Welcoming Immigrants: The Work of Key Makers
June 15, 2018. In this article, by Edwin López Moya, he discusses the efforts of Philadelphia to become a welcoming city for immigrants. Specifically he talks about the successes of the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians which provides support and training to foreign professionals to help them get credentialing and jobs in the United States. This helps these foreign professionals from having to accept low wage positions. The article acknowledges research that finds that immigrants contribute to the overall economy through entrepreneurship and revitalization. At [...]