Randy Capps
Randy Capps was Director of Research for U.S. Programs at MPI. His areas of expertise include immigration trends, the unauthorized immigrant population, immigrants in the U.S. labor force, the children of immigrants and their well-being, and immigrant health-care and public benefits access and use.
Prior to joining MPI, Dr. Capps was a researcher in the Immigration Studies Program at the Urban Institute (1993-96, and 2000-08).
He received his PhD in sociology and his master of public affairs degree from the University of Texas.
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Trends in the Low-Wage Immigrant Workforce
Between 2000 and 2005, immigrants grew as a share of the U.S. low-wage workforce, but evidence of native worker displacement remains mixed.
Civic Contributions: Taxes Paid by Immigrants in the Washington, DC, Metro Area
Immigrant households in the Washington, DC metro area contributed nearly $10 billion in taxes in 2000—paying at roughly the same rate as native households.
Immigrant Children, Urban Schools, and the No Child Left Behind Act
Children of immigrants represented one in five U.S. K-12 students in 2005.
The New Demography of America's Schools
Within the context of implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, this report offers a demographic profile of the children of immigrants—who are one in five of all U.S. children under age 18.