New Immigration Research
Welfare Use by Immigrant and Native Households
An Analysis of Medicaid, Cash, Food, and Housing Programs
This study examines immigrant and native welfare use using the Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). It shows immigrant households use welfare at significantly higher rates than native households, even higher than indicated by other Census surveys. Read more...
Immigrant Population Hits Record 42.1 Million in Second Quarter of 2015
Growth driven in last year by surge from Mexico
A new analysis of monthly Census Bureau data shows that the nation's immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record high of 42.1m in the second quarter of this year — an increase of 1.7m since the same quarter of 2014. Read more...
Disney Death Star
A Satirical Look Disney's H-1B Layoffs
Earlier this year, Disney replaced American technology workers with foreign workers through the H-1B visa program. The fired Disney employees were required to train their guestworker replacements in order to receive their severance pay. Read more...
House Hearing on Sanctuary Cities
Testimony relates long history of tragedies due to policy
The Center's director of policy studies, Jessica Vaughan, testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing today, focusing on the rejection of detainer requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by sanctuary cities. Read more...
2.5 Million Join Illegal Population under Obama
Pace slower than under Bush, but still enormous
The Center for Immigration Studies estimates an additional 790,000 joined the illegal population since 2013 for a total of 2.5 million new illegal immigrants since President Obama took office. Read more...
Analysis: Senate Version of the Davis-Oliver Act
This bill addresses the problem of sanctuary jurisdictions by clarifying that local governments must not obstruct immigration enforcement and withholding funding from those that refuse to cooperate. Read more...
Leaving TPS Doesn’t Mean Going Home
TPS grants de facto life-long legal status to aliens in the U.S. because something bad happened in their home country. But recent data shows that people with TPS are the only sub-population among the foreign-born that is shrinking in size. Read more...
