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Undocumented Immigration by Congressional Districts
Get PDFIn this IPC Policy Brief, author Rob Paral uses new census data to update his earlier IPC report (Playing Politics on Immigration: Congress Favors Image over Substance in Passing H.R. 4437) on the number of undocumented immigrants in U.S. congressional districts
Uninsured Persons in Illinois Legislative Districts
Get PDFHealth and Disability Advocates and Rob Paral and Associates have developed estimates of uninsured persons in Illinois by state legislative districts. These estimates of the uninsured household population are categorized by poverty level and age. This report presents the basic distributions by age and poverty status. This report produced by Rob Paral and Associates in collaboration with United Power for Action and Justice and Heartland Alliance
Legal Aid in Cook County
Get PDFCook County's pro bono and legal aid delivery system is designed to help low-income and disadvantaged Chicagoans obtain the protections of our civil legal system and is an integral piece of both our justice system and our community's safety net. Each day, over 30 organizations help thousands of low-income people resolve serious issues that threaten their safety and independence, including issues such as domestic violence, mortgage foreclosure and obtaining public benefits wrongfully denied. In the past 7 years, the pro bono and legal aid system serving Cook County has grown significantly. Thanks to increases in funding, improvements in efficiency and continued innovation, Cook County's pro bono and legal aid organizations are serving more than twice as many people as seven years ago, reaching almost 180,000 people in 2009. Funding from various sources -- particularly the legal community and foundations has increased during this time, though government's share of overall funding for legal aid has not kept pace. The advances made by the pro bono and legal aid system, however, are still not adequate to respond to the needs of the number of low-income people in Chicago and Cook County suburbs, which has grown during the same period. In 2009, over 25% of the County's residents were at or close to the poverty level, with the numbers of low-income people growing both in the city of Chicago and the suburbs of Cook County. Even prior to the economic downturn, pro bono and legal aid providers struggled to meet the legal needs of this population. In 2010, pro bono and legal aid organizations report that demand for their services is soaring at the same time revenue from all sources is flat or declining. While great progress has been made, much work remains. A broad base of stakeholders -- led by the legal community and also including foundations, corporations and other dedicated individuals and entities -- must continue to support the work of our community's pro bono and legal aid system. For our community to have a system that can serve everyone in need, however, government at all levels must significantly step up its support as part of its fundamental responsibility to ensure equal access to justice. Pro bono and legal aid organizations help keep families and the communities in which they live stable. Without their help, thousands of low-income people are left to solve complex legal problems on their own, which may result in loss of their home, personal safety or economic stability. Our nation's promise of equal justice for all cannot succeed without a secure and well-funded pro bono and legal aid system.This report provides an update on the state of this system, including the current demand for services, how services are being provided and where funding comes from for this work. The Chicago Community Trust provided major funding support for the report in partnership with The Chicago Bar Foundation. Data for the report were provided by legal aid organizations and independent sources. Analysis of the data were provided by Rob Paral & Associates as well as staff of The Chicago Bar Foundation.We hope that this report will inform and energize all stakeholders to build on the progress of recent years and bring us closer to a justice system that is truly accessible to everyone in our community
Playing Politics on Immigration: Congress Favors Image over Substance in Passing H.R. 4437
Get PDFCongressional representatives who supported H.R. 4437 -- the Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 -- are most likely to represent districts with relatively few undocumented immigrants
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Health Worker Shortages & the Potential of Immigration Policy
Get PDFForeign-born and foreign-trained professionals play an important role in the delivery of health care in the United States. This report examines the important role of immigrant doctors and nurses -- many of whom have receivedtheir training abroad -- in the U.S. health industry, using new Census Bureau data as well as information from numerous interviews with health industry experts
The Growth and Reach of Immigration: New Census Bureau Data Underscore Importance of Immigrants
Get PDFNew data from the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS), released by the Census Bureau on August 15, 2006, underscore the extent to which immigration continues to fuel the expansion of the U.S. labor force
Power and Potential: The Growing Electoral Clout of New Citizens
Get PDFImmigrants - and groups in which immigrants are a large percentage of the population, such as Latinos and Asian/Pacific Islanders (APIs) - are a growing portion of the U.S. electorate. In a closely contested presidential race, the growing ranks of "new citizens" - foreign-born individuals who become "naturalized" U.S. citizens - are increasingly important political players. This report uses U.S. Census data from the 1996 and 2000 election years to describe key characteristics of immigrant, Latino, and API voters. The findings include: New CitizensIn 2000, there were 10.7 million adult new citizens in the United States, 6.2 million of whom were registered to vote and 5.4 million of whom actually voted.Although new citizens in general have lower rates of voter turnout than natives, new citizens who are registered to vote have higher rates of voter turnout than natives who are registered to vote.In just the four-year period from 1996 to 2000, the number of adult new citizens rose by 30 percent, the number of those registered to vote increased 20 percent, and the number who voted grew by 24.7 percent.New citizens accounted for more than half of the net increase in persons registered to vote between 1996 and 2000.The votes of new citizens are particularly important in "battleground" states - such as Arizona, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Washington- where victory or defeat in an election may be decided by relatively few votes.The percentage of immigrants who were naturalized citizens rose from 37.5 percent in 1996 to 39.7 percent in 2000.Latinos and Asian/Pacific IslandersIn 2000, there were 13.2 million adult, U.S.-citizen Latinos, of whom 7.6 million were registered to vote and 5.9 million actually voted. There were 4.6 million adult, U.S.-citizen APIs, including 2.4 million registered to vote and 2 million who in fact voted.While Latinos and APIs in general have lower rates of voter turnout than non-Latino "Whites," the turnout rates of Latinos and APIs who are registered to vote is close to that of Whites who are registered to vote.The numbers of Latinos and APIs who became U.S. citizens, registered to vote, and actually voted increased substantially between 1996 and 2000. The number of Whites registered to vote declined by 0.5 percent during this period.Latino and API voters accounted for more than a third of all new voters added to the rolls between 1996 and 2000
Economic Progress via Legalization: Lessons from the Last Legalization Program
Get PDFThe data analyzed in IPC's latest Special Report, Economic Progress via Legalization, indicates that unauthorized immigrants who gained legal status in the 1980s through the legalization provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) experienced clear improvement in their socioeconomic situation. Between 1990 and 2006, the educational attainment of IRCA immigrants increased substantially, their poverty rates fell dramatically, and their home ownership rates improved tremendously. Moreover, their real wages rose, many of them moved into managerial positions, and the vast majority did not depend upon public assistance. The findings presented in this report support the notion that legalization of unauthorized immigrants can play a role in promoting economic growth and lessening socioeconomic disparities. Reforming our immigration system is not an obstacle to getting our economy back on track
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