Wilmot Collins knew nothing about cold weather. A Liberian, he had spent his life in sub-Saharan Africa. Now, at age 30, he was escaping civil war and moving to Montana,…
July 11, 2018
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July 10, 2018
Liberian Immigrant Serves Montana by Becoming Mayor of Its Capitol
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July 10, 2018
Filipino Immigrant Trains Lawyers to the Benefit of Montanans
Eduardo Capulong’s father, a prominent politician in the Philippines, had already endured one imprisonment when the family found their house ransacked by police and military forces one October evening. It…
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July 10, 2018
Immigrant and Community Leader from Chile Paves the Way on Local Immigration Policy
Mirtha Becerra was born at the dawn of the Pinochet regime in Chile. When she was 11 years old, in the mid 1980s, her father, an architect, found himself unable…
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June 27, 2018
Economists’ Letter in Opposition to Dismantling of the International Entrepreneur Rule
To: Samantha Deshommes
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division Office of Policy and Strategy
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security
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June 20, 2018
Mexican Immigrant Builds Automotive Business from the Group Up
Joaquin Cordero met his wife while working in Cancun, and moved with her in 1998 to Boise, her hometown. He had earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in Mexico,…
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