Research

Information on Small Populations with Significant Health Disparities: A Report on Data Collected on the Health of Asian Americans in Massachusetts

Report Author: 
Carolyn Wong, Hannah Hosotani and John Her
Original Date of Publication: 
2012 Nov

Information on Small Populations with Significant Health Disparities: A Report on Data Collected on the Health of Asian Americans in Massachusetts (Download or view online)  

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National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care: A Blueprint for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice

Report Author: 
Office of Minority Health (OMH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Original Date of Publication: 
2013 Apr

National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care: A Blueprint for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice (Download or view

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Office_Minority_Health_National_Standards_for_Health.pdf

2013 Immigration and Workforce Study

Report Author: 
National Small Business Association
Original Date of Publication: 
2013 Apr

2013 Immigration and Workforce Study (click to view)

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NSBA_Workforce-Immigration-Survey-2013.pdf

Living in Dual Shadows: LGBT Undocumented Immigrants

Report Author: 
Crosby Burns, Ann Garcia and Philip E. Wolgin
Original Date of Publication: 
2013 Mar

Living in Dual Shadows: LGBT Undocumented Immigrants (click to view)  

LGBT Undocumented Immigrants

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CAP_LGBT_Undocumented_Immigrants.pdf

Second-Generation Americans: A Portrait of the Adult Children of Immigrants

Report Author: 
Pew Research Center
Original Date of Publication: 
2013 Feb

Second-Generation Americans: A Portrait of the Adult Children of Immigrants analyzes U.S. Census Bureau data to show that the 20 million adult U.S.-born children of immigrants are substantially better off than immigrants themselves. On key measures of socioeconomic attainment such as income, homeownership, economic success and educational attainment, these children of immigrants outpace their parents to levels comparable with native-born Americans.  

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Pew_Second-Generation_Americans.pdf

Mexican Migration Beyond the Downturn and Deportations

Report Author: 
Roberto Suro and Rene Zenteno
Original Date of Publication: 
2012 Oct

Contrary to the expectations of anti-immigrant activists, unauthorized immigrants are not leaving the United States and returning home en masse in response to the onslaught of federal, state and local immigration-enforcement initiatives in recent years. In fact, preliminary evidence indicates that unauthorized immigration to the United States from Mexico may be inching its way upward again for the first time since the economic downturn began in 2007. Why? Because unauthorized immigration responds far more to the state of the U.S. economy than it does to the intensity of U.S.

The Criminal Alien Program (CAP): Immigration Enforcement in Prisons and Jails

Report Author: 
Immigration Policy Center
Original Date of Publication: 
2013 Feb

The Criminal Alien Program (CAP) is an expansive immigration-enforcement program that is responsible for the initiation of a large proportion of removal proceedings. While CAP has existed in one form or another for decades, there is still much to be learned about the program, how it is organized and how it works.  

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IPC_criminal_alien_program.pdf