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Title: Mass Deportations Would Impoverish US Families and Create Immense Social Costs
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: This paper provides a statistical portrait of the US undocumented population, with an emphasis on the social and economic condition of mixed-status households – that is, households that contain a US citizen and an undocumented resident. It is based primarily on data compiled by the Center for Migration Studies (CMS). Major findings include the following: There were 3.3 million mixed-status households in the United States in 2014. 6.6 million US-born citizens share 3 million households with undocumented residents (mostly their parents). Of these US-born citizens, 5.7 million are children (under age 18). 2.9 million undocumented residents were 14 years old or younger when they were brought to the United States. Three-quarters of a million undocumented residents are self-employed, having created their own jobs and in the process, creating jobs for many others. A total of 1.3 million, or 13 percent of the undocumented over age 18, have college degrees. Of those with college degrees, two-thirds, or 855,000, have degrees in four fields: engineering, business, communications, and social sciences. Six million undocumented residents, or 55 percent of the total, speak English well, very well, or only English. The unemployment rate for the undocumented was 6.6 percent, the same as the national rate in January 2014.[1] Seventy-three percent had incomes at or above the poverty level. Sixty-two percent have lived in the United States for 10 years or more. Their median household income was $41,000, about $12,700 lower than the national figure of $53,700 in 2014 (US Census Bureau 2015).
Url: http://jmhs.cmsny.org/index.php/jmhs/article/view/71
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Authors: Warren, Robert; Kerwin, Donald
Periodical (Full): Journal on Migration and Human Security
Issue: 1
Volume: 5
Pages: 1-8
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration
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