|
NEW JERSEY
Program on Immigration and Democracy,
Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, December,
2008, 20 pp.
Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, November, 2008, 39 pp. (also covers 3 counties
in south Jersey) South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow, 2008, 4 pp.
New Jersey Policy Perspective, June, 2008, 20 pp.
Woodrow Wilson School, Policy Task Force Report, May, 2008. 39 pp.
New Jersey Civil Rights Defense Commmittee, Revision 1, October 1, 2007 Farmworkers Support Committee of New Jersey (CATA), August, 2006, 37 pp. National Immigration Forum, 2006, 64 pp. Seton Hall University Institute on Work, April, 2000, 90 pp.
OTHER STATES Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Workers in Leisure and Hospitality Businesses: Massachusetts
and New England,
The Immigrant Learning Center (ILC), 2010, 45 pp.
This is the latest in a series of research studies
commissioned by The ILC analyzing the role of immigrants as entrepreneurs, workers and consumers. The Leisure and Hospitality
sector is the 4th largest employer in the Massachusetts private sector employing 302,547 workers or 9.3% of the
state's total population. Although immigrants constitute ca 14% of the state's population, they make up ca 25.5% of all workers
in this sector, with even larger percentages in the hotel and travel accommodations subsectors. Moreover, foreign-born workers
in this industry show high rates of entrepreneurship and are having "an enormous and positive impact on local economies."
A State Resilient: Immigrant Integration and California's
Future,
Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, University of Southern California (USC), June, 2010, 13 pp.
In this brief, the authors question the methodology and findings of a June 2010 report published
by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) entitled "A State Transformed: Immigration and the New California." The CIS report linked immigration to declining high school completion rates and
rising inequality in the state. Specifically, the state was the seventh most educated state in 1970 but 50thin
2008. The USC brief accuses the authors of the CIS report of "cherry-picking" facts to support their anti-immigration
bias. The authors point out that California's median household income during this period of heavy immigration rose from 10th
in the nation to 8th. They also note that any slippage in college completion rates seems attributable to the native
born, rather than to immigrants, who currently constitute 40% of 25-64 years olds with doctorate degrees in California.
Finally, the authors point out that the economic fortunes of immigrants who didn't graduate from high school in their home
countries (and who arrived in the U.S. at age 19 or older) are considerably better than native-born non-high school completers.
New Patterns of Immigrant Settlement in California,
Public Policy Institute of California, July, 2009, 40 pp.
This report discusses California's "decline
in popularity" among immigrants, as evidenced by its falling share of the nation's immigrant population. Although still
the state with the highest number of immigrants, its percentage of the nation's immigrant population dropped from its historic
high of 32.7% in the eighties to 26.4% in 2007. A process of immigrant dispersal has taken place within the nation and
within California itself, as counties within the state that previously had not seen large immigrant populations, such as Alameda
and Sacramento, show much higher growth than traditional gateway communities like Los Angeles and San Francisco. During
the same period, the educational level of new immigrants to California has risen, with declines in the number of immigrants
without high school diplomas and increases in the number of college graduates. The report also comes to a "striking conclusion,"
i.e. that there has been a "decline in social factors as a driver of location choice" among immigrants. The magnet
of a pre-existing immigrant community may be less strong today in attracting new immigrants than the availability of good
jobs at above average wages. Finally, the report notes a reveral of the trend of native-born Americans leaving areas of high
immigrant concentration. Instead, both native-born and immigrants seem to be moving to the same destinations.
|
 |
|
News and Opinion
Immigrants in New Jersey Rutgers to launch online Immigrant Infrastucture Map,
The Star-Ledger, March 21, 2010 2.5 Million Indians Make US their Home,
Deccan Herald, October 22, 2009 Immigrants Finding Opportunities Scarce,
Trenton Times, Jan. 5, 2009 As U.S. Economy Sours, Immigrants Head for Home,
Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 16, 2008 Fewer Jobs Spells Fewer Immigrants,
The Star-Ledger, September 23, 2008 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|