immigration

The 6th annual Global Goes Local Conference is going on this week at St. Cloud State University, featuring various guest speakers and events to bring to light perspectives on the immigrant experience in Minnesota. Dr. Bruce Corrie, an economics professor at Concordia-St. Paul, laid out the positive impact immigrants have on the economy in his lecture titled "What If We Looked at Immigrants Differently?"

The News at Noon Show had guests Maureen Warren, Bill Blazar, and Jaylani Hussein on the show to talk about immigration in Central Minnesota. Listen to segment one and segment two from the program.

You can celebrate and build relationships across cultures Saturday at the Cathedral of St. Mary's in St. Cloud.

St. Cloud State University conducted a survey last fall asking over 500 randomly-selected landlines and cell phones in Minnesota about their views on immigration.

Even with a big immigration decision coming from President Barack Obama, St. Cloud area immigrants are unlikely to feel much of an impact.

Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann is spending the weekend along the U.S.-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at an immigration crisis involving Central American youth.

Two economists at St. Cloud State University released a study on immigration in St. Cloud on Friday, with a focus on immigrants from Eastern Africa.