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Photo credit: Institute on Taxation According to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, in 2022, immigrants without legal authorization to work paid $3.1 billion in state and local taxes in New York. Gothamist reports that the amount includes sales, property, and income taxes for an estimated 676,000 immigrant New Yorkers without…

Photo credit: France 24 Riots have erupted in the northeast English city of Sunderland amid a string of anti-immigrant protests after the killing of three children at a dance class earlier in the week. Aljazeera reports that officers faced “serious and sustained levels of violence” after hundreds of people rampaged into the city’ centre. They…

Photo credit: the Punch Newspaper A Nigerian family of four has been ordered to leave Canada by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Report Afrique reports that Lola Akinlade used to work as a medical sales representative at a pharmaceutical company in Lagos, Nigeria. There, she met a man who claimed to be an immigration…

Photo credit: CBC News The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has donated $2 million (Cad) to Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank. This is a great relief, as one in ten Torontonians relies on food banks.  DBFB chief executive officer Neil Hetherington said, “Two million dollars—that means some two million meals out to the…

Photo credit: the Punch Protesters in various cities in Nigeria were parading the streets in a protest tagged #Endbadgovernance. The protest is scheduled to last ten days. During the protest, several frustrated citizens voiced their anger over increasing hunger and “bad governance.” The demonstrators turned violent in some parts of the country, including Yobe and Kano…

Photo credit: the Conversation As mass protests have paralyzed Bangladesh in recent weeks, the military was deployed to the streets with a command to shoot at sight. The Conversation reports that there have been 266 people dead, and 7,000 people were injured. Over 10,000 people have been arrested. Meanwhile, a near-total communications blackout has cut…

Photo credit: Fox News Immigrants make up about 14% of the US population. When they start working, they pay taxes and spend on services, which is an economic benefit for the US. An analysis has found that dropping all immigration restrictions would double the world’s GDP. Research has also found that global poverty is 40%…