Monthly Archives: March 2017

March 12, 2017. FPI's immigrant business ownership statistics were cited in an article arguing that hostility, violence and anger against immigrants is not "American" and that the door, referred to as the "Golden Door," which is shutting immigrants out can be used to leave and find a more homogeneous home. We now are in the midst of mosque burnings, and a series of bomb threats aimed at Jewish facilities across the country, not to mention the cemeteries that have been vandalized. The seepage of anti-Semitism, [...]

March 10, 2017. A letter was featured in The Buffalo News in response to FPI's David Dyssegaard and International Institute of Buffalo's executive director, Eva Hassett's op-ed discussing refugee's contributions to Buffalo's economic revitalization and the need for funding for resettlement agencies facing federal funding cuts. Regarding the Sunday Viewpoints article about refugees, by David Dyssegaard Kallick and Eva Hassett: I hope many people read it and heard the message, that refugees are good for the Buffalo and Western New York economies. We, as Americans, [...]

March 2, 2017. In an op-ed, FPI’s David Dyssegaard Kallick and Eva Hassett, executive of the International Institute of Buffalo argue that refugee resettlement is good for the Buffalo economy. The biggest challenge facing Buffalo is population decline. In 1950, Buffalo had 578,000 residents. In 2015, the population was 283,000, less than half that number. That means empty and deteriorating houses, schools and shops; lower tax revenues to support infrastructure; and fewer working-age residents to support job growth. Immigrants and refugees are already reversing population [...]