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Data 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 Hub

Data 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 Hub
Featured Report

Caring for Wisconsin: The Role of Immigrants in Keeping the Badger State Healthy

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Wisconsin
October 15, 2026
Wisconsin already faces challenges in meeting health care needs in the state. Immigrants, this joint report with Kids Forward shows, are playing an important role in providing health care services. Threats to immigrants are also threats to Wisconsin health care.
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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
— Jason Cone, Robin Hood
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— Angeles Solis, Action Lab
— Angeles Solis, Action Lab
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— Sophie Bah-Kouyate, African Communities Together
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— Su Patel, New York Immigration Coalition

Research Hub

ICE Spike Means 32,000 Fewer Jobs in Minnesota

Minnesota
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.
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No Multipliers: MVPC Fails to Spur Local Economy

Pennsylvania
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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ICE Arrests Result in a Decline in Employment: State-Level Projections

Wisconsin
July 27, 2026
The program of mass deportation being carried out by the Trump Administration is hurting American workers, both immigrants and those born in the United States. How much would employment drop in your state—for immigrants and for U.S.-born workers—if one percent of the people most at risk were arrested with a massive ICE raid in your state?
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How immigration shapes our economy, our communities, and our country.

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November 5, 2026

$17 Million For Immigration Detention: What Could That Money Do for New York Families Instead?

Cyierra Roldan

The proposed $17 million expansion of the Batavia ICE detention facility raises important questions about public spending and priorities. This post explores how this funding could be put to better use by investing in programs and services that support and strengthen communities and families and create opportunities for all New Yorkers.

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October 27, 2026

Outreach Plans & Funding Needs for the 2030 Census: An IRI Survey of CBOs in NYS

Shamier Settle

IRI is surveying New York State community-based organizations to better understand their outreach plans, funding needs, and resources required to help ensure every community is counted in the 2030 Census.

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