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New Report Finds Legalization of Immigrants Substantially Improves Economic Status

By | 11.05.09 | 5:47 pm

A new report prepared for the Immigration Policy Center finds that illegal immigrants who gained legal status in the 1980s via the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) went on to earn substantial gains in their socioeconomic status. The report suggests that, contrary to the idea that legalizing More…

Despite Recession, Mexicans Aren’t Going Home

By | 07.22.09 | 8:47 am

This news may disappoint restrictionist groups and CNN’s Lou Dobbs, but the Pew Hispanic Center reports today that despite the poor economy, Mexican immigrants aren’t leaving the United States to return home to Mexico in any significant numbers.