A SOCIOECONOMIC INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS IN WALTHAM, MA IN 2011

This work is presented to Waltham, MA Social Justice Group © 2012By William Adams Twayigize

Brandeis University

English Language Proficiency and Social Justice among New Immigrants in Waltham, MA

Population Overview in MassachusettsBOSTON CITY Population 6,437,759

Immigrants 913,417=14.1%

96% of all immigrants live in Boston

New immigrants344,988=5.3 % of all immigrants

42.5% of all MA immigrants are Latino Americans

Immigrant Population overview in Massachusetts in

14.1

85.9

MA Population %Immi-grantsNon-Immi-grants

96

4

Immigrant Pop. By Locations

BostonOther

MA Immigrant population

5.3

94.7

% of Immigrant Pop. In MA

Recent Immi-grantNon-Recent Immi-grant

42.5

57.5

% of Recent Im-migrant in MA

Latin AmericaOther

Immigrants Overview in Waltham, Massachusetts Waltham population,

60,605 Whites, 42,634 (71.5%), Asians, 6,116 (10.%) Black/Afro-Americans,

3,013 (5.1%) Others, 2.7% 71.5

11

105.12.7

% of Waltham Popu-lation

White

Latino Americans

Asians

Black and Afro Americans

Others

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY PROBLEM

WALTHAM NEWIMMIGRANTS

English Language proficiency 23.7% of adults can’t speak English well 10.6% of adults can’t speak English at all 49% of adults between 30 and 39 don’t speak English 48% of adults between 40 and 49 somehow speak

English 57% of adults from 50 to 60 speak a little

English

Socioeconomic Consequences 45% of adult Latino are school dropouts Facing Education Poverty Social Discrimination Lack of Self esteem 36.8% , live in a linguistically isolated locations Lack of Employment Financial Discrimination Poverty inheritance

WHY SHOULD MASS GOVT INVEST IN EDUCATING NEW IMMIGRANTS?

Immigrants Provide Affordable Labor

ConstructionConsumption powerRestaurants /Hotels and other food servicesLandscaping and gardening servicesTaxationHousing marketAutomotive industry/Garages

Economic Contribution of Immigrants in Massachusetts

Immigrants generate 67b. (12.2%) of 577b. Annually

Undocumented Latino immigrants contribute about 7b. Annually to NSS

$3 billion annual spending in MA $4.6 billion to the regional products MA $1 billion to the state and federal taxes MA 52,256 jobs created by immigrants MA yearly

Social Policy and Universal Human Rights

Promoting Social Justice Education as basic human rights UN Education for All No Child Left Behind Race to the top Obama’s “Promise neighborhood” US Foreign policies

The Benefits of English Proficient Community

Effective Communication & good service delivery Employment opportunities Easy social Integration Less Discrimination Less High School drop out/educated society Informed society / improved human rights Economically empowered/investors

Socioeconomic Integration Learning Center Structure

Interactive educationCounseling

E

Level B

LevelC

DAdmin

Level A

NurseryF

TuitionG

A. ESL Classrooms

B. Employment training

C. Socioeconomic empowerment

D. Social orientation

E. Recreational facilities

F. Education counseling center

G. Immigration orientation

SILCs Services English Language/ education exhibition Holding regular workshop on employment Socioeconomic Empowerment services Social orientation classes/ATM/Transportation Children’s education such as kindergarten Counseling services to immigrants Immigration orientation classes

RecommendationsA SILC should be taken as a pilot project and also an experimental project to assist new immigrants to easily get it easy to be integrated into the American mainstream population. The MA government should see immigrants as a new socio-economic opportunities than an economic burden. However, this project has a room for further exploration and expansion.

END© 2012 William Adams Twayigize

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