Hawai'i Public Radio Talks to HCIR

On May 19, 2021, Hawai'i Public Radio Talked to HCIR's Catherine Chen about immigrants in Hawai'i, after nonpartisan immigration research group New American Economy (NAE) released a report that found that in 2018, immigrants contributed more than $17 billion to Hawaii's economy. Read NAE's report here. Listen to the full interview here with Catherine and NAE's Mo Kanter here.

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