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Title: State of Immigrants in the District of Columbia
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2018
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DOI: 10.18128/D010.V7.0
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Abstract: This brief focuses on immigrants in Washington, DC, to help the Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser and its partners better understand and serve DC's immigrant community. 1 It highlights immigrants from Latin America, Asia and the Pacific Islands, Africa, and the Caribbean, who collectively represent 3 out of 4 immigrants living in DC (figure 1). The Mayor's Office of Community Affairs (MOCA) in the Executive Office of the Mayor has dedicated offices to serve immigrant communities to achieve its mandate of "helping to improve the quality of life for residents of the District of Columbia by collaborating with neighborhood organizations and other city agencies to address community issues." 2 Three of the four immigrant communities addressed in this brief are represented by separate offices within the Executive Office of the Mayor, which provide support and work to improve the quality of life for their respective communities (box 1). In preparing this brief, we compiled data from national sources, reviewed reports and documents, and interviewed the staff from each of these offices and from nonprofit service providers serving these communities to gain insights into the supports available to and challenges facing immigrants in DC.
Url: https://www.urban.org/stateofdcimmigrants
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Authors: Tatian, Peter A; Mctarnaghan, Sara; Arena, Olivia; Su, Yipeng
Publisher: Urban Institute
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Other
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