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Findings Data Sources Policy Recommendations Improving the Situation for Legal Mexican Immigrants Reducing Future Unskilled Legal Mexican Immigration Reducing Future Illegal Mexican Immigration Guestworker Programs Do Not Solve the Problem Conclusion Numbers and Geographic Distribution A Rapidly Growing Population Lower Fertility in Mexico Is Not Leading to a Reduction in Immigration Mexican Immigration Is a Recent Phenomenon Mexicans Are a Growing Share of the Foreign-Born A Highly Concentrated Population Labor Market Characteristics of Mexican Immigrants in the United States Educational Attainment of Mexican Immigrants Mexican Immigration Has Dramatically Increased the Number of Dropouts Distribution of Mexican Immigrants Across Occupations Illegal Aliens from Mexico Distribution of Legal and Illegal Immigrants Across Occupations Distribution of Mexican Immigrants Across Industries Distribution of Legal and Illegal immigrants Across Industries Impact of Mexican Immigration on Wages and Prices in the United States Most Natives Do Not Face Job Competition from Mexican Immigrants Unskilled Natives and Mexican Immigrants Hold Similar Jobs Previous Research Found That Immigration Harms Unskilled Natives Impact of Mexican Immigration on Prices Mexican Immigrants Account for a Small Share of Economic Output Workers Harmed Are the Poorest and Most Vulnerable Wages for the Unskilled Declined in the 1990s Mexican Immigrants Have Very High Poverty Rates Near Poverty Also Common Among Mexican Immigrants Poverty and Near Poverty Over Time Poverty Among Legal and Illegal Mexican Immigrants Mexican Immigrants Have Much Lower Average Incomes Than Natives Income Among Legal and Illegal Mexican Immigrants Mexican Use of Means-Tested Programs Remains High Even After Welfare Reform Mexican Use of Means-Tested Programs Over Time Use of Means-Tested Programs by Working Mexicans Use of Means-Tested Programs by Legal and Illegal Immigrants Lack of Health Insurance Common Among Mexican Immigrants Lack of Health Insurance Remains a Problem Even for Long-Time Mexican Immigrants Insurance Coverage Among Legal and Illegal Mexican Immigrants Socio-Economic Status by Educational Attainment Impact on School-Age Population by State Characteristics of Mexican Immigrants by State Poverty/Near Poverty by State Welfare Use and Insurance Coverage by State Impact of Mexican Immigration on Public Coffers 2nd- and 3rd-Generation Mexican-Americans Native-Born Mexican-Americans Lag Far Behind Other Natives Conclusion and Policy Recommendations Improving the Situation for Legal Mexican Immigrants Reducing Future Unskilled Legal Mexican Immigration Reducing Future Illegal Mexican Immigration Guestworker Programs Do Not Solve the Problem Arguments in Favor of Mexican Immigration Final Thoughts
About the Author Steven A. Camarota is Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C. He holds a master’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in public policy analysis from the University of Virginia. Dr. Camarota has testified before Congress and has published widely on the political and economic effects of immigration on the United States. His articles on the impact of immigration have appeared in both academic publications and the popular press including Social Science Quarterly, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Campaigns and Elections, and National Review. His most recent works published by the Center for Immigration Studies are: Without Coverage: Immigration’s Impact on the Size and Growth of the Population Lacking Health Insurance, Reconsidering Immigrant Entrepreneurship: An Examination of Self-Employment Among Natives and the Foreign-born, and Importing Poverty: Immigration’s Impact on the Size and Growth of the Poor Population in the United States.
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