Immigration and immigrants: setting the record straight
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED BY REPORT vi
INTRODUCTION 1
I. IMMIGRATION: PRINCIPAL FfiCTS AND FINDINGS 3
What is the Policy Context? 3
Who Are America s Immigrants and Where Do They Live? 4
What Impact Does Immigration Have on the U.S. Labor Market? 5
What Impact Does Immigration Have on the Public Sector? 6
II. THE POLICY CONTEXT 9
Immigration Policy: Historical Overview 9
Making Sense of Immigration Policy 12
The Goals of Immigration Policy 13
Legal Immigration 13
Humanitarian Admissions 14
Controlling Illegal Immigration 15
Immigrant Policy 16
III. AMERICA S IMMIGRANTS:
WHO ARE THEY AND WHERE DO THEY UVE? 19
Historical Immigration Patterns 19
Immigrant Numbers and Legal Status 21
Absolute Numbers 21
Annual Flow 22
Illegal Immigration Trends 23
Countries of Origin of U.S. Immigrants 25
Changing Countries of Origin 25
Increasing Diversity 27
More Recent Immigrants 27
Current Impacts of Immigration 27
Racial and Ethnic Composition 27
Where Do Immigrants Settle? 28
Social and Economic Integration 30
Economic Performance 34
Projections of Future Immigrant Impacts 39
Population Size and Generational Composition 39
Racial and Ethnic Composition—Static Approach 40
Racial and Ethnic Composition—Impact of Intermarriage 41
Children of Immigrants 43
Labor Force Projections 43
Summary 44
IV. IMPACT OF IMMIGRANTS ON THE US. LABOR MARKET 47
Overall Picture: Limited Impact 47
Strength of the Evidence 48
National Labor Market Impacts 49
iv
Do Immigrants Displace Native Workers? 49
Do Immigrants Depress the Wages of Natives? 49
What Impact Do Immigrants Have on Opportunities for Less
Skilled Workers? 49
Do Immigrants Affect the Wages and Employment of African
Americans? 50
What Are the Impacts of Immigration on the Labor Market
Opportunities of Immigrants? 51
What Impact Do Undocumented Immigrants Have on Natives
Labor Market Opportunities? 51
Industry Specific Impacts 51
Explanations for the Findings 51
Contribution of Immigrants to the National Economy 52
V. IMMIGRANTS fiND PUBLIC SECTOR IMPfiCTS 57
Public Misperceptions 57
Immigrant Welfare Costs and Other Public Sector Impacts 58
Los Angeles County—Fiscal Impacts 59
San Diego County—Fiscal Impacts 60
United States—Fiscal Impacts 60
Revenue Estimation Errors 60
Cost Estimation Errors 61
Indirect Impacts of Immigration 62
Immigrant Eligibility for Public Assistance Benefits 62
Immigrant Use of Welfare 63
Cost Saving Impacts of Welfare Reform 64
VI. IS THE PfiST fiNY GUIDE TO THE FUTURE? 69
Illegal Immigration 70
Social and Economic Concerns 70
Education 70
Poverty 71
Language 71
Fiscal Impact 71
Linking Immigration Trends to Economic Performance 71
fiPPENDIX fi: Authorized and Actual Admissions for Legal and
Humanitarian Immigrant Categories FY 1992 75
fiPPENDIX B: Studies of Immigration Related Labor Market Impacts 77
ENDNOTES 85
REFERENCES 88
LIST OF FIGURES 93
LIST OF TABLES 94
INDEX 95
V
KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED BY THE REPORT
Goals of Immigration
•Are the goals of immigration policy
exclusively economic? Chapter II
Immigrant Characteristics
•Is the quality of immigrants declining? Chapter III
•Are the new immigrants less likely to learn
English than previous immigrants? Chapter III
•Are the new immigrants less educated than
previous immigrants? Than natives? Chapter III
•How do the incomes of immigrants change over
time and how do they compare with natives? Chapter III
Illegal Immigration
•How many illegal immigrants are in the United
States? How many enter and stay annually? Chapter III
Labor Market Impacts
•Do immigrants displace native workers? Chapter TV
•What impact does immigration have on the
wages and employment of African Americans? Chapter IV
•What impacts do illegal immigrants have on
natives labor market opportunities? Chapter IV
•What will immigration mean for the makeup
of the labor force? Chapter III
vi
Population Impacts
•What impact is immigration having on the
nation s racial and ethnic composition? Chapter III
•How will immigration change the racial and
ethnic composition of the country in the future? Chapter III
Public Sector Impacts
•Do immigrants pay more in taxes than they
receive in services? Chapter V
•Are immigrants more likely to be on welfare
than natives? Chapter V
•What will be the impacts of restricting
immigrants eligibility for welfare? Chapter V
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