Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees - GCIR

This is the second in a series of reports on immigrants in Maryland. The first report focused on the immigrant workforce in the state. This report profiles the quarter million children with foreign-born parents. Children of immigrants accounted for most of the increase in the state's child population since 1990. Two-thirds of the children live in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, but other counties saw large immigration inflows. Children's economic circumstances vary across immigrant origins, and parental education and English skills. Children of immigrants also contribute to the increasing racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity in public schools.

This section from GCIR's Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration provides a quick overview of U.S. immigration law and policy from the 1700s to May 2006.

This chapter from GCIR's Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration provides a historical perspective from which to view the issue of immigration in the United States.