Massachusetts

The Advantages of Family Based Immigration

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

"The Advantages of Family Based Immigration" (fact check)

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Then and Now: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part VII

Report Author: 
Vivek Wadhwa, AnnaLee Saxenian and F. Daniel Siciliano
Original Date of Publication: 
2012 Oct

Then and Now: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part VII (click to view) 

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Patent Pending: How Immigrants Are Reinventing The American Economy

Report Author: 
Partnership for a New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2012 Jun

 

Patent Pending: How Immigrants Are Reinventing The American Economy (click to view report)

The Search for Skills: Demand for H-1B Immigrant Workers in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Report Author: 
Neil G. Ruiz, Jill H. Wilson and Shyamali Choudhury
Original Date of Publication: 
2012 Jul

The Search for Skills H1B Demand

This timely analysis of the geography of H-1B visa requests reveals that demand for H-1B workers has fluctuated with economic and political cycles over the last decade and reflects a wide range of employers’ needs for high-skilled temporary workers.  

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The Academic Achievement of Latino Students in Boston Public Schools

Report Author: 
Faye Karp
Original Date of Publication: 
2012 Apr

This report examines the SY2006-SY2009 MCAS ELA and Math achievement of Latino students in Boston Public Schools. It finds that Latino students constitute the largest racial/ethnic student group in Boston Public Schools (43.0 percent in SY2012) and the only racial/ethnic group to grow in numbers from SY2006 to SY2009. In SY2009, Latino students had the highest rates of poverty, mobility, chronic absence and grade retention in Boston Public Schools.

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Massachusetts Immigrants by the Numbers, Second Edition

Report Author: 
Alan Clayton-Matthews and Paul Watanabe
Original Date of Publication: 
2012 Mar

Massachusetts Immigrants by the Numbers, Second Edition: Demographic Characteristics and Economic Footprint contains the most credible information to date on immigration in Massachusetts.  

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Supporting Skilled Immigrants: A Toolkit for ESL Practitioners

Report Author: 
Global Talent Bridge
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Nov

Supporting Skilled Immigrants: A Toolkit for ESL Practitioners (click to view)

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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Characteristics of the South American Born in the United States

Report Author: 
David Dixon and Julia Gelatt
Original Date of Publication: 
2006 May

Characteristics of the South American Born in the United States (click to view)

The South American-born make up a small proportion of both the overall foreign-born population and the Latin American-born population in the United States. However, the number of immigrants born in South America has grown rapidly over the past 30 years.  

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