mayra Macias, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, watched her father work long, hard 14- hour days as a sanitation worker in the city of Chicago Mayra didn’t take his sacrifice to provide for his family lightly. She graduated from Yale University and is now one of 12 million Latinas in the growing share of the …
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Economic growth is thriving in these “boomtown” cities, creating new jobs, and attracting new residents SmartAsset, a financial advice website, looked at data covering the 500 largest cities in America to determine what “boomtowns” are at the top. Several southern cities topped the ranking, and some are growing faster than others. Greeley, CO, had the …
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Over 20,000 expat workers in more than 185 countries, chose the top 82 cities where employees were most satisfied with their working-abroad design Miami has been ranked number one for where to work when moving to the U.S., reported an online resource group. Miami is Florida’s second-largest city, and expats say it is the easiest …
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The United States has seen unprecedented job growth over the last decade. November 2019 was the 110th month of reported job increases, the longest in US history. In the past five years, the number of people with a job in the US increased by 7.5 percent or 11 million. The 24/7 Wall Street website reviewed the …
Watching the US economy over the past ten years makes the old saying ring true: “Expansions don’t die of old age”. As of December 2019, there has been expansion of the US economy for 126 straight months, making it the longest stretch in the country’s history, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. This …
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The demographics are changing among truck drivers, and the number of semi-truck drivers in the United States is at a record high, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Immigrants from western and northern India are drawn to the trucking industry. Many of the immigrants follow Sikhism and arrived in America in the 1980s, fleeing ethnic …
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Hiring in the U.S. increased in November 2019 to the highest rate since January of the same year and wages increased over three percent. Employers paid no attention to trade conflicts and a worldwide slowdown and added 266,000 positions. In October, the unemployment rate dropped from 3.6 percent to 3.5 percent, matching a 50-year low, …
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The economic benefits tech jobs bring are being concentrated in several cities in the United States, said a report by The Brookings Institution and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Boston, San Jose, San Francisco, San Diego, and Seattle are the five metro areas accounting for 90 percent of all growth in the tech sector. …
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