Recent Publications

The following publications have been prepared within the past year.

Benchmarks of Immigrant Civic Engagement -- July 2010

Prepared for The Carnegie Corporation of New York, this report describes the state of immigrant integration at the national and local levels as measured by naturalization, voting registration and voter turnout.

Economic Progress via Legalization: Lessons from the Last Legalization Program -- November 2009

Produced for the American Immigration Council - Immigration Policy Center, this report examines data that strongly suggest unauthorized immigrants who gained legal status in the 1980s through the legalization provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) experienced clear improvement in their socioeconomic situation.

Untying the Knot -- A three-part series on immigration and unemployment. Produced for the American Immigration Council in 2009

Part I: The Unemployment and Immigration Disconnect

Part II: Immigration and Native-Born Unemployment Across Racial/Ethnic Groups

Part III: The Disparity Between Immigrant Workers and Unemployed Natives

Mexican Immigration in the Midwest: Meaning and Implications

This report, the first of its kind, describes major demographic and
socioeconomic features of Mexican immigration across the eightstate
Midwest region. It uses both recent data and other statistics that
delineate historic transformations to the regional economy over 100
years. The report reveals a wide range of information on Midwestern
Mexican immigrants that has never been published before.

Uninsured Older Adults, Age 50-64, in Illinois State Legislative Districts - December 2008

Often, older adults - especially if they are low income - have very
limited access to public or private health insurance. To raise awareness of this vulnerable, uninsured population in Illinois, Health & Disability Advocates (HDA) and Rob Paral and Associates have developed estimates of uninsured older adults in Illinois by state legislative districts.

The New American Electorate: The Growing Political Power of Immigrants and Their Children - October 2008

This analysis explores the growing electoral power of New American voters: immigrants who are naturalized U.S. citizens and the U.S.-born children of immigrants. These voters will likely play a pivotal role in national, state, and local elections in the years to comeparticularly in battleground states such as Florida, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. Detailed supplemental tables are provided below for every Congressional district on the number of voting-age citizens who are naturalized immigrants, Latinos, and Asians