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Monday, June 1, 2020

As Immigrant Heritage Month kicks off today, we renew our commitment to building community, expanding opportunities, and sparking the change needed for a more just and equitable society where black and brown lives are treated with dignity and respect.

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OUR MISSION

Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians promotes inclusive economic growth through immigrant integration.

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"The Welcoming Center supports me and I will never forget what they did for me. I always think to myself I am so lucky to find good people.”

Amina, Syria
Entrepreneurship Program graduate

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PHILADELPHIA
STATISTICS

$7.4b

Immigrants paid $7.4b in federal, state, and local taxes in 2017.

46%

Immigrants are 46% more likely to become entrepreneurs compared to U.S.-born residents.

79%

79% of immigrants are of working age compared to 63% of U.S.-born workers.

$19.3b

Immigrants had a total spending power of $19.3b in 2017.

48%

48% of immigrants move to Philadelphia because of family or friends.

46,337

46,337 immigrant entrepreneurs reside in Philadelphia.