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- Press Release: Immigration in the ‘Super Tuesday’ States - The impact of Latinos and immigrants in the voting booths and on state coffers will get increased attention as “Super Tuesday” approaches. Poll after poll shows that a candidate’s stand on immigration and the tone of the immigration debate are important to Latinos. (January 30, 2008)
- Press Release: Florida's Foreign Born - Important to the Economy and the Electorate – Florida’s recent arrivals and established foreign born communities both play an important role in the state's economy and make up an increasing percentage of the electorate. (January 2008)
- Immigration and the Wealth of States – In this report released by the Americas Majority Foundation, author Richard Nadler contrasts the 19 jurisdictions that contain 84% of the America’s immigrant population with the 32 states in which the remaining 16% reside. It shows that a high immigrant population and recent increases in immigrant population is associated with elevated levels and growth rates in gross state product, personal income, per capita personal income, disposable income, per capita disposable income, median household income, and median per capita income. (January 2008)
- Thinking Ahead About Our Immigrant Future: New Trends and Mutual Benefits in Our Aging Society - What is the real story about the importance of immigration for America’s future? Demographer Dowell Myers examines trends in U.S. immigration and finds that immigration has not only begun to level off, but immigrants are climbing the socio-economic ladder, and will become increasingly important to the U.S. economy as workers, taxpayers, and homebuyers supporting the aging Baby Boom generation. (January 2008)
- Press Release: Nevada’s Newest Arrivals - Both the immigration debate and the immigrant vote will likely play a role in the upcoming Nevada caucus. (January 15, 2008)
- Assessing the Economic Impact of Immigration at the State and Local Level - Recent studies have found that undocumented immigrants, and immigrants in general, are net contributors to the public treasuries and economies of many states and localities. (January 2008)
- Finding Tomorrow's Immigration Voices: Part of the mission of the IPC is to encourage critical thinking by the next generation of immigration policy experts. One way to do this is to provide graduate and undergraduate students a venue to develop their ideas and their research. The current update to Finding Tomorrow’s Immigration Voices includes five reviews of Hiroshi Motomura's book Americans in Waiting written by students in a University of St. Thomas law class taught by Kathleen Moccio. (Spring 2007)
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