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Latest Immigration Data and Impact
Denzil Mohammed Director, Public Education Institute, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc., Malden, MA [email protected] 2019 Immigrant Student Success
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Foreign-born Distribution 1880
Source: Matthew Bloch and Robert Gebeloff/The New York Times
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Foreign-born Distribution 1900
Source: Matthew Bloch and Robert Gebeloff/The New York Times
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Foreign-born Distribution 1920
Source: Matthew Bloch and Robert Gebeloff/The New York Times
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Foreign-born Distribution 1970
Source: Matthew Bloch and Robert Gebeloff/The New York Times
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Foreign-born Distribution 1980
Source: Matthew Bloch and Robert Gebeloff/The New York Times
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Foreign-born Distribution 1990
Source: Matthew Bloch and Robert Gebeloff/The New York Times
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Foreign-born Distribution 2000
Source: Matthew Bloch and Robert Gebeloff/The New York Times
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Fastest-growing States
Source: Migration Policy Institute, “Immigrants in the U.S. States with the Fastest-Growing Foreign-Born Populations,” 2018
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Foreign-born Population
Source: Migration Policy Institute, U.S. Immigration Trends
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Refugee Admissions
Source: Migration Policy Institute, U.S. Immigration Trends
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Undocumented Immigrant Population
Source: Pew Research Center, “Facts on U.S. Immigrants, 2017,” 2017
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Undocumented Immigrant Population
Source: Migration Policy Institute, “Crisis at the Border? Not by the Numbers,” 2018
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Immigrants and Crime
Source: American Immigration Council, The Criminalization of Immigration in the United States, 2015
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Immigrants and English Proficiency
Source: Pew Research Center, “Facts on U.S. Immigrants, 2017,” 2017
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Immigrants and English Proficiency
Source: Pew Research Center, “Facts on U.S. Immigrants, 2017,” 2017
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Immigrants and Education
Source: Pew Research Center, “Facts on U.S. Immigrants, 2017,” 2017
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Immigrants and Education
Source: Pew Research Center. “Facts on U.S. Immigrants, 2015,” ((2017)
1960 2015
Less than HS 75% 29%
HS graduate 13.5% 22.4%
2-year degree 6% 19%
Bachelor’s degree
2.5% 17%
Advanced degree
2.6% 12.6%
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Immigrants and Education
Source: Brian Duncan and Stephen J. Trejo, “Socioeconomic Integration
of U.S. Immigrant Groups Over the Long Term” (working paper), 2018
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Children in Immigrant Families
Source: Migration Policy Institute
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Immigrants and Population Growth
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Source: Fiscal Policy Institute analysis of Census and ACS data. See also Bringing Vitality to Main Street: How Immigrant Small Businesses Help Local Economies Grow, Fiscal Policy Institute and Americas Society/Council of the Americas, 2015.
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Source: The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc. and the Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason University, Immigrants in Health Care: Keeping Americans Healthy Through Care and Innovation, 2016; Renew Our Economy:
America’s Aging Crisis: How Immigration Reform Can Strengthen the U.S. Health Care System, 2015
Immigrants are 13.7% of the U.S. population but:
28% physicians/surgeons
22% nursing, psychiatric
and home health aides
15% nurses
40% medical scientists in manufacturing R&D
50+% biotechnology
workers
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Immigrants and the Labor Force
Source: Pew Research Center, “Facts on U.S. Immigrants, 2017,” 2017
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Immigrants and the Labor Force
Sources: Migration Policy Institute, Age-Sex Pyramids of U.S. Immigrant and Native-Born Populations, 1970-Present, 2015; America’s Advantage: A Handbook on Immigration and Economic Growth, 2015; Bureau of Labor Statistics,
“Labor Force Characteristics of Foreign-born Workers Summary,” 2016.
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Immigrants and Social Safety Systems
Sources: New American Economy, “Staying Covered: How Immigrants Have Prolonged the Solvency of One of Medicare’s Key Trust Funds and Subsidized Care f or U.S. Seniors,” 2014; New American Economy, “America’s Aging Crisis: How Immigration Reform can Strengthen the U.S. W orkforce,” 2015
• Number of seniors will double by 2050
• Ratio of seniors to workers will soar by <70% by 2040
• Immigrants are subsidizing Medicare’s core trust fund
• More workers needed, especially in healthcare
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Immigrants and Taxes
Sources: Smith and Edmonston, 1997; Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions , 2016; New American Economy, Contributions of New Americans in Florida, 2016
• Immigrants pay up to $140 billion annually in federal, state, local taxes
• Undocumented immigrants use ITINs to pay an estimated $11.6 billion per year (2015)
• Effective rate of 8%, more than other taxed groups
• In Florida $23.4b: Amount paid in taxes –$2.5b to Medicare
–$9.5b to Social Security
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Immigrants and Entrepreneurship
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Source: FPI analysis of 2015 ACS. Analysis is updated from data in David Dyssegaard Kallick, Bringing Vitality to Main Street, Fiscal Policy Institute and Americas Society/Council of the Americas, 2015.
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Immigrants and Job Creation/Innovation
Source: The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc. Public Education Institute, 2016
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S ource: Pew Research Center, “Shifting Public Views on Legal Immigration Into the U.S.,” 2018
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and Pessimistic Electorate,” 2016
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Views on Immigration
Source: The Wall Street Journal, “How We Voted in the 2018 Midterms,” 2018
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Views on Immigration
Source: The Wall Street Journal, “How We Voted in the 2018 Midterms,” 2018
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Bridging Divides in the Immigration Debate
• Anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. is more passionate than pro-immigrant sentiment
–Of the Americans who consider immigration the most important voting issue, far more oppose immigration than support it.
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Bridging Divides in the Immigration Debate
• The “Wings” are increasing in size, the “middle” is fast decreasing.
• The politically disengaged tend to veer right
• Both race and economics are driving Americans farther right
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Bridging Divides in the Immigration Debate
• For change to take place, we need to connect with working class Americans
• Find ways to build broad, local support bases
• Go back to the basics, and connect with values, issues and humanity
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Bridging Divides in the Immigration Debate
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Public Mind
Source: Marisa Gerstein Pineau, FrameWorks Institute
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Public Mind
Source: Marisa Gerstein Pineau, FrameWorks Institute
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Public Mind
Source: Marisa Gerstein Pineau, FrameWorks Institute
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Public Mind
Source: Marisa Gerstein Pineau, FrameWorks Institute
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Strategies to Reach Beyond Your Base
• Act fast
• Act now
• Act for the long haul
• Deep canvassing
• Get diverse allies
• Strength in numbers and perspectives/origins
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Elements of a Successful Narrative
Source: Marisa Gerstein Pineau, FrameWorks Institute
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Framing the Immigration Debate
• Shared values
–American value of treating others with respect, compassion
• Pragmatism
–Use logic, common sense, practical solutions
• Shared prosperity
–Everyone benefits when all can fulfil their potential
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Explain, don’t Assert Rights
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Never Repeat Myths
• Never repeat the myths when you’re refuting them – always start with the facts.
• People tend to remember the myths as true, so myth busting is ineffective.
• Instead of saying, “Immigrants aren’t taking our jobs,” say, “Immigrants create jobs.”
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Rethink and Redefine
• “Coming out of the shadows”
• “Broken immigration system”
• Immigration
• Immigrant
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Bridging Divides in the Immigration Debate
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Institute for Immigration Research at GMU: iir.gmu.edu/idod
Thank You
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