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We would like to thank all the organizations that gave us permission to post their valuable work in our repository. In addition, we would like to recognize the hard work and dedication of Adrienna Wong, who organized our documents.

Welcome to CIPC's research repository. For more than a year we have been working to locate and assemble a body of information - reports, research papers, and fact sheets - about immigrants in California and other parts of the U.S. Please take a moment to explore this collection of 180+ studies to aid you in your research.

The California Immigrant Policy Center is pleased to welcome you to a new resources page on our website. For more than a year, CIPC has been working to locate and assemble a body of information - reports, research papers, fact sheets and other documents - about immigrants in California and other parts of the U.S. that we could make accessible to those of you who visit our website. Please take a moment to explore this wonderful repository of information and research into immigrants, our communities and families.

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Media Content Analysis: Public Discourse on Immigration
Date
May 2009
Description

This research study investigates both media coverage and public opinion on two topics: English-language acquisition and the children of immigrants. Combined, the reports provide findings on current public discourse in both these areas, as well as openings for and barriers to building support, including relevant audiences, preliminary messaging recommendations, and preliminary communications outreach recommendations.

Jesse Serrins
© 2008 The Opportunity Agenda, http://www.opportunityagenda.org

Immigration Policy and Reform, Language, Naturalization and Civic Participation, Public Attitudes, Polls & Surveys
Report
Supreme Court Ruling on Identity Theft: What it Means for Migrants
Date
May 2009
Description

Prof. Erik Camayd-Freixas follows up on the legal consequences of the Postville ICE raid in this op-ed on the Supreme Court ruling on identity theft. The Court found in favor of a Mexican migrant worker who used a false social security number to secure employment. In a unanimous decision, the Justices rejected the idea that such actions constituted identity theft, and thereby curtailed the criminalization of large numbers of undocumented workers in raids like those at Postville.

 

 

Erik Camayd-Freixas
© 2009 Erik Camayd-Freixas

Immigration Policy and Reform, Unauthorized Immigrants
Report
An Essential Resource: An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Undocumented Workers on Business Activity in the US with Estimated Effects by State and Industry
Date
May 2009
Description

The Perryman Group’s study of the economic contributions to the US economy looks at the potential consequences of an enforcement-only strategy of immigration reform that would remove undocumented immigrants from the US economy. They find that unauthorized immigrants represent a significant portion of the US economic system: as much as 12% of the workforce in Arizona, for example, and a significant portion of the workforce in industries like agriculture and construction. Removing these immigrants from the workforce would result in over $650 billion in lost output annually.

© 2008 Perryman Group, http://www.perrymangroup.com

United States, Economic Growth, Labor Force
Report
A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
Date
April 2009
Description

This report outlines demographic characteristics of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States (as of March 2008), offers comparisons with legal immigrants and U.S.-born residents, and estimates the size of unauthorized immigrant populations in the workforce for each state. Key findings include a greater geographic dispersion of unauthorized immigrants and a decline in the proportion of unauthorized immigrants living in California.

 

 

Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn
© 2009 Pew Hispanic Center, http://www.pewhispanic.org

Demographics, United States, Immigrants and the U.S. Economy, Labor Force, Unauthorized Immigrants
Report
An Immigrant Guest Worker Program for Georgia
Date
April 2009
Description

This Global Atlanta article outlines an argument for a comprehensive guest worker program, as well as support of other legislation (like the DREAM Act) to provide undocumented immigrants paths to legal residency. Erik Camayd-Freixas follows up on his account of the ICE raid at Postville, Iowa by outlining the economic value of undocumented workers in the US. The article also includes video interviews with Dr. Camayd-Freixas.

 

 

Leigh Miller Villegas
© 2009 Global Atlanta, http://globalatlanta.com

Labor Force, Immigration Policy and Reform, Language, Naturalization and Civic Participation, Legal Permanent Residents, Unauthorized Immigrants, Immigrants and the U.S. Economy
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