Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees - GCIR

The Legal Arizona Workers Act makes Arizona the first state in the nation to penalize employers for knowingly hiring undocumented workers. This fact sheet examines the characteristics of Arizona's population and workforce with descriptive data and tables.

This report offers an in-depth look at the characteristics of the resident population, focusing on foreign-born persons. Included on the center's website are additional tables that break down the national data.

Based on current immigration trends, by 2025, the number of immigrants will be greater than the influx of newcomers that peaked at the end of the 19^th century, and by 2050 one in five Americans will be foreign-born.

For the past four years, the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) has released a Child Well-Being Index (CWI) comprised of 28 statistical indicators organized into seven domains of child well-being: safety/behavioral concerns, family economic well-being, health, community connectedness, educational attainment, social relationships, and emotional/spiritual well-being. This report is the first effort to analyze trends through the lens of race and ethnicity.

Twenty-First Century Gateways focuses on the fastest-growing immigrant populations among "second-tier" metropolitan areas including Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dallas, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, and Washington DC. Today, one in five immigrants in the United States lives in a 21st century gateway. These metropolitan areas are characterized by post-WWII urban development and growth, recent burgeoning immigrant populations, and a predominantly suburban settlement.

Critics of immigration often claim that new immigrant groups arriving in the United States do not contribute to the economy and either do not assimilate or take longer to assimilate into U.S. culture and society than previous immigrant groups.  This fact sheet explores long-term immigration trends and the integration patterns of newcomers, helping to dispel some of these myths.

Between 1990 and 2000, the foreign-born population of North Carolina, Georgia, and Nevada each grew at rates exceeding 200 percent. By looking at the rapid demographic changes in new gateway communities, this article explores the economic forces behind the migration, the challenges to integration, and the need for communication, organizing, and leadership among foundations and nonprofit organizations.

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a new nationwide survey designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing.  ACS collects data from a smaller population than the official count every 10 years, and presents information on topics such as age, race, veteran status, home value, commute time to work, and other data that creates a snapshot of America's communities. 

Twenty percent of children in the United States now live with at least one foreign-born parent. This research brief by Child Trends and the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis of the State University of New York at Albany, reveals that children in immigrant families are deeply rooted in the United States (four in five are American citizens) and nearly one-half speak both English and a second language at home. At the same time, many young children in immigrant families would benefit from quality early education programs to further their integration into American society.