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California's High Stake in Immigration Reform: Infographic from the Center for Immigrant Integration at USC. The Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII) has as its mission to remake the narrative for understanding, and the dialogue for shaping, immigrant integration in America. Our intent is to identify and evaluate the mutual benefits of immigrant integration for the native-born and immigrants and to study the pace of the ongoing transformation in different locations, not only in the past and present but projected into the future. CSII thus brings together three emphases: scholarship that draws on academic theory and rigorous research, data that provides information structured to highlight the process of immigrant integration over time, and engagement that seeks to create new dialogues with government, community organizers, business and civic leaders, immigrants and the voting public.
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CALIFORNIA’S HIGH STAKEIN IMMIGRATION REFORM
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2,654,752residents
3% White, 85% Latino, 12% Asian, 1% Other
The undocumented Black are less than 1%, but are nearly 10,000 of the state’s residents.
$20,000 | undocumented worker
$50,000 | US-born worker
Nearly 9% of the CA workforce
only 66% are from Mexico; other top sending
regions include Russia, the Philippines, Central
America, and China.
22% of the undocumented
are Asian.
LA has the highest share of
self-employed undocumented —
about 14%.
Despite the high tech industry, about 3 in 4
undocumented have not moved beyond a
high school education and 1 in 4 work in
retail.
Their future is dependent on
their parents’ well-being and
Authorization with a path to c i t izenship wi l l resul t in a
$4.6 billionboost in income, annually,
grow the state’s economy.
1 IN 6 OF ALL CA KIDS HAVE AT LEAST ONE UNDOCUMENTED PARENT.
will determine the state’s future.
While undocumented immigrants struggle, citizen immigrants
typically outperform the US born:
CA needs a statewide body focused on immigrant integration
to maximize the economic and social benefits of immigrants.
With 23% of the nation’s undocumented, CA will need
federal dollars, particularly if this reform offers few public
benefits to new immigrants, as is predicted.
While 6% of the undocumented have a BA or better, 67% have
not graduated high school.
42% of the undocumented speak English well.
As compared to 83% of US born and 80% of citizen immigrants,
only 39% of working-age undocumented immigrants have health
insurance.
adult education
english language instruction
health insurance
Parents supporting citizen children:
median annual earnings
81% of children with an undocumented
parent are citizens – that is 1,222,985 children or
13% of the state’s children.
67% of all children with an undocumented
parent are living in poverty compared to
25% of those with US-born parents.
SELFEMPLOYMENT
HOMEOWNERSHIP
ABOVE 150%POVERTY LEVEL
About 1 in 3 undocumented heads
of household own their home — or 23K
households.
for undocumented immigrants thatwi l l have a multipl ier e f fect and
did you know many of the undocumented are asian?
- VS -
About 3 in 4 children of undocumented parents are poor, and 83% are citizen.
nearly half of undocumented workers
are in agriculture.
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data from pastor and marcelli, what's at stake for the state: undocumented californians, immigration reform, and our future together; for the full research brief, visit csii.usc.edu
Why is AuthorizationGood for CA?
Who are the Undocumented?
Do You Know What’s Unique About the Undocumented in Your Community?
What Does Reform Need to Include for California to Benefit?
federal resources for integration
a focus on immigrant integration
resources targeted to areas that will make immigrants more productive:
a pathway to citizenship
silicon valley
east bay
sacramento
los angelesinland empire
IMMIGRANT, UNDOC.
IMMIGRANT, CITIZEN
US BORN
IMM., NONCITIZEN, DOC.
central valley
Less than 5% 5% to 7%
7% to 10% 10% to 15%
Greater than 15%
undocumented immigrants as share of total population
