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Chicago Council Report Shows Immigration Counters Population Decline and Aging Workforce in Midwest

June 24, 2014 CHICAGO - Immigration is a demographic lifeline for metropolitan areas throughout the 12-state Midwest region, according to a report (PDF)  released today by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Over the past 50 years, the Midwest population has been growing more slowly than the national average. The arrival of nearly one million more immigrants to the region over the past decade has helped to reverse this trend.Population decline threatens economic competitiveness, decreases the

Survey Finds Bipartisan Support for Immigration Reform among Midwestern Business Leaders

February 3, 2014– A report  (PDF) released today by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs shows bipartisan support among Midwestern business leaders to pass immigration reform. The report comes days after President Obama urged Congress to move on reforms in his State of the Union address and the House GOP unveiled their immigration principles.Seventy-five percent of Republican, 63 percent of Democrat and 55 percent of Independent Midwest business leaders surveyed favor the Senate bill on comprehensive

Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ranked as Think Tank to Watch

January 24, 2014 – The Chicago Council on Global Affairs was ranked as the #11 “Think Tank to Watch” in the world by The University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go-To Think Tank Index released this week. The Council’s public opinion survey report, Foreign Policy in the New Millennium , was ranked as #5 on the “Best Policy Study/Report by a Think Tank” (2012-13).This is the first time The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has appeared in this annual survey of 6,826 think tanks around the world. The Council

21 Chicago Leaders to Participate in Two-Year Chicago Council Program

June 26, 2013 CHICAGO -The Chicago Council Emerging LeadersChicago Council on Global Class ofAffairs has identified 21 2015 Chicago compete and thrive in Amer Abdullah, Cofounder, Cedarsthe global era. The sixth class Mediterranean Kitchenof The Chicago Council’s Ikbel Achour, Senior Research Scientist,Emerging Leaders Program University of Illinois Hospital and Healthincludes leaders from, among Sciences

May 21 Symposium to Urge a New U.S. Agenda for Global Food Security

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs to Release New Report on the Power of Science, Trade and Business in Advancing Global Food SecurityWASHINGTON, D.C. – On May 21, 2013, leaders from science, government, business and civil society will convene at an all-day symposium to urge U.S. leadership in mobilizing science, increasing trade and capitalizing on the power of business to meet future food demand.  At the symposium, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs also will release a new report, Advancing Global Food Security: The Power of Science, Trade, and Business, which puts forward four

Contentious Debate on Capitol Hill over Immigration Reform  Mirrors Partisan Divides among the Public

Public Impressions of Illegal Immigration Flows ExaggeratedMay 6, 2013 CHICAGO – While visiting Mexico last week, President Obama struck an optimistic chord on passing new immigration reform. But at home, the fractious immigration debate on Capitol Hill continues and resembles partisan divides among the public.   According to public opinion survey findings  released today by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in conjunction with The Woodrow Wilson Center, self-described Democrats and Independents are more

Midwestern Business and Civic Leaders Call for Immigration Reform at DC Summit

Bipartisan Group Offers Recommendations and Outlines Priorities for the Midwest to Ensure U.S. Economic CompetitivenessFebruary 28, 2013 WASHINGTON - At an immigration summit in Washington today, a diverse and bipartisan group of Midwestern business and civic leaders will release a report urging immigration reform to ensure regional and national economic competitiveness.  Former Midwest Governors Chet Culver and Michael Rounds as well as former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and Crate and Barrel Co-Founder Carole Segal will discuss the report from a bipartisan task force convened by The

Informed Midwesterners More Likely to Support Immigration Reform

December 6, 2012 CHICAGO – A public opinion survey published by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs finds a majority of Midwesterners who have accurate information about shifting immigration flows and changing labor needs support key immigration policy proposals. According to Chicago Council Survey data, Americans today are considerably less threatened by immigration than they have been in the past two decades. Despite this trend, Midwesterners are split over whether to pursue a comprehensive immigration reform package or an incremental approach (38% comprehensive versus 41%

New Website Launched to Build Support for Sensible Immigration Policy

Site Highlights Importance of Immigration to Economic Competitiveness of Midwest RegionNovember 12, 2012 CHICAGO – Today, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs launched MidwestImmigration.org, the official website of its bipartisan Task Force on Immigration and U.S. Economic Competitiveness. The site seeks to inform Midwestern leadership and enhance public understanding of immigration and its importance to the region’s economic future. Led by nine co-chairs, 54 business and civic leaders from across the Midwest have come together to forge consensus around and build support for sensible

Number of Americans Who See Immigration as a Critical Threat to the United States at Lowest Level in Two Decades

October 11, 2012  - The 2012 Chicago Council Survey reveals that over the last decade Americans have grown less concerned about large numbers of immigrants—legal or illegal—coming to live and work in the United States. According to the report from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a growing number of Americans support keeping legal immigration at its current level or increasing it.  For the first time since the question was first asked by the Council in 1994, only a minority (40%) of Americans consider a large influx of immigrants and refugees a “critical threat” to the United

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