LLAS 1570 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: High School Dropouts, Maria Sanchez, Trace Evidence

• School: UConn
• Department: Latino and Latin American Studies
• Course: LLAS 1570
• Professor: Anne Gebelein

Document Summary

Immigrants in connecticut: labor market experiences and health care access. Half of connecticut"s immigrants are naturalized us citizens. Only 19 percent of all undocumented immigrants were illegal in connecticut in 2004, lower than national average of 29 percent. Half of all ct foreign born residents naturalized us citizens, higher than. 31 percent national average, meaning more immigrants can vote in ct than nationally. Naturalized citizens are fully eligible for all public benefits and services and may also be better integrated and more fully engaged in civil society than noncitizens. Immigrants and natives receive nearly the same returns to education. Best educated workers earn highest wages, regardless of immigrant status. College educated immigrants earned more than twice as much as high school dropouts 23 vs 11 dollars an hour. Immigrants get slightly less but still mostly the same between levels of education.