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The Social and Economic Impacts of Immigration. J.S. Onésimo Sandoval Associate Professor and Director of Sociology Saint Louis University Email: jsandov3@slu.edu. Five Insights. Population Curves of Immigrants Diversity of the Immigrant Population Demographic and Economic Transitions
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The Social and Economic Impacts of Immigration J.S. Onésimo Sandoval Associate Professor and Director of Sociology Saint Louis University Email: jsandov3@slu.edu
Five Insights • Population Curves of Immigrants • Diversity of the Immigrant Population • Demographic and Economic Transitions • Latino Immigrants • Demographic Impacts of S. 744
Who is a foreign-born person? • Foreign-born persons include anyone who was not a U.S. citizen at birth. • This includes respondents who indicated they were a U.S. citizen by naturalization or not a U.S. citizen. • Persons born abroad of American parents or born in Puerto Rico or other U.S. Island Areas are not considered foreign born.
Who is a foreign-born person? • The foreign-born population includes: • naturalized U.S. citizens • lawful permanent residents (i.e., immigrants) • temporary migrants (e.g., foreign students) • humanitarian migrants (e.g., refugees) • unauthorized migrants (i.e., people illegally present in the United States)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 1850- 2000 Decennial Census and 2010 American Community Survey
Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates and 2050 are from the Pew Report entitled, U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050 by Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn
Population pyramid forforeign-born citizens and native-born citizens Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates
Population pyramid forforeign-born non-citizens and native-born citizens Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates
2010 population pyramid forU.S. Latino and White populations Source: 2010 U.S. Census
Source: 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Social Impacts of S. 744 • Net increase of 10.4 million immigrants residing in the United States • 8 million unauthorized residents • 4 million temporary workers (1.6 million) with their dependents (2.4 million) • 1.6 million decrease of unauthorized residents http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/s744.pdf
Five Insights • Population Curves of Immigrants • Immigrants will continue to increase • Immigrants will have an indelible impact on the racial structure of the U.S. • Diversity of the Immigrant Population • The immigrant population is diverse • Conflation of Mexicans with Immigration • Demographic and Economic Transitions • Foreign-born citizens are doing very well • Latino Immigrants • The majority of Latinos in the U.S. are native-born • Demographic Impacts of S. 744 • There are positive social and economic impacts
Questions J.S. Onésimo Sandoval Associate Professor and Director of Sociology Saint Louis University Email: jsandov3@slu.edu