Zócalo Public SquarePost-Undocumented Miami – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Post-Undocumented Miami https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/05/10/post-undocumented-miami/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/05/10/post-undocumented-miami/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Fri, 10 May 2013 07:01:23 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=47752 The most obvious beneficiaries of immigration reform are undocumented migrants and their families. But the sweeping legislation on the table has the potential to transform not just individual lives but communities. Immigrants have long been a driver of economic and population growth for South Florida. Will reform bring greater prosperity to everyone in and around Miami? Beyond economics, who stands to gain the most from this legislation? In advance of “What Would Immigration Reform Mean for Miami?”, a Zócalo/Azteca America event, we asked people who study and work with South Florida immigrants: Who—besides undocumented immigrants and their families—might benefit most from the passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill?

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]]> The most obvious beneficiaries of immigration reform are undocumented migrants and their families. But the sweeping legislation on the table has the potential to transform not just individual lives but communities. Immigrants have long been a driver of economic and population growth for South Florida. Will reform bring greater prosperity to everyone in and around Miami? Beyond economics, who stands to gain the most from this legislation? In advance of “What Would Immigration Reform Mean for Miami?”, a Zócalo/Azteca America event, we asked people who study and work with South Florida immigrants: Who—besides undocumented immigrants and their families—might benefit most from the passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill?

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