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Explore Our Research HubData that moves policy — and informs debate.
Our rigorous, independent analysis provides clear insights into the challenges of immigration and the vital economic role of immigrants.
Explore Our Research HubData that moves policy — and informs debate.
Our rigorous, independent analysis provides clear insights into the challenges of immigration and the vital economic role of immigrants.
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October 15, 2026
This report examines the role immigrants play in Wisconsin’s health care workforce. Using state and national data, it highlights where immigrant
health care workers are employed, the occupations they fill, and how their contributions vary across rural, suburban, and urban communities. It also explores why protecting and strengthening this workforce is critical to ensuring that every Wisconsin community has access to high-quality health care. By better understanding the contributions of immigrant health care workers, policymakers, employers, and community leaders can make more informed decisions about building a resilient health care system that is prepared to meet Wisconsin’s current and future needs.
17,500
Immigrants with health care jobs
12%
of all doctors in Wisconsin are immigrants
1 in 10
Doctors in rural areas are immigrants
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— Kaitie Dong, Washington State Budget and Policy Center 
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— Jason Cone, Robin Hood
“IRI brings the research and data muscle that drive policy breakthroughs in immigration and labor campaigns.”
— Angeles Solis, Action Lab
“We truly value how intentional IRI is about collecting and using data that reflects our community’s real experiences.”
— Sophie Bah-Kouyate, African Communities Together
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— Alana Cantillo, Office of the New York City Comptroller
“IRI is thorough, smart, engaged, and collaborative.”
— Su Patel, New York Immigration Coalition
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October 15, 2026
This report examines the role immigrants play in Wisconsin’s health care workforce. Using state and national data, it highlights where immigrant
health care workers are employed, the occupations they fill, and how their contributions vary across rural, suburban, and urban communities. It also explores why protecting and strengthening this workforce is critical to ensuring that every Wisconsin community has access to high-quality health care. By better understanding the contributions of immigrant health care workers, policymakers, employers, and community leaders can make more informed decisions about building a resilient health care system that is prepared to meet Wisconsin’s current and future needs.
October 8, 2026
From the earliest preliminary reports to the most recent data analysis, both local and national research have shown that mass arrests of immigrants have a substantial negative impact on the economy. Adding to this growing body of research, new analysis by the Minnesota Budget Project and the Immigration Research Initiative, based on work by Chloe East and Elizabeth Cox, allows us to estimate that there are now 32,000 fewer jobs in Minnesota than there would have been without the massive increase in ICE arrests.
September 2, 2026
Local officials have repeatedly justified the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, first as a for-profit prison, then as an ICE detention facility, with promises of economic benefits to the local community of Clearfield County. But two decades of evidence show little economic payoff, a shortfall made all the more troubling by three recent deaths at the facility.
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October 15, 2026
An ICE agent shot a man in the Bronx last week, with his 5-year-old son in the back seat of his car. The shooting highlights both the increasing dangers of ICE to our communities and is a reminder that no one is immune to the harmful effects of the deportation regime.
October 8, 2026
The Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) EARN conference is always a highlight of my year. The convening last week was particularly special, since it coincided with EPI’s 40th Anniversary.