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Title: The Immigrant Success Story: How Family-Based Immigrants Thrive in America
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: In the United States, immigration based on family ties has long been the main criterion for admitting new immigrants. Under the provisions of current immigration law, the family-based immigration category allows U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, or “green card” holders, to bring certain family members to the United States. Much has been debated about family-based immigration and the critical role families play in the adaptation, integration, and wellbeing of newcomers. But some confusion exists regarding the economic aspects of family-based immigration. To help unpack those aspects, this report focuses on one of them— namely, the earnings of family-based immigrants. A defining feature of immigrants coming to the United States via the family-based system is their upward economic mobility. Since 1965, when family-based immigration became the dominant means of migrating to the United States, the earnings of immigrants in general have increased dramatically during their first decade in the country. This trend is completely missed when economists focus only on the initial earnings of immigrants upon their entry into the U.S. labor market.
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Authors: Duleep, Harriet; Regets, Mark; Cantor, Guillermo
Publisher: American Immigration Council
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Other, Race and Ethnicity
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