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Senate adopts Office of New Americans with three-year sunset to evaluate results
Summary
The Delaware Senate passed Senate Bill 27 to codify an Office of New Americans, adding a three-year sunset amendment requiring a report to measure effectiveness; sponsors and multiple senators cited immigrant contributions to the state’s labor force and tax base.
Senate Bill 27, which would amend Title 29 of the Delaware Code to establish the Office of New Americans, passed the Delaware Senate on Jan. 14 after the chamber adopted a three-year sunset amendment requiring a follow-up evaluation.
Sponsor Senator D. Brown said the measure formalizes an office that has operated under epilogue language and argued it would help foreign-born residents integrate and contribute to the state. "Ultimately helping immigrants to settle in Delaware will strengthen the fabric of our state and lay a stronger foundation for continued…
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