Children

Children of Immigrants: Growing National and State Diversity

Report Author: 
Karina Fortuny and Ajay Chaudry
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Oct

 

Children of Immigrants: Growing National and State Diversity (click to view)

Limited English Proficient Individuals in the United States: Number, Share, Growth and Lniguistic Diversity

Report Author: 
Chhandasi Pandya, Jeanne Batalova and Margue McHugh
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Dec

The number of U.S. residents who are deemed to be Limited English Proficient (LEP) has increased substantially in recent decades consistent with the growth of the U.S. foreign-born population. With LEP individuals now representing nine percent of the U.S. population, an increasing number of states and localities must grapple with issues of communication and English language learning.

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Unauthorized Immigrants: Length of Residency, Patterns of Parenthood

Report Author: 
Paul Taylor, Mark Hugo Lopez, Jeffrey Passel and Seth Motel
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Dec

Nearly two-thirds of the 10.2 million unauthorized adult immigrants in the U.S. have lived in this country for at least 10 years and nearly half are parents of minor children, according to estimates from the Pew Hispanic Center.

The analysis finds that 35 percent of unauthorized adult immigrants have resided in the U.S. for 15 years or more; 28 percent for 10 to 14 years; 22 percent for 5 to 9 years; and 15percent for fewer than five years.

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Shattered Families: The Perilous Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System

Report Author: 
Seth Freed Wessler et al
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Nov

Immigration policies and laws are based on the assumption that families will, and should, be united whether or not parents are deported. Similarly, child welfare policy aims to reunify families whenever possible. In practice, however, family separation can last for extended periods.  

In 2011, the United States deported a record-breaking 397,000 people and detained nearly that many. In the first six months of 2011, the federal government removed more than 46,000 mothers and fathers of U.S.-citizen children. 

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Applied_Research_Center---Shattered_Families.pdf

Assimilation Tomorrow: How America's Immigrants Will Integrate by 2030

Report Author: 
Dowell Myers and John Pitkin
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Nov

 

Many questions remain about newcomers with the rise in immigration and new immigrant destinations: Will they learn English? Are they locked in poverty? What are their prospects for success in America? Will today's immigrants fully integrate to become tomorrow's Americans?  

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American_Progress---Assimilation_Tomorrow-How_Americas_Immigrants_Will_Integrate_by_2030.pdf

Adult Children of Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Memories and Influences

Report Author: 
Nga-Wing Anjela Wong, Paul Y. Watanabe and Michael Liu
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Nov

 

Probing the changing makeup of American college campuses, Adult Children of Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Memories and Influences offers unparalleled insight into the journeys of today’s graduate students born to immigrant entrepreneur parents.

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ILC_Adult_Children_of_Immigrant_Entrepreneurs.pdf

A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States

Report Author: 
Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn
Original Date of Publication: 
2009 Apr

A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States (click to view)

Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States: 2008

Report Author: 
Daniel Dockterman and Gabriel Velasco
Original Date of Publication: 
2010 Jan

Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States: 2008 (click to view)

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