Demographics

New Data Guide on Finding and Using the Most Accurate, Recent Immigration Data Resources

Report Author: 
Jeanne Batalova, Michelle Mittelstadt, Mark Mather and Marlene Lee
Original Date of Publication: 
2008 Oct

The Immigration: Data Matters guide shows where to locate some of the most credible, up-to-date U.S. and global immigration-related data compiled by government and non-governmental sources. The online guide, also available in hard copy, includes clickable links to resources that offer immigrant population estimates; the size of the unauthorized immigrant population; English proficiency rates; the share of immigrants in the workforce; education, health and income and poverty statistics relating to immigrants; and other data.  

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Sixth Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

Report Author: 
Migration Policy Institute, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and Georgetown University Law Center
Original Date of Publication: 
2009 Jun

Sixth Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference (click to view)

Tied to the Business Cycle: How Immigrants Fare in Good and Bad Economic Times

Report Author: 
Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny
Original Date of Publication: 
2009 Nov

Immigrants surpassed native-born workers in several key labor market outcomes from the mid-1990s through 2007, recording higher employment and lower jobless rates — but the trend was reversed with the onset of the current recession.

This report, which analyzes employment and unemployment patterns over the past 15 years and two recessions, shows that immigrant economic outcomes began deteriorating before the current recession officially began in December 2007, tracing immigrants' declining fortunes largely to the housing bust which began in 2006. 

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Protection through Integration: The Mexican Government's Efforts to Aid Migrants in the United States

Report Author: 
Laureen Laglagaron
Original Date of Publication: 
2010 Jan

Immigrant integration remains largely an afterthought in U.S. immigration policy discussions and the country's integration policies remain chronically underfunded and limited in scope. Local and informal actors such as families and community-based organizations have historically taken on this responsibility.

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A Program in Flux: New Priorities and Implementation Challenges for 287(g)

Report Author: 
Cristina Rodríguez, Muzaffar Chishti, Randy Capps and Laura St. John
Original Date of Publication: 
2010 Mar

State and local enforcement of federal immigration laws has generated considerable controversy in public policy circles in recent years particularly with respect to the Section 287(g) program. The Obama administration is reforming the program with a new standardized memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will govern all future Section 287(g) collaborations.

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Immigration and Poverty in America's Suburbs

Report Author: 
Roberto Suro, Jill H. Wilson and Audrey Singer
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Aug

 

Immigration and Poverty in America's Suburbs (click to view)

Economic Integration of Immigrants in the United States: Long- and Short-Term Perspectives

Report Author: 
Aaron Terrazas
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Jul

This paper describes the occupational niches and contributions of diverse groups of immigrants and their children within the U.S. economy. The author emphasizes the impact of the global economic crisis on the economic prospects of immigrants. 

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