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New Americans in the Garden State

The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in New Jersey.

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Published On: Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Download File

New Americans in the Pine Tree State

The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in Maine.

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Published On: Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Download File

The Truth about Costly Verification Systems, Unauthorized Immigrants and Health Care

As health care bills make their way through Congress, lawmakers are debating whether or not to include overly burdensome citizenship verification requirements to ensure that unauthorized immigrants do not have access to health insurance.  However, past attempts to implement these kinds of additional measures have prevented U.S. citizens and legal immigrants from receiving health care, while uncovering very few instances of unauthorized immigrants trying to abuse the system. In fact, research shows that unauthorized immigrants do not come to the United States for health care benefits or any other public services for which they are not eligible. These additional measures threaten to ensnare far more citizens than unauthorized immigrants and add unnecessary costs to health care reform.

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Published On: Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Download File

New Americans in the Natural State

The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in Arkansas.

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Published On: Tue, Sep 22, 2009 | Download File

New Americans in the Grand Canyon State

The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in Arizona.

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Published On: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 | Download File

Citizenship by the Numbers

Citizenship Day (September 17) is an appropriate time to take stock of the growing number of U.S. citizens who are immigrants to this country—or who are the children of immigrants.  Roughly one-in-seventeen U.S. citizens are foreign-born, and tens of millions of native-born U.S. citizens have immigrant parents.  This demographic reality has important political ramifications.  A rising share of the U.S. electorate has a direct personal connection to the immigrant experience, and is unlikely to be favorably swayed by politicians who employ anti-immigrant rhetoric to mobilize supporters.  This is particularly true among the two fastest-growing groups of voters in the nation: Latinos and Asians.  The majority of Latinos and Asians are either immigrants or the children of immigrants, and they comprised one out of every ten voters in the 2008 election.

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Published On: Wed, Sep 16, 2009 | Download File

New Americans in the Peach State

The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in Georgia.

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Published On: Wed, Sep 02, 2009 | Download File

New Americans in the Volunteer State

The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in Tennessee.

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Published On: Wed, Sep 02, 2009 | Download File

New Americans in the Palmetto State

The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in South Carolina.

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Published On: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 | Download File

Including Legal Immigrants in Health Care Reform: Just What the Doctor Ordered

As anti-immigrant groups continue to use immigration as a scare tactic to thwart progress on the health care debate, the Immigration Policy Center has provided factual information on why including legal immigrants in health care reform benefits all Americans. By including legal immigrants in health care reform, we can lower the overall costs. Refusing to accept people who want to pay into the system just doesn't make sense. Immigrants are the not the cause of the health care crisis, but they can certainly be part of the solution.

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Published On: Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Download File