Post on 03-Jan-2016
Local Initiatives onImmigration
Margie McHugh March 15, 2010
• Rates and Numbers
• Recession Effects
• Responses to Local Impacts
• Responses to Federal Immigration Policy
Overview
14.8%
38.5 Million(2009)
4.7%
12.5%(2009)
38.5 Million Immigrants in 2009:12.5 % of US Population
More States Feel the Impact of Immigration:Largest and Fastest-Growing Immigrant States
40.2 million* foreign born in March 2010
Legal permanentresidents (LPRs)(12.4 million) 31%
Legal temporary migrants
(1.7 million) 4%
Naturalized citizens(14.9 million) 37%
Unauthorized immigrants(11.2 million) 28%
About 3 in 10 Immigrants Are Unauthorized
Note: * Includes estimate of undercounted immigrants
Source: Passel, Jeffery S., and D’Vera Cohn, Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends. (Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center, 2011).
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Trend for total foreign-born population January 2000 to November 2007
Estimated foreign-born population (millions)
Note: Three-month moving average.Source: MPI analysis of monthly data from the Current Population Survey, Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2010.
Average Annual Population Growth Rate of the Foreign Born
Source: MPI analysis of monthly data from the Current Population Survey, Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2010.
Foreign born, Mexico and Central America
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Pre-recession (2000-07)
Recession (2007-09)
Post-recession (2009-10)
• Language Diversity; Immigration Status Restrictions
City Impacts and Responses
Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library
• The Language Portal is a digital library of nearly 600 resources relating to the use of language access services in social services and public safety agencies. The Portal includes legal guidelines, service models, master contracts for service providers, hourly translation and interpretation rates for different languages, pay differentials for multilingual staff, and sample translated documents. The Portal was created to provide “one-stop shopping” for the many local government administrators, policymakers, and others who are looking for ways to provide high-quality and cost-effective translation and interpretation services.
www.migrationpolicy.org/languageportal
• Language Diversity; Immigration Status Restrictions
• Single-agency responses: law enforcement, K-12 education, health care
• Cross-cutting responses: advisory councils, special advisors or coordinating offices
•City Impacts and Responses
• Pre-emption Clause
• But, shared authority under 287g
• Potential shared authority in immigrant selection?
• White House Office on Immigrant integration?
Responses to Federal Policy
Prospects for Leadership?
Find data, reports and other analysisby state and for the nation at
www.migrationpolicy.org
Margie McHugh202-266-1921
mmchugh@migrationpolicy.org
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