How the financial crisis affected the Naturalization

between 2007 and 2010Public Policy 224A MIntroduction to GIS

By Jae Lee

Naturalization….why?

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Naturalization from Yr 1980 to Yr 2011

filed Persons naturalized denied

Many Rights and Benefits

• Voting Right• Right to run for public office• Protection from deportation and from losing

residence rights• Ability to bring family members more quickly • And also….• Economic benefits: ex. Public sector jobs

Metropolitan area of residence 2007 2008 2009 2010Total 660,477 1,049,539 112,801 91,257 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 78,454 138,618 84,061 51,977

Persons Naturalized by Metropolitan Area of Residence: Fiscal Year 2007 to 2010

• In 2007, Citizen Immigrant ‘s median family income 3.3% higher than that of Native-born(US born) 33.2% higher than that of Non-citizen Immigrant

Employment Sector for Employed Civilian Population 16 years

and Over

Argument• Too short time period for comparison (Yr 2007 vs.

Yr 2010)• The financial turmoil not ended• Other government policy effects

• For Final….• Look for more variables• Analysis

Sources• Homeland Security: Annual Flow Report for U.S.

Naturalizations: 2010, 2007• Congressional Research Service: The U.S. Foreign-

Born Population: Trends and Selected Characteristics

• EPI Briefing Paper #256 Feb 24, 2010• Migration Policy Institute: The Economic Value of

Citizenship for Immigrants in the United States• www.socialexplorer.com

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Skills Used• Inset Map• Aggregating attribute Fields• Creating Indices• Attribute sub-sets selections