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MPI Estimates of Unauthorized Populations That Could Benefit under Different DREAM Legalization Bills
These estimates offer insight into who could potentially gain legal status under the various DREAM Act-type bills introduced in Congress in 2017.
The estimates use an innovative MPI methodology that permits the assignment of legal status in U.S. Census Bureau data. These estimates are discussed in detail in a fact sheet, Differing DREAMs: Estimating the Unauthorized Populations That Could Benefit under Different Legalization Bills.
About the U.S. Immigration Policy Program
The U.S. Immigration Policy Program provides analysis of U.S. immigration pathways, the impacts of enforcement and other policies, and the characteristics of immigrant populations.
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