blog post Skills-based Immigration and California’s Workforce By Joseph Hayes Jun 17, 2019 The immigration plan recently announced by the White House prioritizes immigrants with higher levels of education. What might this mean for California immigration overall and for the state’s workforce?
Report How Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Shape the California Electorate By Jack Citrin, Benjamin Highton Dec 1, 2002 Although the ethnic composition of California's population has changed dramatically over the last two decades, the voting population's profile is shifting slowly by comparison. In How Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Shape the California Electorate, Jack Citrin and Benjamin Highton study turnout gaps across California's four largest racial and ethnic groups. They find that the relatively low turnout among Latinos and Asians, the two groups with the largest immigrant populations, can be traced to markedly different causes. Facilitating naturalization is an important step toward faster political incorporation for all immigrants, but the authors conclude that no single policy designed to boost voting is likely to work for both Latinos and Asians.
Fact Sheet Immigrants and Education in California By Hans Johnson, Cesar Alesi Perez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia Mar 24, 2021 Educational attainment among California’s recent immigrants has risen markedly. Immigrants now make up 31% of California workers with at least a bachelor’s degree. However, immigrants also comprise an outsized share of workers with little formal education.
blog post Californians and Immigration Policy By Mark Baldassare Mar 7, 2018 Most Californians favor state and local government action to protect undocumented immigrants.
blog post Federal Immigration Proposal Could Have Widespread Impact By Tess Thorman Dec 5, 2018 A proposed Department of Homeland Security rule change could affect hundreds of thousands of Californians who are currently eligible for social safety net benefits.
Report Dynamics of Immigration: Return Migration to Western Mexico By Belinda Reyes Jan 1, 1997 The public cost of immigration is a matter of ongoing and sometimes intense political debate in California. One of the least understood issues in the debate is whether many of those who come to the United States return home and, if so, whether they differ from those who remain. Return migration has important ramifications for a number of policy concerns, including the composition of the immigrant population, the use of social services, and the potential for assimilation. To shed light on this issue, the author analyzes data on return migration for a sample of more than 42,000 immigrants from western Mexico - an area that accounts for a large percentage of California's immigrants.
blog post Comprehensive Immigration Reform Could Diversify California’s Electorate By Eric McGhee Mar 26, 2021 California is home to about a quarter of the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants. Federal reform that creates a pathway to citizenship would open the door to joining the electorate for millions of California residents.
Report Undocumented Immigration to California: 1980-1993 By Hans Johnson Sep 1, 1996 California leads every state in the nation as a destination for undocumented immigrants. The Immigration and Naturalization Service estimates that almost half of the undocumented population in the United States resides in California. Yet, the precise numbers remain elusive, and estimating the annual change in the size of this population is even more difficult. Using a variety of data and assumptions about population change, the author develops the first systematic estimates of annual changes in the net flow of undocumented immigrants to California. Although the range of the various estimates is sizable, the pattern over time is consistent across a widely differing set of assumptions.
blog post Immigration: What’s Next in California? By Joseph Hayes, Laura Hill Nov 24, 2014 More than one million Californians could be affected by President Obama’s executive order on immigration. Knowing where qualified undocumented immigrants live is essential to realizing the potential gains both to the state and to the immigrants themselves.
page Immigrants in California Feb 19, 2019 California is home to nearly 10 million immigrants, accounting for almost a quarter of the foreign-born population in the US. PPIC’s research builds understanding of important immigration trends in California and key issues in immigration policy at the state and federal levels.
