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2. Financial Access for Immigrants: Lessons from Diverse Perspectives
- Author:
- Audrey Singer, Jeremy Smith, Robin Newberger, and Anna Paulson
- Publication Date:
- 05-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Brookings Institution
- Abstract:
- The United States has long benefited from the aspirations, talents, and hard work of the many immigrants who have settled here. Each generation has debated the costs of immigration and its benefits and grappled with how best to incorporate immigrants into U.S. society. The unparalleled size and growth of the contemporary immigrant population means that these conversations and debates continue today in communities throughout the country. The well-being of the nation increasingly depends on whether immigrants' economic progress keeps up with their demographic growth.
- Topic:
- Economics, Markets, and Migration
- Political Geography:
- United States
3. Finding Exurbia: America's Fast-Growing Communities at the Metropolitan Fringe
- Author:
- William H. Frey, Alan Berube, Audrey Singer, and Jill H. Wilson
- Publication Date:
- 10-2006
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Brookings Institution
- Abstract:
- Beyond the suburbs, at the far edges of metropolitan areas, communities both new and old are developing the capacity to house large flows of incoming residents.
- Topic:
- Demographics, Development, and Economics
- Political Geography:
- United States
4. From 'There' to 'Here': Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America
- Author:
- Audrey Singer and Jill H. Wilson
- Publication Date:
- 09-2006
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Brookings Institution
- Abstract:
- Most immigrants arrive in the United States having planned their journey. Often they know in advance where they will initially live and work when they arrive, and many can rely on family, friends, and compatriots to cushion their transition. In short, most immigrants have made choices about their future.
- Topic:
- Migration, Politics, and War
- Political Geography:
- United States
5. The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways
- Author:
- Audrey Singer
- Publication Date:
- 02-2004
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Brookings Institution
- Abstract:
- The United States is in the midst of a wave of unprecedented immigration. Immigrants comprised 11.1 percent of the U.S. population in 2000. During the 1990s alone, the foreign-born population grew by 11.3 million, or 57.4 percent, bringing the Census 2000 count of immigrants to 31.1 million. The rapidity of this influx, coupled with its sheer size, means that American society will con- front momentous social, cultural, and political change during the coming decades and generations.
- Topic:
- Demographics, Human Welfare, and Migration
- Political Geography:
- United States
6. Financial Access for Immigrants: Learning from Diverse Perspectives
- Author:
- Audrey Singer and Anna Paulson
- Publication Date:
- 10-2004
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Brookings Institution
- Abstract:
- Policymakers and academics are now catching up to financial institutions in their desire to understand how and why immigrants use U.S. financial markets. “Financial Access for Immigrants: Learning from Diverse Perspectives,” a conference co-sponsored by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program formerly the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, was held at the Chicago Fed on April 15-16, 2004. It included presentations from scholars and practitioners who discussed recent research on the financial practices of immigrants as well as the practical experiences of for-profit and nonprofit institutions working to provide financial services to the immigrant community.
- Topic:
- Economics, International Trade and Finance, and Migration
- Political Geography:
- United States and Chicago
7. Naturalization in the Wake of Anti-Immigrant Legislation: Dominicans in New York City
- Author:
- Audrey Singer and Greta Gilbertson
- Publication Date:
- 02-2000
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Abstract:
- The motives of immigrants who seek to naturalize in the United States are a source of current controversy. Recent events, such as the passage in 1996 of anti-immigrant laws, appear to have increased the benefits of becoming a U.S. citizen and the costs of remaining a legal permanent resident. Critics of recent policies have argued that the laws pushed immigrants to naturalize in order to retain social welfare benefits, thus cheapening the value of U.S. citizenship. Most of the debate on this issue, however, is based on rhetoric rather than observation. The extant literature provides little insight into how these recent developments influence immigrants' propensity to naturalize through shaping their perceptions of citizenship. How immigrants understand and view the costs and benefits of U.S. citizenship are important, because they are likely to be the most proximate determinants of naturalization decisions (Alvarez 1987; Yang 1994).
- Topic:
- Government and Migration
- Political Geography:
- United States and New York