Pedro Pascal, Ajay Banga among Carnegie's 2023 Great Immigrants list

World Bank President Ajay Banga, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan, singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette and The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal are on this year's Great Immigrants list announced on Wednesday by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Since 2006, the foundation has assembled an annual list of notable naturalised American citizens to celebrate the contributions immigrants make to the country and how they strengthen democracy.

These are extraordinary people, said Dame Louise Richardson, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York and a native of Ireland who is a naturalised citizen herself.

Presenting all these amazingly positive stories of people who've contributed hugely to American life I think is important every year.

However, she acknowledges that the issue of immigration has become more politicized.

I do think there is a growing sense that the numbers of migrants are somehow getting out of hand -- and this is not unique to the US, Richardson told The Associated Press in a