Understanding economics, advancing policy, supporting action
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Immigrants Add to the Vibrancy of Minneapolis
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Street Vendor Victory: Reshaping the Way NYC Authorizes Vending
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From the Civil Rights Movement until Now: Black Americans in Solidarity with Immigrants
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New Data Analysis: Who is Being Arrested by ICE?
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Mass Deportations Are Wrong For New York Farms & Communities
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Immigrants in Utica
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50 States: Immigrants by Number and Share
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Broadening the Base, Changing the Immigration Narrative: Lessons from the Ellis Island Initiative
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Immigrants Pay Taxes But Are Excluded from Many Benefits
Immigration Research Initiative is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank on immigrant integration, looking at issues of economic, social, and cultural inclusion of immigrants in the United States.
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Economic Integration & Growth
How America’s diverse receiving communities fare as the demographic mix changes
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Inclusive Social Supports
Improving unemployment compensation, Medicaid enrollment, and other social supports
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Welcoming Communities
Ways government, nonprofit groups, and private actors can help immigrants
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Building Worker Power
Laws, policies, and analysis that support workers organizing efforts and worker rights
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State Immigration Project
IRI supports state-based groups across the country in immigration research and policy work, providing 50-state data analysis, and working closely with the State Priorities Partnership and EARN networks.
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IRI cited in Washington State Proposed Legislation
In Washington State, policymakers proposed a bill, known as the Immigrant Worker Protection Act, which would promote transparency and forbid retaliation for excising certain worker protections. This bill would which… Read more
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Testimony to the NYS 2026 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing
On behalf of the New York State Census Partnership Shamier Settle testified in Albany during a joint legislative budget hearing urging lawmakers to invest in state funding for census outreach… Read more
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