Immigration Research Initiative

• Responding with Courage: How Spanish-Speaking Immigrants Report Being Impacted by the New Deportation Regime

  Immigrants have long been a vital part of the economic and social framework of the United States. While immigrants make up roughly 14 percent of the total population in the… Read more

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• The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Mass Deportation: What’s at Risk in Your State?

  The Trump Administration has begun an unprecedented intensity of enforcement actions aimed at removing immigrants from their communities, their workplace, and often from their families. In many cases this may… Read more

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• The Working Families Tax Credit: A Sustainable Solution for Millions of New Yorkers

  Across the state, New Yorkers have struggled to afford an ever-increasing cost of living. While New York has a high median income, it also has an extraordinary level of income… Read more

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• A Better Solution for More New Yorkers: Working Families Tax Credit vs. ESCC

  Across the state, New Yorkers have struggled to afford an ever-increasing cost of living. While New York has a high median income, it also has an extraordinary level of income… Read more

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• Street Vendors of New York: Spotlight on Women Vendors

  To celebrate Women’s history month, Immigration Research Initiative is putting a spotlight on the important but often overlooked role of women entrepreneurs as street vendors in New York City. Women… Read more

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• Immigrants in the U.S. Economy: Overcoming Hurdles, Yet Still Facing Barriers

  Most immigrants have been able to find at least moderate success in the U.S. economic landscape and a substantial number have done quite well, according to a study released today… Read more

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• 50 States: Immigrants by Number and Share

  There are 48 million immigrants in the United States, making up 14 percent of the overall population. This includes all people who are living in the United States and were… Read more

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• The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Mass Deportation: What’s at Risk in New York

    The Trump Administration is promising an unprecedented intensity of enforcement actions aimed at removing immigrants from their communities, their workplace, and often from their families. In many cases this… Read more

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• Personal Narrative Bank: IRI’s Four Years of Research on Immigrants’ Challenges to Medicaid Enrollment

  Enrolling in or renewing Medicaid can be a difficult process for anyone. Technical jargon, long wait times, and a lack of assistance can all be offputting. However, it is especially… Read more

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• Immigrants Are a Vital Part of America’s Future

  Immigration Research Initiative and Economic Policy Institute are co-publishing a series of one-page summaries of what we know for sure: immigrants are good for economic growth. Below is the one-pager… Read more

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