LLAS 1570 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Immigration Enforcement, Sanctuary City, Violence Against Women Act
23 Jan 2019
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More than 1/7 ct residents an immigrant. Is a native born us citizen with at least one immigrant parent. Nearly half of all immigrants in ct naturalized citizens. Adult immigrants had a college degree or more education, had less than high. Workers in ct is an immigrant. Near 60,000 us citizens live with a family member who is undocumented. Near 4,000 daca recipients live in ct. Immigrant led households in state paid 3. 3 billion in federal taxes and 1. 8 billion in state and local taxes in 2014. Immigrants add billions of dollars to ct economy. Immigrant entrepreneurs represent nearly one in 4 ct business owners. Millions of us citizen children have undocumented parents and family members. Immigration enforcement can negatively impact child"s long term health and development. Detention/deportation of parent puts child at risk of economic instability. Us children may end up in child welfare following detention or deportation of parent.
