Posts Tagged ‘immigration’

America’s Immigration Dillemma

August 8 NCPA co-hosted a fundraiser for the Student/Youth Peacemaker Award scholarship to travel with Witness for Peace. Ninety people attended to hear Marisol Jimenez McGee speak on the causes of immigration, i.e. the economic disintegration of countries like Mexico due to the trade agreements that favor the wealthy elites and corporations and heavy militarization.

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Quote of the Week
"If all the states in the U.S. had the same level of peacefulness as the most peaceful state of Maine, $274 billion worth of extra economic activity could be generated. This additional economic activity would be enough to generate over 1.7 million jobs." — U.S. Peace Index Report.