Immigration Research Initiative

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

  There are 45 million immigrants living in the United States. Making up 14 percent of the national population, immigrants are a vital part of the social, economic, and cultural life… Read more

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• “Maybe It Is Because I Was Not Born in the U.S.”: Immigrant Stories of Challenges to Medicaid Enrollment

  Enrolling for Medicaid can be an arduous and daunting process for anyone. The technical language, document requirements and substantial amounts of paperwork can create difficulties during enrollment that can deter… Read more

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• Refugee Resettlement per Capita: Which States Do the Most?

  The United States refugee resettlement program helps people from some of the most dramatically troubled situations around the world to find a home in the United States. Refugees are people… Read more

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• Bridging the Unemployment Insurance Gap in New York State

  Advocates and legislators in New York State are currently considering the widest-ranging program in the country to fill key gaps in its unemployment insurance system: the Unemployment Bridge Program. The… Read more

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• New York State’s $2.1 Billion Excluded Workers Fund: A Program Evaluation

  Response to the COVID-19 pandemic and recession spurred a wave of policy innovation around the country. The pandemic revealed weak spots in our social safety net, and governments scrambled to… Read more

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• Expanding Inclusion in the Social Safety Net: Impacts of New York’s Excluded Workers Fund

  Response to the COVID-19 pandemic and recession spurred a wave of policy innovation around the country. The pandemic revealed weak spots in our social safety net, and governments scrambled to… Read more

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• Refugee Resettlement Is Still Below its Level Before the Trump Years

  Each year thousands of people are welcomed to the United States as refugees—individuals fleeing dire circumstances in their home country. Since 1980, the Office of Refugee Resettlement has been tasked… Read more

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• Worker Power Series: Lessons for Building Better Policies for Excluded Workers

  Unions have been in the news recently in a way that is exciting and new. Amazon warehouses saw the first successful union effort ever. Individual Starbucks stores are voting one… Read more

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• Providing Unemployment Insurance to Immigrants and Other Excluded Workers: A State Roadmap for Inclusive Benefits

  Immigrants without work authorization perform crucial jobs in our economy, but are denied unemployment benefits when they lose work. States are looking to change this, and to address other systemic… Read more

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• Immigrants’ Experience with Medicaid Enrollment: Challenges and Recommendations

  Medicaid enrollment can be a daunting process for many people—both U.S.-born New Yorkers and those who are foreign-born.

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