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3 results foundAuthor: Capps, Randy Title: Executive Action for Unauthorized Immigrants: Estimates of the Populations that Could Receive Relief Summary: In the absence of legislative movement to reform the U.S. immigration system, the Obama administration is considering executive action to provide relief from deportation to some of the nation's estimated 11.7 million unauthorized immigrants. These actions could include an expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, extension of deferred action to new populations, or further refinement of enforcement priorities to shrink the pool of those subject to deportation. Using an innovative methodology to analyze the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data to determine unauthorized status, this issue brief examines scenarios for executive action publicly advanced by members of Congress immigrant-rights advocates, and others, providing estimates for DACA expansion or potential populations (such as spouses and parents of U.S. citizens) that might gain deferred action. Among the possible criteria for deferred action that MPI modeled are length of U.S. residence; close family ties to U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, or DACA beneficiaries; and/or potential eligibility for a green card as the immediate relative of a U.S. citizen. The brief's key findings include: - Modifications to current DACA criteria could expand the eligible population by a few tens of thousands or as many as 1.9 million. For example, eliminating the current education requirement while retaining all other criteria would expand the population by about 430,000. - Looking beyond the DACA-eligible population, 3 million unauthorized immigrants had lived in the United States for 15 or more years as of 2012, 5.7 million for at least ten years, and 8.5 million for at least five years. - An estimated 3.8 million unauthorized immigrants were parents or spouses of U.S. citizens as of 2012. - 1.3 million unauthorized immigrants in 2012 had immediate-relative relationships with U.S. citizens that potentially qualify them for green cards, including 770,000 because of their marriage and 560,000 because they were parents of a U.S. citizen. Beyond deferred action, the Obama administration is said to be considering refinement of immigration enforcement priorities to limit the deportation of certain groups of unauthorized immigrants if they are apprehended by federal immigration authorities. While it is not possible to model future apprehensions and thus predict who might be affected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement priorities, MPI analyzed 11 years of ICE removals data (for fiscal years 2003-13) to determine how changes to current enforcement priorities could have affected past deportations, assuming removals were strictly limited to priority cases. Among the findings: - Narrowing the definition of "recent illegal entrants" to those apprehended within one year of entering the U.S. (currently the definition is three years) would have reduced removals by 232,000 during 2003-13. - Excluding noncitizens convicted exclusively of traffic offenses (other than DUI) would have resulted in 206,000 fewer removals over the period. - Excluding all non-violent crimes would have reduced removals by 433,000. - Foregoing deportation of those with outstanding deportation orders more than a decade old would have resulted in 203,000 fewer removals. The brief makes clear that the reach of potential changes to expand the DACA program or refine immigration enforcement priorities would be even greater if multiple changes were to be implemented at the same time. Details: Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, 2014. 13p. Source: Internet Resource: MPI Issue Brief No. 10: Accessed October 2, 2014 at: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/executive-action-unauthorized-immigrants-estimates-populations-could-receive-relief Year: 2014 Country: United States URL: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/executive-action-unauthorized-immigrants-estimates-populations-could-receive-relief Shelf Number: 133550 Keywords: Illegal ImmigrantsImmigration (U.S.)Immigration EnforcementImmigration PolicyUnauthorized Immigrants |
Author: Passel, Jeffrey S. Title: U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Total Dips to Lowest Level in a Decade Summary: The number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to new Pew Research Center estimates based on 2016 government data. The decline is due almost entirely to a sharp decrease in the number of Mexicans entering the country without authorization. But the Mexican border remains a pathway for entry by growing numbers of unauthorized immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Because of them, Central America was the only birth region accounting for more U.S. unauthorized immigrants in 2016 than in 2007. There were 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in 2016, down from a peak of 12.2 million in 2007, according to the new estimates. The total is the lowest since 2004. It is tied to a decline of 1.5 million people in the number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants from 2007 to 2016. Nevertheless, Mexico remains the country of origin for 5.4 million unauthorized immigrants, or roughly half of the U.S. total. Details: Washington, DC: Pew Research Center, 2018. 8p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 3, 2019 at: http://www.pewhispanic.org/2018/11/27/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-total-dips-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade/ Year: 2018 Country: United States URL: http://www.pewhispanic.org/2018/11/27/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-total-dips-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade/ Shelf Number: 154759 Keywords: Aliens Central America Illegal Immigration Immigration Unauthorized Immigrants |
Author: Orces, Diana M. Title: The Role of Contact and Values in Public Attitudes Toward Unauthorized Immigrants Summary: When it comes to understanding public attitudes toward immigrants, policy analyses and news stories frequently rely on public opinion polls that are narrow in scope. Analyses of such polls often focus on whether the public (or certain subgroups of the public) supports more or less immigration and how certain groups of people feel about immigrants. These types of analyses rarely dig deeper into why the respondents feel the way they do; in other words, where those feelings are coming from. This report and the pilot survey upon which it is based seek to overcome this limitation by analyzing the reasons why people are likely to hold particular attitudes about immigrants. Just as with any other public issue, attitudes about immigrants are wrapped up not only with individuals' personal characteristics, life experiences, and beliefs about a wide range of other issues, but also some of their personal values and the type of contact that they have with immigrants. To this end, we surveyed 1,280 native-born U.S. citizens in October 2018 and assessed their views on unauthorized immigrants. We also measured their socio-demographic characteristics, the values they perceive as important, their political beliefs, and their perceptions about a host of social issues. We then used statistical techniques to determine how views on unauthorized immigrants are related to these factors. The primary aim of this analysis was to determine the degree to which contact with immigrants and personal values are associated with views about unauthorized immigrants. The analysis yielded the following principal conclusions: Positive contact with immigrants is associated with attitudes toward unauthorized immigrants. The native-born hold more positive views about unauthorized immigrants - or "pro-immigrant sentiments" - if they have friendly interactions with immigrants. The key here is not frequency of contact, but the nature of contact. Negative encounters will not necessarily foster pro-immigrant sentiments. But positive encounters likely will. The values of empathy and authority are associated with attitudes toward unauthorized immigrants. Native-born individuals who place a high value on empathy hold more pro-immigrant sentiments, while those who highly value authority hold less favorable attitudes. These conclusions remain even when accounting for other factors. Specifically, both of these findings hold although differences exist among the native-born in sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, and age); perceptions about how the U.S. economy and culture are changing; identification with the Democratic or Republican party; liberal or conservative political ideologies; degree of nationalism or patriotism; and frequency of religious service attendance. The findings of this report are buttressed by a significant amount of previous research, which points to the role of sustained and positive contact in tempering concerns over immigrants and immigration. There is extensive literature on the role of contact in shaping the attitudes which members of one group (such as the native-born or whites) hold toward members of another group (such as immigrants or people of color). There is also more limited literature on the role of certain values and attitudes of the native-born toward immigrants. Although not definitive, the goal of this report is to provide a snapshot of factors that are associated with attitudes toward unauthorized immigrants and suggest clear avenues for further research. Details: Washington, DC: American Immigration Council, 2019. 23p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 19, 2019 at: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/the_role_of_contact_and_values_in_public_attitudes_toward_unauthorized_immigrants.pdf Year: 2019 Country: United States URL: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/role-contact-and-values-public-attitudes-toward-unauthorized-immigrants Shelf Number: 156522 Keywords: Illegal Immigration Immigrants Immigration Public Opinion Unauthorized Immigrants |