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Fact Sheets

October 2017

Differing DREAMs: Estimating the Unauthorized Populations that Could Benefit under Different Legalization Bills

DREAM Act press conference in Los Angeles

Antonio R. Villaraigosa

2017 saw the introduction of several bills—two of them by Senate Republicans in the weeks following the Trump administration’s announcement that it would terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—that would provide a pathway to conditional and then legal permanent residence to unauthorized immigrants brought to the United States as children, if they meet a range of edu

Policy Beat

October 19, 2017

Will White House Immigration Wish List Tank Emerging DREAMer Momentum in Congress?

Gage Skidmore

The Trump administration has released a list of hardline immigration demands—including border wall funding, restrictions on federal grants to “sanctuary” cities, and cuts to legal immigration—in exchange for legislation protecting DREAMers. This article examines the prospects for these proposals and more broadly for a legislative fix to resolve the status of unauthorized immigrants brought to the United States as children.

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Fact Sheets

October 2017

Dual Language Learners: A National Demographic and Policy Profile

An immigrant father reading with his children.

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As the share of U.S. children under age 8 who are Dual Language Learners (DLLs) increases, state policies have an important role to play in ensuring all young learners are able to get their education off to a good start. These fact sheets compare key characteristics of DLLs and their peers nationwide and in 30 states, and identify state policies that support equitable access to high-quality early childhood education and care programs.

Commentary

September 2017

The U.S. Falls Behind as Others Take on New Leadership Amid Record Humanitarian Pressures

Evelyn Hockstein/International Rescue Committee

The Trump administration’s decision to set the refugee ceiling at 45,000 for fiscal 2018 marks the lowest level since the refugee resettlement program was created in 1980. At a time of record humanitarian pressures, with more than 22.5 million refugees worldwide, the United States appears to be abandoning its leadership role and other traditional resettlement countries are shouldering a bigger load, as this commentary explores.

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U.S. Refugee Resettlement Ceiling and Number of Refugees Admitted, by Year

This useful data tool provides the annual resettlement ceiling set by the President in consultation with Congress for refugee admissions to the United States since the start of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program in 1980, as well as the actual numbers resettled by year.

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Commentary

September 2017

Why Hide the Facts About Refugee Costs and Benefits?

Rilee Yandt/World Relief Spokane

No enterprise in the United States could survive if it only counted the costs of doing business and ignored the benefits side of the ledger. But that is exactly how some Trump administration officials are evaluating the refugee resettlement program, rejecting a well-researched Department of Health and Human Services report that finds refugees brought in $63 billion more revenue to governments than they cost over a ten-year period, as this commentary notes.