Local Initiatives onImmigration

Margie McHugh March 15, 2010

• Rates and Numbers

• Recession Effects

• Responses to Local Impacts

• Responses to Federal Immigration Policy

Overview

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38.5 Million(2009)

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12.5%(2009)

38.5 Million Immigrants in 2009:12.5 % of US Population

More States Feel the Impact of Immigration:Largest and Fastest-Growing Immigrant States

40.2 million* foreign born in March 2010

Legal permanentresidents (LPRs)(12.4 million) 31%

Legal temporary migrants

(1.7 million) 4%

Naturalized citizens(14.9 million) 37%

Unauthorized immigrants(11.2 million) 28%

About 3 in 10 Immigrants Are Unauthorized

Note: * Includes estimate of undercounted immigrants

Source: Passel, Jeffery S., and D’Vera Cohn, Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends. (Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center, 2011).

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Estimated foreign-born population (millions)

Note: Three-month moving average.Source: MPI analysis of monthly data from the Current Population Survey, Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2010.

Average Annual Population Growth Rate of the Foreign Born

Source: MPI analysis of monthly data from the Current Population Survey, Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2010.

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Pre-recession (2000-07)Recession (2007-09)Post-recession (2009-10)

• Language Diversity; Immigration Status Restrictions

City Impacts and Responses

Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library

• The Language Portal is a digital library of nearly 600 resources relating to the use of language access services in social services and public safety agencies. The Portal includes legal guidelines, service models, master contracts for service providers, hourly translation and interpretation rates for different languages, pay differentials for multilingual staff, and sample translated documents. The Portal was created to provide “one-stop shopping” for the many local government administrators, policymakers, and others who are looking for ways to provide high-quality and cost-effective translation and interpretation services.

www.migrationpolicy.org/languageportal

• Language Diversity; Immigration Status Restrictions

• Single-agency responses: law enforcement, K-12 education, health care

• Cross-cutting responses: advisory councils, special advisors or coordinating offices

•City Impacts and Responses

• Pre-emption Clause

• But, shared authority under 287g

• Potential shared authority in immigrant selection?

• White House Office on Immigrant integration?

Responses to Federal Policy

Prospects for Leadership?

Find data, reports and other analysisby state and for the nation at

www.migrationpolicy.org

Margie McHugh202-266-1921

mmchugh@migrationpolicy.org

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