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How Los Angeles Deflected Mexican Immigrants to the American Heartland

In the 1990s, Mexican immigrants began to leave California, Texas, and Illinois for the so-called new settlement states where they had not previously resided. As Ivan Light of UCLA explains, their reasons for leaving or bypassing Los Angeles were both economic and political.

Social Security 'No-Match' Letters: A Primer

Social Security no-match letters became an immigration enforcement tool under 2007 guidance, a shift that has raised significant legal concerns about worker discrimination.

Early Education for Immigrant Children

High-quality early childhood programs combining classroom learning with intensive family support produce the strongest gains for young children in immigrant families.