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Immigrants in Our Communities

Immigration OnPoint

Who are today’s immigrants? How do they impact the communities we live in? This section addresses immigrant integration, examines foreign-born crime rates, and a host of other issues.

Record-Breaking Number of Immigrants Seek Integration, U.S. Citizenship (Immigration Policy Center - September 2008) - Fact sheet documenting immigrant integration as evidenced by the increasing number of immigrants seeking U.S. Citizenship.
Setting the Record Straight on Immigrants and Crime (Immigration Policy Center - September 2008) - Facts from numerous studies by independent researchers and government commissions over the past 100 years that have consistently found that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than the native-born.
Recapture of Unused Immigrant Visas (Immigration Policy Center - September 2008) - Facts on visa recapture bill that would allow visas that have gone unused due to bureaucratic delays to be "recaptured" and issued to family- or employment-based legal immigrants

New State-Level Research Debunks the Myth of Immigrant Criminality (Immigration Policy Center – July 2008) - Recent data from New Jersey and California which once again confirms what researchers have found repeatedly over the past 100 years: immigrants are less likely than the native-born to be in prison, and high rates of immigration are not associated with higher rates of crime.

Beneath the Pines: Stories of Migrant Tree Planters (Southern Poverty Law Center) - The stories of migrant workers who are brought to the United States from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to plant trees, thin forests and apply herbicides for timber contractors.

Broken Levees, Broken Promises: New Orleans’ Migrant Workers in Their Own Words (Southern Poverty Law Center) - Covers the exploitation of migrant workers doing backbreaking and dangerous clean-up work in New Orleans.

Immigration Enforcement and Its Unintended Consequences: The Impact on America’s Children (Immigration Policy Center – March 2008) - Drawing from a longer, more in-depth study, this document covers immigration raids’ effects on children and short-term recommendations on how to minimize their impact.

Immigrants and Crime: Setting the Record Straight (Immigration Policy Center – March 2008) – Dispels myths about immigrants and criminality.

 Immigration: Long Term Trends and America’s Future (Immigration Policy Center – February 2008) - Immigration has begun to level off and immigrants are climbing the socio-economic ladder and becoming increasingly important to the U.S. economy as workers, taxpayers, and homebuyers supporting the aging Baby Boom generation.

 Understanding the Role of Police Officers in Immigration Enforcement and the Memorandum of Agreement with DHS (National Council of Law Raza – February 2008) - This fact sheet covers the role of state and local police in enforcing federal immigration laws, including information Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs).

 Why Denying Driver’s Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants Harms Public Safety and Makes Our Communities Less Secure (National Immigration Law Center – January 2008) - States need to create practical, workable solutions, and denying undocumented immigrants licenses is simply bad public policy.

Immigrants and Crime: Are They Connected? (Immigration Policy Center – October 2007) - Numerous studies have found that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes or be behind bars than the native-born.

Too Costly for My Town: The Dollars and Cents of an Immigration Ordinance (National Council of La Raza – October 2007) - A fact sheet that describes the costs associated with local anti-immigrant ordinances.

Immigration Law Enforcement by State and Local Police (National Immigration Forum – August 2007) - Across the country, states and localities are grappling with the problem of illegal immigration, and scores of communities are considering the role their police department might play in helping the federal government enforce immigration laws.  This document addresses the concerns with turning police into immigration agents.

Immigrants and the U.S. Health Care System (California Immigration Policy Center – January 2007) - Health care expenditures in the U.S. are lower for immigrants than for native-born residents and immigrants use less health care services overall than citizens.

Famous Naturalized U.S. Citizens (National Council of Law Raza – 2007) - A list of famous people who have chosen to become U.S. citizens.

Facts About Immigrants’ Low Use of Health Services and Public Benefits (National Immigration Law Center – September 2006) - Low-income immigrants are less likely to receive public benefits than are low income U.S. citizens. 

Fact Sheet: Hispanic Attitudes Toward Learning English (Pew Hispanic Center – June 2006) - Surveys show that Hispanics by a large margin believe that immigrants have to speak English to be a part of American society and even more so that English should be taught to the children of immigrants.

Related

- PPIC: Immigrants and Crime in CA (02-08)
- MPI: Foreign-Born in the Armed Forces (01-07)
- IPC: Immigrants and Crime (2007)
- IPC: Immigrants and Health Care (07-06)
- Pew: English Usage among U.S. Hispanics (11-07)
- Pew: Immigrant Attachment to Native Country (2007)

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