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U.S. population projections: 2005–2050
Pew Hispanic Center, 2008If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005. Of this increase, 82% will be due to the both the arrival of immigrants and the births of their U.S.-born descendants.DocumentHow do immigrants fare in retirement?
University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, 2007This paper examines the retirement resources available to immigrant families in the US by examining Social Security benefits, pension coverage, and private wealth accumulation. The authors argue that pre-retirement immigrants have lower expected Social Security benefits than natives, and that retired immigrants have lower actual Social Security benefits.DocumentImmigration and the elderly: foreign-born workers in long-term care
Immigration Policy Center (IPC), American Immigration Law Foundation, 2007The growing need to provide long-term care to the elderly is among the leading demographic, political, and social challenges facing industrialised countries like the United States. The ageing of larger numbers of Americans will require significant increases in financial and human resources for healthcare support and other social services.OrganisationImmigration Policy Center (IPC), American Immigration Law Foundation
Organisation analysing and reporting on topics affecting U.S. immigration policy.DocumentHow changes to family immigration could affect source countries' sending patterns
Migration Policy Institute, 2007The USA Senate immigration bill (The Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Reform Act of 2007) includes a fundamental revision of family-based permanent immigration streams. This fact sheet looks at the likely impact of such reforms. This is important as the United States continue to debate changes to the immigration selection system.DocumentBridging divides: the role of ethnic community based organisations in refugee integration
Migration Policy Institute, 2007How are organisations founded by refugees helping others who have escaped violence and persecution abroad to adjust to life in the United States? This study, released for World Refugee Day on June 20, paints an overall portrait of refugee resettlement in the United States by highlighting the size and composition of refugee arrivals.DocumentAssimilation models, old and new: explaining a long-term process
Migration Policy Institute, 2007What are the present levels of assimilation among today's immigrant groups? Examining this question requires considering the possibility that the process itself may be changing. This online article examines three major theories of immigrant and ethnic group integration.DocumentMeasures of change: the demography and literacy of adolescent English learners
Migration Policy Institute, 2007Who are immigrant students and students who do not speak English well? Where are they from? What is their family background (social, economic, linguistic, etc.)? How well do they do in school? Are they developing the literacy needed to take part in higher education and a skilled workforce?DocumentImmigrants and boomers: forging a new social contract for the future of America
Russell Sage Foundation, 2007The state of California leads all other states in America with its 27 percent foreign-born share in the population, and it therefore represents the leading edge of demographic changes in America as a whole.DocumentClose to slavery: guestworker programs in the United States
Southern Poverty Law Center, 2007This paper discusses the exploitation faced by ‘guestworkers’ in the United States. The paper argues that the rights of guestwokers – temporary workers from largely Latin American countries, particularly Mexico - are not adequately protected.Unlike U.S.Pages