In a new Demography article with @marasheftel.bsky.social we document the aging of the undocumented immigrant population. Half of undocumented Asians and one in five undocumented Mexicans are 50 or older, and now entering older adulthood without a safety net.
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The impacts of ending birthright citizenship would differ across groups, immediately impacting children born to Asian parents on temporary visas, but also impacting millions of US-born Latino children in the long run.
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First post on bluesky! I'm very pleased to announce the release of my new book with Jim Bachmeier, where we explore factors promoting and impeding the integration of Mexican immigrants, using linked censuses and archival data on public school investments. www.russellsage.org/publications...
Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from and where do they live?
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In sheer numbers, Latinos would be most impacted if automatic birthright citizenship were ended. But Asians would experience the greatest impacts relative to population size.
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In Texas-Style Exclusion, sociologists Jennifer Van Hook and James D. Bachmeier investigate such claims by comparing how American society has responded to different groups of immigrants over time.
In 2023, approximately 51 million foreign-born people lived in the United States. Almost three-quarters were in the country legally. Half of the rest had some legal protection from deportation.
Past symposia have focused on issues such as: emerging methods in family research, African American families, diverging destinies of families in an era of increasing inequality, transitions to adulthood, and Hispanic children in immigrant families.
