Wednesday, December 01, 2010

New Data Show Newer Immigrants Assimilating Well

This new study shows that newer immigrants are assimilating very well and gives the reasons why they are doing so. - - Donna Poisl

One piece of a successful legalization program must be to help legalized immigrants integrate as quickly as possible and meet specified criteria.

By Michele Waslin

We want legal permanent residents (LPRs) to become U.S. citizens and fully participate in civic life -- and research shows they are, in fact, doing just that. DHS recently presented new data on two programs for legal permanent residence (LPR) status -- one that required immigrants to learn English and U.S. history, and one that did not. They found that those who were required to learn English and history (which are also requirements for U.S. citizenship) are naturalizing at higher rates.

The DHS fact sheet shows that 2.7 million immigrants obtained LPR status between 1989 and 1991 under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) -- 1.6 million who arrived prior to 1982 (pre-1982 immigrants), and 1.1 million who legalized under a special agricultural workers (SAW) program.
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